SAP Process Lead

We are Generac, a leading energy technology company committed to powering a smarter world.

Over the 60 plus years of Generac’s history, we’ve been dedicated to energy innovation. From creating the home standby generator market category, to our current evolution into an energy technology solutions company, we continue to push new boundaries.

The IT Process Lead is focused on providing solution designs to meet business-related requirements in compliance with Generac’s Global SAP Design Model. The IT Process Lead collaborates with Global and Regional teams to understand current business processes and business requirements to ensure technology investments support and enhance strategic objectives.

The IT Process Lead will be responsible to develop overall design and execution of key Generac business processes, utilizing SAP technology, while ensuring regulatory compliance. Will actively lead and/or participate in the pre-planning, blueprinting, realization, final preparation & go-live support phases of IT strategic roadmap projects. As a solution designer, consult with users to interpret and understand issues, use SAP configuration expertise for proof of concept to demonstrate a recommended solution to stakeholder. This position will be a mentor to other members for the SAP COE team.

- Work with IT Leadership to assess and establish enterprise priorities for key initiatives and investments.

- Provide strategic consultancy support to assigned customers in defining business processes and solutions.

- Provide support to Global Business Process Owners and/or Business Analysts in the development of Business Cases (scope, functionality, cost).

- Participate in the development and documentation of business processes based on business requirements and functional designs for major initiatives ensuring an end-to-end process solution.

- Provide leadership to ensure system implementation meets defined business requirements and aligns with to-be business processes.

- Maintain awareness of SAP process strengths, supported best practices and development release schedule to assist in defining future direction

- Monitor project throughout project phases/stage gates to ensure design solution enables business requirements, escalate to PMO as needed.

- Ensure detailed project designs maintain architectural design standards/principles related to reusable services, common technology, and strategic technical capabilities.

- Approval of functional and technical specification documents

- Lead and nurture the SAP Global Design Model. Lead and nurture continuous process improvements according to business strategies.

- Resource Forecasting for system support and projects. Lead and/or provide support in SAP technical system configuration.

- Facilitate discussions, gain consensus by providing/explaining solutions corresponding to business requirements.

Other duties as assigned and the following: the Trusted Advisor of business solution designs using SAP technology.

Minimum Job Requirements Education

- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Work Experience

- Experience implementing at least 2 large-scale or complex IT projects

- 8 years of ERP value stream experience

- 3 years of SAP ECC experience

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

- Exceptional written and verbal skills

- Strong process and process improvement orientation

- Proficient in SAP ECC configuration

- Strong knowledge of Output Conditions and master data to drive business process, MS/Office Products, Third Party Sourcing and Management, Project management

Preferred Job Requirements

Education

- Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Process Management

Work Experience

- Experience being the hands-on functional lead role for new SAP implementation

- Experience in SAP ECC (LE) – PTP-PPS, (WM) – PTP-WM & (MM) – PTP-MM

Physical Demands

: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; and use hands to manipulate objects or controls. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk. On occasion the incumbent may be required to stoop, bend or reach above the shoulders. The employee must occasionally lift up to 25 - 50 pounds. Specific conditions of this job are typical of frequent and continuous computer-based work requiring periods of sitting, close vision and ability to adjust focus. Occasional travel.

“We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.”