Title: SAP o9 Technical Delivery Lead, SAP Planning

Location: Hybrid, East Hanover, NJ -- there will be some travelling since this will be implementing a product at client locations.

Duration: 6 months

The o9 Technical Delivery Lead will be responsible for the technical delivery of the O9 to North America region with your expertise in the planning & stakeholder management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the technical delivery of the o9 Global core model at a regional/BU level.
• Provide the necessary functional / technical delivery expertise to help address any specific regional requirements identified through FitGap.
• Work with Global MDS teams to ensure core model design is delivered in a consistent way to avoid any regional customization.
• Support Fit gap and identify key market technical/process nuances to be considered for implementation.
• Minimize deviations to Core Model and drive sign off on core customization requirements for the region ensuring rationale and business value.
• Provide program updates on status and progress across the applicable program governance forums.
• Accountable for delivering the regional plan and working with both Global, Regional and PMO teams to ensure project milestones are being achieved on time and within core model principles.
• Own technical aspects of testing & cutover process for the region.
• Provide regional functional input into Risk Impact Analysis, enable risk mitigation from all technical aspects and project dependencies from various other initiatives.
• Partner/work with the extended regional MDS team (vendor/partners) to ensure technical readiness for related deliverables.
• Responsible to work with the regional business need to ensure all requirements are thoroughly worked through and successfully closed out from an MDS stand-point.
• Support regional change management strategy as required for implementation.
• Leads the regional delivery team across MDLZ and Partners ensuring that resources are assigned appropriately and clear on milestones and deliverables.
• Provide input as required to ensure adequate business contingency plans are in place for the region.
• Work with the regional Business counterparts to ensure track reporting is clear and accurate.
• Support project management deliverables with TG/Sprints sign off and risk mitigation plans.
• Work with PMO and Regional MDS lead to ensure value delivery (cost & benefits) and adoption goals are met.
• work with cross functional teams on testing and validation of solution.
• Enable delivery through close collaboration with respective internal MDS teams e.g. Dev Op's

What you need to know about this position:

• This is a hybrid role based out of our East Hanover, NJ. office.
• Travel will be required based on project requirements.
• This is a fixed term opportunity based on project timelines.

What You Will Bring to the Role:

Required Experience:

• 8 years in Supply Chain Planning with implementation experience with business platforms solutions like o9, JDA/Blue Yonder, Kinaxis, SAP IBP/APO
• Expertise in delivering Digital Supply Chain transformation initiatives for Planning.
• Strong process knowledge of supply chain planning, sales and operations planning and reporting.
• Experience in designing solution by working with different demand planning scenarios for Advanced Statistical forecasting and generating consensus forecast.
• Expertise in modeling and reporting
• Expertise in data integration
• Good understanding of demand sensing solution with modeling external downstream demand signals such as POS/Retail Store level data for deployment decisions
• Ability to configure and customize the system to support business requirements.
• Experience of integrating Planning technical systems with host ERP systems such as SAP S4 HANA.
• Excellent communication skills, analytical and problem-solving skills.

Education and Professional Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of experience.
• A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is highly preferred.
• Certifications in O9/planning are advantageous.