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POSITION SUMMARY:
The SAP Implementation Project Manager is responsible for the implementation, support, optimization, and continuousimprovement of SAP business processes across manufacturing operations throughout North America. This roleserves as a key liaison between business stakeholders and IT teams, ensuring that SAP solutions align withoperational requirements while supporting strategic initiatives and ERP transformation efforts.

The ideal candidate will possess strong functional expertise across multiple SAP modules, proven experienceimplementing and supporting SAP solutions, solid project management skills, and a customer-focused mindset.This individual will support manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, finance, and operational excellence initiativeswhile driving process improvements and business value through SAP technologies.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
SAP Business Process Leadership
Analyze business requirements and identify opportunities to improve business processes using SAPbest practices.
• Design, configure, test, implement, and support SAP solutions across multiple functional areas.
• Collaborate with business leaders and key stakeholders to define future-state processes that align withorganizational objectives.
• Conduct fit-gap analyses and recommend scalable, sustainable, and practical solutions.
• Ensure data integrity, system reliability, and process standardization across multiple locations andbusiness units.

SAP Implementation & Continuous Improvement
• Lead and participate in SAP implementations, rollouts, upgrades, migrations, and enhancementprojects.
• Support both greenfield and brownfield SAP deployment initiatives.
• Develop business cases, project plans, timelines, and resource requirements in collaboration with ITProject Managers.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on operational efficiency, automation, processoptimization, and standardization.
• Manage the full project lifecycle, including readiness assessments, blueprint workshops, businessprocess analysis, collaboration with consultants and key users, master data preparation, data migration,user training validation, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), go-live activities, and post-implementationsupport.

Project Management
• Manage multiple SAP projects simultaneously across various functional areas and manufacturinglocations.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, budgets, status reports, and risk mitigation plans.
• Coordinate activities among business teams, consultants, vendors, and technical resources.
• Facilitate project meetings and provide clear, concise updates to stakeholders and leadership.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, within budget, and aligned with business priorities.

SAP Support & Operations
• Provide second- and third-level SAP support to business users.
• Troubleshoot complex SAP issues and coordinate resolution efforts with functional and technicalteams.
• Evaluate enhancement requests and prepare functional specifications for development teams.
• Support integrations between SAP and third-party systems, including EDI,MES, WMS, BI, and othermanufacturing-related applications.
• Develop and maintain documentation, training materials, standard operating procedures, andknowledge base articles.

Customer Service & Business Partnership
• Build strong relationships with plant leadership, production teams, supply chain, finance, engineering,quality, and other business functions.
• Deliver exceptional customer service through a consultative, collaborative, and solution-orientedapproach.
• Conduct end-user training sessions and facilitate knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to business stakeholders on SAP capabilities, limitations, emergingtechnologies, and best practices.
• Partner with business leaders to identify opportunities for process improvement and maximize the valueof SAP investments.

The above is intended to describe the general content of and the requirements for the performance of thisposition. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements.

QUALIFICATIONS:
Education
• Bachelors degree in information technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Engineering,or a related field.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 80% of the time to support on-site SAP implementations, projectactivities, and plant operations across North America.

Experience
• Minimum of 7-10 years of hands-on SAP experience in a manufacturing environment.
• At least 3 years of experience implementing SAP solutions, with additional experience providingproduction support and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Proven experience leading or participating in multiple full-cycle SAP implementations, upgrades,migrations, and rollouts.
• Experience working within automotive manufacturing environments is strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting automotive OEMs or Tier 1 suppliers is highly desirable.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end business processes and SAP integration across manufacturing,supply chain, logistics, procurement, and finance functions.
• Experience supporting multi-site operations and enterprise-wide SAP deployments across NorthAmerica is preferred.

SAP Functional Knowledge
Strong understanding of end-to-end business processes and system integration across multiple SAP functionalareas, including:
• MM (Materials Management): Procurement, purchasing, inventory management, schedulingagreements, vendor collaboration, and material master data management.
• PP (Production Planning): Production planning, manufacturing execution, capacity planning, shopfloor processes, and production scheduling.
• SD (Sales & Distribution): Order-to-cash processes, customer requirements management, pricing,shipping, billing, and logistics execution.
• WM/EWM (Warehouse Management/Extended Warehouse Management), QM (Quality Management), PM (Plant Maintenance), and PS (Project Systems): Warehouse operations,inventory control, quality processes, maintenance management, project tracking, and relatedoperational activities.
• FI/CO (Finance & Controlling), EDI, BI, and SAP S/4HANA: Financial integration, cost and profitabilityanalysis, electronic data interchange, reporting and analytics, business intelligence, and modern SAPS/4HANA platforms.

Preferred Automotive & Manufacturing Experience
• Experience supporting JIT (Just-in-Time) and JIS (Just-in-Sequence) manufacturing environments andautomotive supply chain operations.
• Strong understanding of production scheduling, inventory management, logistics, warehouseoperations, and material flow processes.
• Experience supporting EDI transactions and integrations with automotive OEMs, suppliers, and thirdparty partners.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, and operational excellencemethodologies.
• Experience supporting multiple manufacturing facilities across North America is strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with automotive industry requirements, including quality standards, traceability, customerreleases, and supply chain management processes.

Skills & Competencies
• Strong project management, planning, and organizational skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage stakeholders atall levels of the organization.
• Proven leadership capabilities, teamwork, and cross-functional collaboration experience.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, multiple projects, and support requests in a fast-pacedenvironment.
• Customer-focused mindset with a proactive, consultative, and service-oriented approach.
• Self-motivated, accountable, and capable of working independently with minimal supervision.
• Strong presentation, documentation, facilitation, and end-user training skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Project, and PowerBI.
• Ability to translate complex business requirements into effective SAP solutions and recommendations.

Travel Requirements
• Must be willing and able to travel extensively throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico tosupport plant operations, SAP implementations, project deployments, training activities, and continuousimprovement initiatives.
• Travel requirements may reach up to 80% depending on project phase, implementation schedules, andbusiness needs.
• Must possess or be able to obtain all required travel documentation, including a valid passport and anyapplicable work authorization.
• Ability to support occasional off-hours and weekend activities during critical project milestones, systemcutovers, and go-live events.

Ideal Candidate Profile
• The ideal candidate combines deep SAP functional expertise with strong project leadership and athorough understanding of automotive manufacturing operations.• This individual is a strategic thinker and hands-on problem solver who can effectively bridge the gapbetween business and IT. 
• The successful candidate will have a proven track record of delivering SAP solutions that improveoperational performance, support business objectives, and drive continuous improvement acrossmultiple manufacturing locations.
• They will demonstrate strong leadership, exceptional stakeholder management skills, and a commitmentto customer service while supporting complex SAP initiatives in a dynamic, fast-paced manufacturingenvironment. 
• Above all, they will bring a collaborative, results-oriented approach and the ability to translate businessneeds into practical, scalable SAP solutions.