Enterprise Solutions Assoc Manager

Responsibilities Main Purpose of the role IT-OTC- SAP OTC - Pricing and Condition Contract Management (CCM) specialist – PGT EAA (Europe, AMESA & APAC) PGT Program across Europe, AMESA, APAC sectors is 4+-Year, Multi-Workstream, Multi-Vendor Program with a total spend $600 Million based on amount approved by Board of Directors and latest ESP forecast made in 2021 . This is a major transformation project to implement harmonized and simplified business processes enabled by an integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) system utilizing SAP S/4 HANA business suite. The project will replace legacy solutions across these markets and will implement the PGT solution for Record to Report (RTR), Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Order to Cash (OTC), Purchase to Pay (PTP), Make to Deploy (MTD), Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), Forecast to Schedule (FTS), and Trade Promotional Management (TPM) Objectives of the role: - This role will be directly responsible for Solution design and development of Sales order management processes leveraging SAP S4 Sales and Distribution solution with PGT Template for Europe, AMESA & APAC Sector SAP deployments through PGT Program. - This role ensures Global Template solution supports the SAP S/4 Order to Cash (OTC) process for PepsiCo’s Sales Units and solves for any design gap within the template governance and delivers deployments successfully. - This role collaborates in standardization of the business processes and ensuring that the configured system confirms to the Global Template approach while meeting the needs of the business. - This role will adopt and adhere to PepsiCo Agile Methodology (PAM) principles for the Global Template project. - This role will also be accountable for the integration other key functions in other value streams, such as FTS, EWM, MTD & RTR and local applications (DSD) and other go to market applications relevant to local market. Accountabilities • Drive end to end delivery of the in-scope PGT projects in the sector for Sales Pricing and Condition Contract Management for couple of markets at a time- Accountable to partner with the Business leads and Global Solution Design leads to deploy the end to end solution for the markets in sector. • POC for Decision-making for OTC- Pricing and Condition Contract Management, localization of functionality in the Global Template during deployment - Accountable • Collaborate with the Order to Cash Global Process Leads to implement and deploy the Global Template – Consult/Execute • Partner with OTC Leaders in Pricing and Condition Contract Management space to propose, review and validate solutions required for deployment – Accountable • Support Partner Sales oPricing and Condition Contract Management Deployment team on solution simplification - Accountable • Work with extended partner team in reviewing all Configuration Requests and Change requests within sprint. • Partner with the TPM , EWM and RTR team on the Pricing/ Sales Volume/ Rebate Management to implement and deploy the end-to-end solution – Consult / Execute • Actively engage and educate business process owners on solution optimization, simplification and standardization capabilities – Consult / Execute • Ensure global lift and shift opportunities are deployed across the sectors – Consult / Execute • Collaborate with all scrum teams to implement and deploy the end-to-end Global ERP solution leveraging agile methodology – Consult / Execute • Work closely and collaborate with scrum team members to ensure a prioritized and sufficient product backlog for the teams to work against – Consult / Execute • Participate in key Sprint planning, retrospectives and other key ceremonies – identify, monitor and implement key agreed-upon improvements - Consult / Execute o Adopt and adhere to PAM principles and values o Adopt development practices which focus on quality and value, while increasing efficiency, and minimizing waste o Foster an environment where communication, teamwork, and innovation are encouraged o Help to implement Agile engineering best practices such as continuous integration, automation of testing and delivery, and continuous peer review within teams. • Owns vendor partnerships with service provider vendors – Accountable to ensure vendors are meeting their project commitments in compliance with Master Service agreements and SOW’s. • Ensures adherence to the internal IT operating model, including technology standards, project life cycle methodology, release management, change management, and other related processes and procedures, SLAs and controls compliance – Accountable to ensure proper governance is followed for all OTC areas. • Support the hiring, onboarding, performance management and career and talent development for PepsiCo associates assigned to the data streams across projects – Support to ensure performance management activities are in place • Support project status / communication for all related work in the project – Support to ensure project status reporting is done weekly and senior exec level communications are timely and accurate Years of Experience • Minimum Bachelor’s degree is required. Computer Science or Information Systems is preferred. • 8+ years of experience configuring, deploying and managing SAP ERP with a focus on Order & Contract Management, Pricing & Condition Contract, and Transportation/Logistics Management Qualifications Mandatory Technical Skills • Hand-on experience around master data required for Pricing and Condition contract management for retail industry. • Process knowledge and SAP S4 solution mapping experience for Free of charge delivery, STO, Intercompany Sales, Drop Shipments, and billing. • Good understanding of various distribution channels for food & bev industry. • Hands on experience around pricing , bonus buy, Sales deal, free goods determination, Condition contracts, Settlement management, pricing condition maintenance, agreements, • Should be able to drive discussions around pricing architecture and drive synergies around various business units. • Proven capabilities in integrating SAP with peripheral supply chain systems such as planning & procurement, demand management, production planning, transportation and warehouse management systems and Handheld solutions (HHD) • Should have done extensive work on Sales and distribution and its integration with sub-modules like materials management and finance & costing. In addition, integration with external supply chain systems like transportation and warehouse management (like SAP TM / WM / EWM) is required • Deep expertise in SAP SD with multiple roll-out experience is required. • Proven experience in the governance of a global ERP template • Deep understanding of project test phases and testing automation tools • Fully aware of the SAP security design implications through global roles. Familiar to the GRC best practices in large corporations as PepsiCo • Dispatches standard SAP quality issues with OSS (Online SAP Services) and follows up the required break fixes Mandatory Non-Technical skills • Demonstrated Leadership skills, including planning, organization, prioritization, collaboration • Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization • Ability to work flexible hours based on varying business requirements • Knowledge and experience in the following tools, disciplines and processes are nice to have: SAP SolMan 7+, Azure DevOps, Quality Center and MS Project • Solves complex problems within their work team • Strong influencing, facilitating, and consulting skills in working with stakeholders at all levels in the organization and across departments • Ability to quickly adapt to changes in timelines and sequences • Ability to work collaboratively across project teams. Differentiating Competencies • Strong scope management experience • Experience working in a matrixed organization • Provides outstanding customer service skills to direct and indirect customers • Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization • Demonstrated ability to translate complex technical topics / issue to non technical partners / stakeholders • Ability to effectively work with remote teams in different regions of the world • Demonstrates the desire and ability to develop new technology skills, business knowledge, and customer service capability through training, experimentation, and self-study • Ability to work flexible hours based on varying business requirements