Ford Motor Company

SAP Application Service Management Lead

Ford Motor Company$129K — $244K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of overall IT experience
  • 5+ years of SAP S/4HANA production support experience
  • Experience managing global teams with onsite and offshore setups
  • Knowledge of SAP MM/MI and production support trends
  • Strong understanding of functional and technical SAP application
  • Ability to navigate a dynamic business environment
  • Familiarity with ITSM tools like ServiceNow

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary contact for incident and request management within Material Management
  • Develop and implement incident/problem management processes and knowledge management
  • Support audit governance related to MMP production through status reporting
  • Provide problem-solving support to ensure business continuity and customer satisfaction
  • Monitor system performance and collaborate on alerting for breaches
  • Conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective actions
  • Support configuration activities in SAP S/4HANA MM and manage transport documentation

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible family care days and paid parental leave
  • Family building benefits like adoption reimbursement and fertility treatments
  • Employee vehicle discount program
  • Tuition assistance for continuing education
  • Active employee resource groups for community engagement
  • Generous paid holiday schedule and community service PTO
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Management Specialist - SAP S/4HANA is responsible for the operational support, service delivery, and continuous improvement of material management processes within the SAP S/4HANA environment. The specialist we are seeking is an experienced SAP Production Support Analyst with a strong background in business processes within MRP, Plan Production and Scheduling, MIM . The ideal candidate will be responsible for providing end-to-end production support, resolving incidents, and enhancing system performance while working closely with business stakeholders to ensure smooth supply chain operations.

This role is critical to maintaining the reliability of our SAP MMP ecosystem, which directly impacts core business operations such as Planning/Scheduling, Production Planning and Inventory .

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

  • Serve as the primary point of contact for Incident Management, Request Management, Problem Management and Event management, Operational Metrics and Knowledge Management for Material Management functions


  • Develop and implement processes aligned with enterprise processes for incident/problem management, support knowledge management, metrics reporting and business continuity plans


  • Support ad-hoc governance related to internal/external audits associated with ongoing MMP production support by way of executing available reports or reporting status on incidents or problem tickets


  • Demonstrate strong problem-solving skills and provide production support to business with primary focus oriented towards ensuring business continuity, enabling efficient solutions, providing utmost customer satisfaction, and meeting SLAs


  • Develop and update plans to monitor the system and scheduled jobs and collaborate with technical and functional teams to plan for and implement alerting in the system for breaches


  • Monitor and support key business processes and Coordinate root cause analysis for system or process failures and implement corrective/preventive actions.


  • Support configuration and enhancement activities within SAP S/4HANA (e.g. Management Bill of Material (BOM) , Bill of Process (BOP), Material Requirements Planning (MRP), Manage Inventory, Manage Receiving, Supplier Releases and material master data) and ensure proper documentation and testing of changes.


  • Continuously improve the performance of the L2 team thru efficiencies and automations where applicable. Review and adapt industry trends to standardize processes and tools used for L2 support


  • Collaborate with other Product teams across the program to align with ITSM process, stakeholder management, cross-team collaboration, and synchronization of effort to drive L2 support


  • Measure and report appropriate performance metrics for incident management including MTTx and SLA metrics


  • Support Hyper care, audits, compliance requirements, and system controls related to MMP operations.


Qualifications

Qualifications:

  • 12+ years of overall IT experience and a minimum
  • 5+ years of relevant SAP production support experience, specifically in managing SAP S4 HANA projects.


  • 3+ years of experience in managing diversified teams working across the globe with Onsite and Offshore model.


  • Knowledge of production support industry trends, their impact on business strategies, and SAP's strategy and service delivery management.


  • Good understanding of SAP Planning/Scheduling, Production Planning and Inventory functional and/or technical SAP application knowledge with strong business acumen.


  • Strong acumen to understand the business needs and ability to manage services in a very dynamic environment


  • Experience with ITSM tools such as ServiceNow or equivalent.


Preferred Skills:

  • Experience with S/4HANA migration or transformation projects.


  • Understanding of ABAP debugging and enhancements.


  • Experience with integration technologies (IDocs, APIs, EDI).


  • Exposure to automation tools and reporting platforms


  • Ability to perform under pressure in a production support environment


You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder...or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is leadership level 6 and ranges from $129,600-244,680.

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

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About Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company manufactures or distributes automobiles in addition to offering financial services. The company sells to dealerships for retail sales, and for sale to fleet customers, including commercial fleet customers, daily rental car companies, and governments. Ford’s vehicle portfolio includes automobiles, buses, tractors, and trucks. Retail financing includes retail installment sale contracts for new and used vehicles, and direct financing leases for new vehicles to retail customers, government entities, daily rental car companies, and fleet customers. Finance receivables in the non-consumer portfolio include products offered to automotive dealers. Ford’s environmental initiatives include compressed natural gas, flexible fuel vehicles, electric drive vehicles, Hydrogen, PC power management, and so on. Ford Motor Company was founded by Henry Ford in 1903 and is headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan.

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183,000 employees
Market Cap
$44.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$1.2 billion
Founded
1903
5 Year Trend
-2.1%
Revenue
$127.1 billion
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