The SAP Procurement Analyst plays a vital role within Brady’s Intelligent Product Solutions (IPS) Information Technology organization, operating under the Digital Supply Chain functional pillar. Based in Charlotte, NC, this position serves as a key liaison across Procurement, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Finance, and IT business stakeholders to support, analyze, and continuously optimize procurement and materials management workflows. The analyst provides functional and configuration expertise within SAP ECC Materials Management (MM)—specifically focusing on Procure-to-Pay (P2P), purchasing, vendor master management, inventory control, and material master data—while ensuring dependable integration across connected digital supply chain platforms. In addition to day-to-day operational support, this role actively contributes to system stabilization, process standardization, and architectural alignment in support of Brady’s enterprise growth and technology initiatives.
Preferred Qualifications- Serve as the functional SAP Materials Management (MM) specialist, supporting and enhancing end-to-end Procure-to-Pay (P2P) processes, purchasing workflows, vendor evaluation, and inventory controls.
- Collaborate closely with Procurement, Supply Chain, and Finance teams to capture business requirements, define functional specifications, and implement standard SAP configuration solutions.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve daily operational issues, purchase order interface discrepancies, GR/IR variances, and electronic data interchange (EDI) transactional exceptions.
- Maintain data governance, integrity, and mass maintenance for critical procurement master data, including material master, vendor master, info records, and source lists.
- Author comprehensive business requirement documents (BRDs), functional design specifications (FSDs), user acceptance test (UAT) scripts, and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
- Partner with cross-functional IT colleagues, ABAP developers, and third-party integration partners to design, test, and deploy enhancements and system interfaces.
- Coordinate with the Integration Management Office (IMO) where applicable to align milestone timelines, deliver integration requirements, and support cross-stream governance.
- Ensure alignment with global coding and architecture standards for technical roles, championing "standard-over-custom" SAP best practices and maintaining audit/compliance controls.
- Support Day 1 readiness and stabilization objectives by proactively identifying system bottlenecks, assisting in cutover activities, and providing hypercare and training to business end-users.
Skills Required
- Functional expertise supporting and enhancing SAP Materials Management Procure-to-Pay processes, purchasing workflows, vendor evaluation, and inventory controls.
- Experience collaborating with Procurement, Supply Chain, and Finance teams to capture requirements, define functional specifications, and implement SAP configuration solutions.
- Ability to troubleshoot purchase order interface discrepancies, GR/IR variances, and EDI transactional exceptions.
- Experience maintaining procurement master data, including material master, vendor master, info records, and source lists.
- Ability to author business requirements documents, functional design specifications, UAT scripts, and standard operating procedures.
- Experience partnering with ABAP developers and third-party integration partners to design, test, and deploy enhancements and interfaces.
- Ability to coordinate integration milestones, requirements, and cross-stream governance with an Integration Management Office.
- Knowledge of SAP standardization, architecture standards, audit controls, and standard-over-custom best practices.
- Experience supporting cutover, Day 1 readiness, hypercare, system stabilization, and end-user training.
Brady Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — U.S. employees receive comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage starting on Day One, alongside wellness resources and an Employee Assistance Program. Materials also indicate access to mental and behavioral health support.
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Retirement Support — A matched 401(k) plan is provided in the U.S., with formal plan structures and vesting confirmed in company materials and filings. This indicates consistent, programmatic retirement support rather than ad hoc contributions.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is offered, together with family‑building benefits such as fertility coverage and adoption and surrogacy assistance. Scholarship programs and matching gifts further extend family and community support.
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What We Do
Brady Corporation is an international manufacturer and marketer of complete solutions that identify and protect people, products and places. Brady’s products help customers increase safety, security, productivity and performance and include high-performance labels, signs, safety devices, printing systems and software. Founded in 1914, the Company has a diverse customer base in electronics, telecommunications, manufacturing, electrical, construction, medical, aerospace and a variety of other industries. Brady is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and as of July 31, 2021, employed approximately 5,700 people in its worldwide businesses. Brady’s fiscal 2021 sales were approximately $1.14 billion. Brady stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BRC. More information is available on the Internet at www.bradycorp.com.
