SAP S/4 HANA Procurement/Logistics Analyst-Remote

Dice is the leading career destination for tech experts at every stage of their careers. Our client, Apetan Consulting, is seeking the following. Apply via Dice today! This is a crucial fill for our client as they prepare for Phase 2 of their SAP S4 Hana upgrade moving all of the processing facilities to this new system Top Skills' Details • Experience in industries such as Manufacturing, Food Manufacturing, Retail or Food industry • 10+ years of experience in SAP P2P, SAP LE, Workflow and Release Management, and/or SAP Plant Maintenance • Certification in SAP S/4 Hana Sourcing and Procurement Description • Serves as the point of contact for assigned projects that include internal tickets, systems incidents, managing day-to-day issues, coordinating testing for releases, systems optimizations, and implementation of new features. Provides support to assigned areas to ensure systems related process are successful. • Responsible for identifying logistics and procurement business needs and owning the systems design and configurations based on those needs. Communicates and ensure proper documentation using specifications, statements of work, project plans, etc. • Coordinates cross-functionally to test processes and ensure functionality and user acceptance. Assists in testing to discover errors or issues in business processes, documentation, or user's inability to execute transactions. • Provides on-going application support and training of end users. Responsible for data integrity including managing master data, purchasing documents, inventory management, goods receipt, goods issue, and transportation processes. • Identifies opportunities for improvement, documents the future-state business processes, owns the delivery of new functionalities, maintains data and transaction integrity, and promptly recommends and facilitates process improvements. • Implements best practices and seeks out opportunities to improve methods of doing business that will add value, improve efficiency, and/or contribute to cost reduction. Performs gap analysis and improves process through identifying new opportunities or products to support the needs of business. • Supports ancillary systems and collaborates cross-functionally across other modules. • Collaborates on reporting, evaluates data, identifies opportunities and trends, and provides insightful data-informed solutions. Responsible for purchase price valuation (PPV). • Ensures compliance with all internal policies, regulations, and contractual obligations. Supports audit requirements as needed. • Learns, understands, and utilizes the Butterball IT Management System (i.e., project management, request management, project portfolio, service portfolio, etc.). Skills SAP S/4 HANA, release management, manufacturing operations Additional Skills & Qualifications • Strong understanding of transactional business systems and how they interface with the business (i.e., ERP, MES, Project Systems, PLM, etc.) • Proficient with MS Suites (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook, etc.)and relevant business systems (i.e., SAP-ECC, SAP MES, S4/HANA, or other Enterprise Resource Planning Systems) • Demonstrated knowledge of specialty areas (i.e., procurement, integration with FICO, supply chain, manufacturing systems, etc.) • Business acumen with the ability to understand complex data • Excellent critical thinking, problem-solving, and innovation skills and the proven ability identify, develop, and implement innovative strategic solutions that continuously evolve the business • Strongly understanding the Project Management methodologies (i.e., Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid, etc.) and the proven ability to utilize project management skills to effectively guide cross-functional project teams • Excellent communication, documentation, and presentation skills with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization • Excellent collaboration skills with the proven ability to share ideas, knowledge, and best practices • Highly skilled at developing effective data-informed solutions to complex problems through evaluating, interpreting, and gaining insights from data Apply tot his job