Sales Application Engineer

**Job Overview** 1. Role mission To ensure end-to-end governance of the SAP ERP America roll-out programme, delivering against the agreed schedule, cost, quality and scope. The role is hybrid in nature: this is not a purely administrative PMO, but a profile that combines programme governance with the ability to engage substantively with business processes and application solutions. The person is expected to challenge as-is processes, design a to-be model consistent with the Group core model and oversee interdependencies with the plant application ecosystem (MES, WMS, PLM, automation systems). 2. Key responsibilities 2.1 Programme governance and coordination * Build and maintain the programme master plan and the detailed plans for each wave, managing the critical path and cross-stream dependencies. **Coordinate a multi-stream, multi-vendor team: system integrator consultants, headquarters and local key users, internal IT, plant systems suppliers.** Oversee formal governance: Steering Committee, Program Board, stream weeklies, change control boards. Prepare management reporting and executive dashboards. **Financial control of the programme: budget, forecast, actual vs plan, capitalisation, management of SOWs and contract change orders with suppliers.** Define and enforce phase quality gates (SAP Activate methodology: Prepare, Explore, Realize, Deploy, Run) and their exit criteria. **Coordinate cutover activities: detailed cutover plan, dress rehearsal, go/no-go decision, go-live oversight and hypercare.** 2.2 International roll-out and template management * Own the Group core model / global template: assess localisation requests, distinguish between legal requirements (non-negotiable) and local preferences (negotiable), and govern fit-to-standard. **Manage the fit-gap analysis and feed the template evolution roadmap.** Coordinate localisation requirements. **Oversee cross-cutting workstreams: data migration(cleansing, mapping, mock load, reconciliation), authorization & SoD, integration, training & change management, testing.** Coordinate the network of local key users and process owners across geographies, with attention to cultural and organisational differences. 2.3 SAP functional analysis * Gather, formalise and challenge business requirements; validate BBPs / functional specifications and review the technical specifications produced by development teams. **Engage as a peer with functional consultants on the modules in scope, with the ability to assess proposed solutions on their merits and identify their weaknesses.** Oversee cross-module design and application integration points, with attention to the accounting and management-control implications of logistics and manufacturing decisions. **Coordinate the testing cycle: unit test, string test, integration test, UAT, regression test, performance test. Define end-to-end scenarios and manage defect management.** Maintain a structured interface with the Application Management team for transition to operations and definition of the support model. 2.4 Critical process review and business process reengineering (BPR) * Map as-is processes across the entities in scope, identifying duplication, non-value-adding activities, missing controls and out-of-system workarounds. **Critically review the processes mapped: mapping is not a documentation exercise but the basis for a substantive redesign of the way of working.** Design to-be processes geared towards Group standardisation, simplification and alignment with SAP best practices, defining RACI and process owners. **Build the process business case: baseline, target KPIs, quantified benefits, post go-live tracking of benefit realisation.** Manage organisational impact: identify changes to roles and responsibilities, support the change management and communication plan. 2.5 Managing interdependencies with plant systems * Oversee the integration architecture between the ERP and shop-floor systems: MES, WMS, PLM, weighing, labelling and traceability systems, and the automation layer (PLC/SCADA). **Define the functional engagement model between ERP and MES/WMS.** Govern the interface matrix: for each interface, define owner, layout, direction, frequency, technology, error handling and test plan. **Coordinate third-party suppliers of plant systems, aligning their project plans, test environments and release windows.** Manage constraints typical of an industrial environment: plant shutdowns, production seasonality, narrow cutover windows, operational continuity and fallback plans. **Define degraded-mode and business continuity scenarios should any system in the chain become unavailable.** Oversee end-to-end integration testing across the full flow, including on-site testing at the plant. 3. Requirements 3.1 Experience * 5+ years of overall experience in ERP projects, including at least 3 years in PMO or Project Management roles on complex programmes. **Involvement in at least 2 full-cycle SAP implementation or roll-out projects, preferably in multi-country, multi-plant environments.** Solid experience in a manufacturing environment. **Experience in ERP-to-plant systems integration (MES, WMS or equivalent).** Experience managing distributed teams and external suppliers. 3.2 SAP technical and functional skills Platform * SAP S/4HANA, with an understanding of the architectural differences and the implications of a conversion or a brownfield implementation. **Fiori / UX, management of catalogues and application roles (a plus).** Modules — functional command of the first 4 areas is required, with working knowledge of the others: * PP / PP-PI — production planning and control, MRP, routings and bills of material. **MM / SD — purchasing, sales, pricing, order management.** WM / EWM — warehouse management, storage bins, picking strategies. **QM — quality control, inspection plans and inspection lots.** FI / CO — general ledger, controlling, product costing, material ledger. **PM / PS — plant maintenance and project system, where relevant to the context.** 3.3 Project management and process design skills * Command of project management methodologies. 3.4 Languages * Spanish: fluent. **English: fluent, C1 level or above. Non-negotiable requirement: it is the working language of the programme, of all documentation and of the international committees.** Italian: nice to have. Pay: $44,000.00 - $55,000.00 per year Work Location: Hybrid remote in Camas, WA 98607