Job Description
12 month contract
Luton OR Macclesfield
The S/4HANA Data Expert – Procurement & Materials Management is responsible for supporting the definition of business data requirements within the S/4 HANA design process, along with defining and documenting the S/4 Enterprise Data Standards and ensuring that existing ECC data is fit for purpose at the point of migration to S/4 HANA for a defined group of data objects/processes. The role is aligned to Procurement & Materials Management and is responsible for proactively engaging with the wider business (including data offices and governance forums) and other relevant partners to ensure that the S/4 data design meets business requirements, aligns to SAP standard where possible, and that S/4 data can be used with confidence achieving a Quality Core.
Typical Accountabilities:
* Support the definition, documentation and implementation of S/4 Enterprise Data standards related to Procurement & Materials Management, including master data, reference data and metadata – collecting the business context and ensuring approval in accordance with defined data governance. To include the development of conceptual models, business glossary and ontologies.
* Apply data, process, and object expertise to support S/4 process design, acting as an integral part of the Procurement & Materials Management design team, considering both business process and analytics requirements.
* Review the design and development of data quality rules to embed into the data quality issue management framework within area of expertise.
* Provide support to project data migration processes, including the co-ordination of pre and post load business sign off.
* Collaborate with current business data capability to ensure that S/4 design and the wider enterprise data design remain aligned (including supporting interim state).
* Influence the prioritisation of data delivery as related to Procurement & Materials Management, providing inputs into progress reporting and issues.
* Support the definition of the change journey from current to future state data design including completion of change impact assessments and outline of critical use case examples.
* Ensure that non-SAP system requirements are understood and considered in the data design.
* Input to the cleanse and enrichment approach for data within Procurement & Materials Management in accordance with the overall data cleanse strategy.
* Ensure that data within Procurement & Materials Management complies with the S/4 HANA Data Governance Framework and AZ Global Data Standards.
* Assist the S/4 Data Governance team in the creation of effective global procedures to ensure that each data asset is governed throughout its lifecycle.
Essential:
* Significant experience and domain expertise in Data Objects in the Procurement & Materials Management area. Demonstrable knowledge of how business data requirements support process execution and analytics, with the ability to explain complex data concepts to business users.
* Demonstrable experience of designing and implementing Data Standards for a global enterprise with significant geographical and functional footprint.
* SAP 4 Hana working knowledge across transactions and reporting in an SAP environment, including an understanding of how data integrates within an SAP architecture.
* Experience of Business/IT partnering for the implementation of Master Data Management-related solutions.
* Proven track record of delivery and ability to effectively prioritise to ensure goals and outcomes are achieved.
* Experience with global working and across cultures.
* Demonstrate good communication skills with the ability to influence others to achieve objectives.
* Proven organisational change, interpersonal, assertiveness and negotiation skills.
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