Ford Motor Company is looking to modernize its supply chain by leveraging advanced technology within its Enterprise Resource Planning platform, specifically focusing on direct material sourcing. The company needs to ensure engineering excellence and provide technical guidance for software product teams building distinctive products and solutions on SAP S/4 HANA.
Requirements
- Experience integrating complex Software as a Service (SaaS) products with internally developed legacy systems
- 3+ years of experience implementing SAP S/4 HANA Materials Management in a large enterprise organization, including deep understanding of Supply Chain, Finance and Corporate Accounting relationships with other enterprise value streams
- Proven professional experience working in Direct Material sourcing within a large Supply Chain organization or complex SAP implementation
- Technical expert who has experience building and scaling platforms and underlying services for re-use
- Experience operating in a Sarbanes-Oxley (S-OX) compliant environment
- Experience guiding the technical implementation for integrating SAP S/4 HANA with other enterprise systems (e.g., non-SAP systems, cloud platforms) using various technologies and API frameworks.
- Experience leveraging new SAP technologies to enhance business processes and system capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Lead the technical design of SAP S/4HANA solutions, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards, business requirements, and SAP best practices.
- Collaborate closely with product managers, product owners, and enterprise architecture to oversee the end-to-end technical delivery of SAP S/4 HANA solutions, including new capabilities, system upgrades, and ongoing enhancements.
- Identify and mitigate technical risks, ensuring timely and successful delivery of product roadmaps.
- Guide the technical implementation for integrating SAP S/4 HANA with other enterprise systems (e.g., non-SAP systems, cloud platforms) using various technologies and API frameworks.
- Proactively identify opportunities to leverage new SAP technologies to enhance business processes and system capabilities.
- Provide technical guidance and direction for solutions built on SAP S/4 HANA.
- Bring thought leadership on technical design decisions, manage dependencies across multiple product lines, and promote best practices for quality and maintainability of critical components of an integrated software platform at the center of modernizing Ford Motor Company's supply chain.
Other
- 5+ years of progressive IT experience with 2-3 years in project/program management and Agile delivery methodologies working with multiple stakeholders, software product teams and cross-functional skill teams
- Strong communication skills with ability to operationalize and assist teams with abstract technology concepts
- Ability to work collaboratively across the organization and navigate complex decision making in a rapidly changing environment
- Experience collaborating with engineers, designers, and product owners to deliver product roadmap milestones, manage dependencies across multiple internal/external teams
- Ability to work both independently and with a team with proven track record of working closely with senior leadership
