Functional Lead Sales / Logistics

Provide overall technology leadership for SAP SD / LE / WM area to achieve ACCO

Brands strategic objectives.

Set, manage expectations, challenge requirements and help establish

priorities.

Investigate best practices, and participate in the selection & implementation

of technology solutions.

Establish development and support capability effectively utilizing all available

resources.

Provide support for mission-critical applications.

Integrate SAP functional development and support capabilities within the

North American support framework.

Establish successful development and implementation strategies for new systems or

system enhancements within SAP modules.

Translating business/user requirements into functional specifications to

architecture and design.

Analyze and document ongoing internal customer requests for additional

features, functionality, integrations, etc.

Designing applications and activities related to that, including configuring SAP

/ third party applications.

Develop user documentation for delivered solutions in order to facilitate

ongoing production support activities and user training.

Implementing and reviewing appropriate testing & quality assurance

activities.

Plan the development activities for projects. Understanding of project planning

tools.
Act as the Subject Matter Expert in SAP LE/WM; providing support and training on
current applications. Helping resolve configuration, program and other issues;
investigating user problems and initiating corrective action.
Establish successful relationship with internal/external customers and vendor directly.
This interaction may take the form of coordinating with a customer's
information technology department for EDI, master data, report data and
scheduling of jobs.
Drive continuous process improvement with use of technology solutions by
demonstrating value-add propositions and effective communication of IT value
to the business.
Interacting with the non-information technology business/technical areas to
help prioritize and select enhancements to the IT system.
Interacting with management to assess needs, assign priorities; learn new
technologies and techniques as appropriate.
Participating as an active team member, providing value-added input that others can
learn from. Effective listening and collaboration skills.
Ensure SOX and ACCO Audit compliance in IT areas and support the business to
develop solutions to ensure overall SOX compliance.
Position Qualifications:

Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, related discipline or equivalent technical work

experience is required.

Equivalent work experience must include: 5 years general Information Technology

experience, with 3+ successful SAP project roles and 2-5 years specific business/technical
process area experience in SAP SD / LE is required.
5 years of general IT operations and systems development, configuration and
support.
Experience in all phases of the project lifecycle, including: User requirements,
analysis, design, development and implementation of SAP SD, LE, WM functionalities.
Extensive experience in configuring SAP SD and LE functions.
Expertise in configuration of Shipping and Transportation functions such as Delivery
Processing, Delivery Types, Packing List, Picking List, Goods Issue, Transportation
processing, Routing and Route Determination, STOs, etc. Configuration of Transportation
Planning points, Shipping Points, Shipping Type.
Familiar with BAPIs, IDOCs and integration to PI.
Good to have experience with SAP WM processes for Receiving & Put away, Inbound
& Outbound transaction processing, HU configuration & Management, RF picking & put
away, Replenishment, Shipping, Kitting and Physical Inventory, Vendor Management,
Batch Management, Serialization, Inventory & WM Industry Best practices.
Extensive experience in gathering business requirements, blueprinting, functional
and technical design, configuration, gap analysis to customizations, unit and integration
testing, go-live and post go-live support.
Proficient in analyzing and translating business requirements to function design and
architecture.
Experience configuring and customizing SAP Applications to meet business needs.
Business process expertise and the ability to adapt to changing conditions.
Proven organizational and project management skills. Ability to manage multiple
priorities independently and meet deadlines under pressure.
Ability to partner with key business stakeholders, functional groups and development
teams to deliver projects on time and within budget; offshore team management a plus.
Background experience in global enterprise systems implementation and
management, management reporting systems, sales and marketing systems,
manufacturing systems, financial transaction systems and data warehouse systems.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal), ability to
communicate within project team as well as with the business, leveraged IT
personnel.
Strong understanding of development processes, tools, and methodologies.
Willingness to take on challenges, sometimes in unfamiliar areas, and learn what is
required to succeed in the assignment.
Excellent organizational, analytical and communication skills: detail oriented.
Strong negotiation, communication and people management skills.
Possess basic leadership, organizational and time management skills.
Self-directed and uses judgment to proactively seek guidance from management or
update status to management. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is required.