Solution Architect (SAP IBP/PPDS)

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Solution Architect (SAP IBP/PPDS)

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Solution Architect (SAP IBP/PPDS). Lindt & Sprungli (North America) Inc. Kansas City, Missouri. (Multiple positions). Responsible for the overall delivery of SAP services across the business domains of supply planning, demand planning, sales and operations planning, detailed production scheduling for the Lindt companies in North America. Lead the delivery of SAP IBP and PPDS module for projects and system enhancements, end user support services, and system upgrades, migrations, and implementation of new functions and features. Coordinate with internal teams, business users, and third-party vendors to ensure alignment on tasks, objectives, and deliverables. Monitor work progress, identify risks and issues, and implement mitigation strategies as needed for IBP and PPDS areas. Build and maintain strong relationships with users and other stakeholders, understanding their business needs and providing solutions that add value. Act as the primary contact for end users and other stakeholders on delivery in IBP and PPDS domains. Communicate regularly with various stakeholders and with internal team to provide updates, address concerns, and gather feedback for continuous improvement in IBP and PPDS. Define technical and functional standards and ensure delivered work meets technical, functional, performance, and business requirements as well as best practices. Lead requirements' definition and convert requirements into program specifications and necessary system documentation. Configure and implement the following based on business requirements: sales forecasting, demand planning, supply planning, sales and operations planning, IBP cross-system integration using CI-DS, and detailed production scheduling. Execute and lead testing process (unit and integration test). Provide application support, facilitate changes, respond to tickets, and train end users. Aid in the management of third-party vendors. Provide support to management regarding strategy and roadmap planning. $140,000.00-$200,000.00 per year. Requires: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Business, or related degree. 8 years of experience in any IT position. Demonstrated technical expertise in SAP S/4HANA, including in PPDS. Demonstrated experience configuring and customizing IBP and S/4 HANA PPDS. Demonstrated familiarity of the underlying technical underpinnings of SAP. Demonstrated knowledge of the following business processes and SAP system capabilities to support them: sales forecasting, demand planning, supply planning, sales and operations planning, and detailed production scheduling. Demonstrated understanding of the interaction of PPDS and IBP processes with other business processes and SAP modules (e.g., SD, FICO, MM, PP). Demonstrated experience in leveraging full capabilities of SAP core functionalities to keep customizations to minimum. Demonstrated experience in complex SAP environments. Demonstrated integration experience using CI-DS. Travel up to 30% of the time to Lindt & Sprungli locations within the United States. The person in this position may work from any location within normal commuting distance to a Lindt & Sprungli location within the United States (Kansas City, MO; San Leandro, CA; or Stratham, NH). Mail resumes to Jordan DeFlon, Lindt & Sprungli (North America) Inc., 4717 Grand Avenue, Suite 700, Kansas City, MO 64112 or email jdeflon@lindt.com.

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