Group Lead, IT - ERP Data Management

Job Description
Our Company
The Kraft Heinz Company (KHC) is revolutionizing the food industry - we will be the most profitable food company powered by the most talented people with unwavering commitment to our communities, leading brands and highest product quality in every category in which we compete. As a global food and beverage powerhouse, Kraft Heinz represents over $26 billion in revenue.
Role Overview
This is a role in the Global Tech Team reporting to Head of IT Master Data Management. Your primary responsibility is to lead a successful Master Data Management AMS (Application Maintenance & Support) team across 2 GCC locations (India & Mexico). You own the BAU delivery of production bugfixes and enhancements that are in scope of AMS. You have extensive techno-functional experience in Master Data Management & Data Migration tools and solutions. You will lead a team of SAP MDG experts, to implement and maintain the solutions for Master Data Products and Platforms. You will work closely alongside our S4 IT process teams and Business users. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive discussions and reach a best-fit solution. You will motivate and bring your team members along in the journey to empower and collectively drive the exciting opportunity of shaping up a solid data management foundation for the company to help drive its strategic data-driven initiatives!
This role will manage internal and external project resources responsible for master data products implementation delivery.
This role would require:

• Ensure seamless BAU continuity of Biz operations after project go-live
• Leading medium to large scale data migration projects, partnering with the Biz and acting as the SPOC for Data Migration & MDG implementation delivery
• Interacting with internal & external project resources in successfully delivering SAP Data migration & MDG implementation across multiple projects spanning multiple different geographical locations & Tech landscapes
• Lead and advice business process improvement on SAP MDG enablement initiatives
• Participate in the development of and implementation of global/regional data policies at the regional / departmental level

Position Responsibilities

• Lead the MDM AMS team across India and Mexico GCCs for successful BAU operations
• Innovate, transform, modernise and optimise the Master Data Management capability within Kraft Heinz
• Manage key stakeholder relationships, across all the ERP business process leads and regional process experts
• Develop and lead a team of techno-functional experts to support BAU bugfixes, improvements and enhancement projects, covering the Data Management space with our ERP landscape - Master Data Governance (Finance, Customer, Supplier, Material Master Data Domains) & Data Migration
• Demonstrates project management experience to be able to translate the broader project plan into actionable steps for the area and drive that delivery, from program inception to hypercare
• Expert in SAP MDG, S4 HANA, SAP BODS and related tools in the Data Management space, with hands on experience, able to champion the core solution design, able to train and support other team members
• Manage all stakeholders in external delivery partners, internal controls and Security
• Partners collaboratively with the Global Master Data Business Lead to improve MD operational and maintenance processes, particularly focused on simplification, user adoption and improvement of total turnaround time for MD onboarding
• Drives the implementation and maintenance of a strong controlled environment with robust processes, compliant with US GAAP and local statutory requirements

Qualifications - Hard skills

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or related field is required
• Minimum 12+ years' experience including:
  • SAP MDG Certified
  • Possesses overall high-level SAP Functional experience across all modules, as part of understanding SAP data model and key process impacts to data
  • Project scoping, management, requirements analysis/definition/mapping, solution and process design, and test planning/scenario creation for large scale programs, including budgeting and forecasting
  • Ability to find continuous improvement opportunities in MDM products and platform portfolio
  • Consumer Products industry nice-to-have
  • Experience in SAP Data Migration tools like DMLT is nice-to-have
  • Experience in SAP BODS is nice-to-have
  • Experience in building analytical data models and PowerBI dashboards is nice-to-have
• Team management experience required

• Ability to travel as required for delivery (~10-20%)

Qualifications - soft skills

• Empathy - listening to the customer - You're known for your empathy. You listen, and truly understand your customer. With that mindset you optimize the customer experience.
• Project management skills - Time management has no secrets for you. You're organized, structured and always have an overview of all the deliverables. You know how to bring multiple large-scale projects to a successful ending within the given timeframe.
• Communication Skills - At Kraft Heinz you'll easily be exposed to senior management, no matter your level. It's important you have excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
• Ability to Simplify - We like to keep it simple. And to execute fast. Your ability to simplify will be highly appreciated, when you provide simple solutions dealing with complex challenges.
• Proactive - You are a self-starter, driven by purpose and driving initiatives and actions through to their conclusion. You are not afraid to challenge to get the right result
• Analytical - We're a very data driven company. You know how to translate complex data into a simple solution with your analytical mindset.
• Collaboration - You bring people together across different functions, locations and fields of expertise to influence faster and better decision making.

What we offer you

• An ambitious employer - we only want to the best for you;
• A fast career track like only few other companies can match;
• A competitive salary and excellent bonus structure (above market);
• Permanent contract - for we believe in doing big bets on people;
• Always room for new ideas - if you have an excellent idea, please let us know and we can set it in action!

Location(s)
Ahmedabad - Mondeal Heights - GBS Center
Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.