SAP Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Business Process Lead

SAP Business Process Lead, Product Lifecycle Management

We are seeking a SAP Business Process Lead to own the Product Lifecycle Management workstream on a large-scale SAP S/4HANA transformation. This is a business-first role: the lead is accountable for business process design on a project where the transformation is focused around business outcomes rather than technical scope.

Responsibilities

• Lead the business through the PLM workstream transformation
• Take the primary role in guiding the entire program through fit-to-standard workshops (for PLM domain)
• Resolve cross-workstream process dependencies
• Hold the line on process integrity across design, build, and deployment

Requirements

• Deep business process design experience, primarily within SAP, but grounded in a strong understanding of the underlying business operations independent of the tool
• Has implemented SAP as a business-led initiative where process design drives system design
• Understand SAP S/4HANA functionality within Product Lifecycle Management, spanning:
  • Bill of material and product structure management
  • Product formulation and recipe development
  • Specification and product data management
  • Engineering/product change management
  • New product introduction and commercialization
  • Packaging and artwork management
  • Regulatory compliance and sustainability
• Able to work backward from that functionality to define the business processes, master data, and inputs required to drive it
• Past experience creating business process flows

Preferred

• Working understanding of SAP’s ‘Active Methodology’ having leveraged the SAP Best Practice flows
• Experience creating business process flows following BPMN standards

Additional Details:

Job Type: Contract 

Pay: $115-130 per hour.  This is a 1099 independent contractor engagement and is not eligible for Pioneer benefits.

Work Location: Remote, some travel may be required to client site (monthly/quarterly).