The Role
The Product Owner is a member of the IT Development Team and has accountability for the SAP platform enabling core capabilities for the Procure to Pay Process - CAR (Merchandising, Merchandise Planning and Allocation), WM and MM. Primary responsibilities will be focused on leveraging the capabilities of the SAP platform to maximize stakeholder adoption, execute on the product roadmap, drive innovation, and ensure the overall user experience is aligned with the IT and business strategy and requirements. This is a functional role.

Primary Responsibilities
● Responsible for managing the SAP Platform, to fully utilize all capabilities in alignment with business partners and IT strategies.
● Identify and develop opportunities to leverage the capabilities of the SAP platform, creating long term value to achieve customer business objectives.
● Responsible for mapping end-to-end business processes to solution capabilities and coordinating with other Product Owners as needed.
● Own and maintain a capability catalog for the Back Office Systems Capability Group.
● Execute against the IT Roadmap for the Back Office scope.
● Proactively communicate the Back Office capability roadmap and IT strategies to all key stakeholders and other IT CoE’s.
● Build and maintain effective, collaborative, credible working relationships and active communication with stakeholders.
● Be the conduit of information between different teams, knowledgeably responding to questions from any stakeholder.
● Responsible for validation and signoff of new solution delivery for projects and enhancements, ensuring validation against business requirements.
● Deliver solutions and automation with a focus on enhancing the customer experience and efficiency.
● Maximize the tools and applications available to deliver business value, continually looking for opportunities for application rationalization, including applications with duplicate capabilities.
● Manage supportability of solutions including integrity of upgrade path.
● Own day-to-day relationships and build strong partnerships with SAP and other vendors.

● Maintain current knowledge of product roadmaps, industry best practices, emerging and new innovation within the SAP Platform and apply these in the service of the company’s key business goals.
● Execute on projects building consensus among stakeholders, ensuring alignment of project tactics with strategy and communicate project goals at a strategic level.
● Handle capability management on projects, but not day to day schedule management or financial management.
● Operate with an All For One approach to achieving priorities.

Qualifications
● Minimum of 3-5 years functional experience with SAP S/4HANA product across the core process of the Procure to Pay processes of CAR (Merchandising, Merchandise Planning and Allocation, OAA), WM and MM.
● 2-3+ years of Product Ownership or similar role experience in delivery, leading technical teams and achieving timely and effective results through others, both internal and external to the organization.
● Ability to select and integrate the most appropriate technologies to support the business.
● A team player who favors collaborative approaches when working with internal and external partners.
● Possesses interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written; able to articulate ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences and build strong partnerships.
● Demonstrated ability to design and implement comprehensive solutions.
● Outstanding organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
● Negotiating skills with internal customers and external service providers.
● Life-long learner with a passion for self-development to gain an in-depth understanding of the SAP solution portfolio and industry trends.
● Able to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders, communicate the IT vision and strategy, and build consensus around key initiatives and projects.
● Is able to manage multiple vendor relationships to ensure the best performance and financial return.
● Comfortable with ambiguity; can handle the unexpected with flexibility.
● Proven ability to build trust with others through a commitment to the highest ethical and professional standards.
● Display professionalism and good judgment.
● BS/BA degree required in a related field.