Job Description:
This role is a project-based transformation role and has a current expected end date of ‘31st December 2026’. As we move closer to ‘31st December 2026’ we will work with you to explore other opportunities for employment within the Mars family of companies. If a suitable alternative role is not available at that time, your employment will end.
Senior Lead, Global ERP CoE Platform Architect
Join us in revolutionizing the way we operate at Mars Snacking as we embark on an exciting journey to enhance our global Digital Core transformation. This role is pivotal in deploying and managing the new SAP S/4 work, which underpins our vision for a streamlined and innovative future. If you're passionate about driving change and have a flair for technology, we want to hear from you!
As the Senior Lead, Global ERP CoE Platform Architect, you'll play a crucial role in shaping the future landscape of Mars Snacking. You'll collaborate with our Enterprise Technologies and Global Digital Operations teams to ensure a world-class delivery of our new platform. Your expertise will bridge the gap between our architecture teams, fostering synergy and setting the stage for future platform governance.
What are we looking for?
- Expertise in Platforms: Proven track record leading ERP implementations in large-scale CPG or pharma environments.
- Leadership Experience: 5+ years in a leadership role overseeing Platform Architects or similar positions, with a strong ability to manage distributed teams.
- Technical Knowledge: Experience with SAP HANA and comprehensive understanding of cloud solutions.
- Relationship Builder: Strong stakeholder management skills, working directly with senior IT leadership to drive alignment and results.
- Budget Management: Previous experience in managing project budgets effectively.
What will be your key responsibilities?
- Strategic Leadership: Define the product roadmap and collaborate with Global Digital Operations teams to manage release timelines and ensure high-quality deployment.
- Collaboration: Work closely with Platform Architects to ensure timely submission of work packages, meeting critical deployment milestones.
- Innovation: Seek external benchmarks for lifecycle evolution and provide recommendations for future rollouts, driving a fit-for-value solution that aligns with our D30 vision.
- Integration Excellence: Partner with Digital Core teams across Petcare and Food to maintain a clean digital core and optimize our platform’s performance.
- Financial Stewardship: Manage the RISE/Cloud infrastructure budget, collaborating with key partners to implement best practices in Cloud management.
Why Join Mars?
- Work with over 130,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
- Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
- Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
- An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
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Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.
What We Do
For more than a century, Mars, Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This idea is at the center of who we have always been as a global, family-owned business. Today, Mars is transforming, innovating and evolving in ways that affirm our commitment to making a positive impact on the world around us.
Across our diverse and expanding portfolio of confectionery, food, and petcare products and services, we employ 133,000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward. With $40 billion in annual sales, we produce some of the world’s best-loved brands including DOVE®, EXTRA®, M&M’s®, MILKY WAY®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, ORBIT®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, SKITTLES®, WHISKAS®, COCOAVIA®, and 5™; and take care of half of the world’s pets through our pet health services AniCura, Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, Pet Partners™, and VCA™.
We know we can only be truly successful if our partners and the communities in which we operate prosper as well. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our Associates to take action every day to help create a world tomorrow in which the planet, its people and pets can thrive.
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