ARCHITECT SAP

Summary:

Vivos Holdings is a CPG Manufacturing Company with HQ in St. Louis, MO and strong manufacturing footprint in MO, TN, AR, IN, and MI.

This key IT role is responsible for facilitating decisions and configuration for MM/PP support for manufacturing and supply chain in SAP. Support duties for day-to-today MM/PP stakeholders in the areas of Procurement, Supply Chain, Operations, and Manufacturing. Work with other SAP Functional Analysts, developers, IT management, and business personnel to understand, prioritize support, and develop solutions for the business. This role will also be supporting the Production Planning & Manufacturing processes in non-SAP ERPs for acquired companies (supporting our M&A roadmap) and to will be a key team member for the company-wide SAP S/4 HANA implementation project.

Analyzes user requirements to design systems that align with business strategies. Defines system scope, objectives, and specifications to guide development and implementation. Collaborates with operations leadership to identify technology roadmaps and recommend continuous improvement initiatives for MM/PP, Quality, and related areas.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for prototyping, creating functional specs, mapping data and functions, and configuring transaction and control tables in SAP and other business systems.
• Collaborate with the SAP development team to deliver systems that align with the requirements outlined in the functional specification.
• Accountable for identifying and resolving gaps within business processes, as well as integrating new systems and workflows with existing operations.
• Participated in configuring security and authorization, preparing user documentation, designing data interfaces, and handling data migration and reconciliation.
• Involved in the installation and tuning of modifications, as well as archiving data.
• Works on multiple functional tasks that tend to be of medium technological complexity.
• Coordinates with team leaders, business, and IT management.
• Train and support business users in new features.
• Viewed as a credible representative for business functions/processes who leads efforts to drive change.
• Guide business leadership and management in making informed decisions to enhance and optimize business processes.
• Proactively identify and resolve complex business issues.
• Determine the best solution fit for the business.
• Serve as IT liaison for software vendors.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

none

Education Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree required (Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Disciplines) or related discipline and knowledge of SAP ECC or S/4 Hana.

Experience Requirements:

5 years’ experience required in analyzing and gathering requirements to create user system solutions.

5 years’ experience required in multiple SAP modules (MM, PP, FI, CO, SD, etc.).

Microsoft Office 365 and SharePoint integration with SAP are considered a plus.

SAP implementation experience a plus

5 years of configuration/business experience

Competencies:

• Requires proficiency in data analysis and utilizing reporting tools.

• Thorough understanding of the business processes and flows to enable the analysis of business requirements and the development of solutions for business functions in manufacturing and supply chain areas.
• Possesses an in-depth understanding of the business strategy of a particular function/process area and helps drive business strategy development.
• Exhibit the ability to take initiative and work independently.
• Effective communication and computer skills are essential.
• Light programming skills in the appropriate language or tools SAP Query.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

Travel: Occasional visits to other manufacturing sites  

Location: Smyrna TN or St. Louis MO – Onsite 5 days a week

Work Environment:

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely involves standard office equipment such as computers, phones, and photocopiers.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.