Procure to Pay Process Lead (SAP)

This role works in collaboration with the Procure to Pay and Supply Chain Planning Business Process Owner(s), Executive Leadership Team and is a key contributor to the SAP project team. This role is responsible for the support of the SAP project as it relates to process design, defining functional requirements for system development, cutover practices, training and development and final roll out to the organization. The primary areas of focus for this role include a deep understanding of vendor master data as it relates to purchasing, purchase order logic, application of vendor trade funding and vendor contracts. This role will also ensure Wakefern achieves improved process maturity measured via KPI’s and delivers a program that enables realization of the SAP Value Proposition.

Essential Functions

The core functions of this position include, but are not limited to, the following :

• Business Process Lead of an assigned work-stream within the project (outlined above); ensure Business Process Owner (s) and Procurement Organization is aligned with key design decision and overall process requirements.
• Ensure development of processes aligned with program scope, roadmap and business case.
• Day to day responsibility for leading design workshops, writing Business Process Documents (BPD’s) and functional specs; testing plan, Org Design and Change Impact and Training; leverage Subject Matter Experts (SME’s) and Super Users for input and testing.
• Understands and drives the requirements from the business perspective related to both SAP and RAPID.
• Liaison and communicator to the business.
• Prepare, set up and conduct solution validation workshops.
• Identifies gaps and development efforts and documents such requirements (WRICEF).
• Obtain business sign-off on delta requirements and design documents.
• Participates in the creation and approval of functional specs (SAP, RAPID).
• Participates in planning and development of testing cycles and unit testing (SAP, RAPID).
• Participant in the creation of SIT test scripts in assigned work-stream (SAP, RAPID).
• Responsibility includes completion of assigned testing, defect identification, and appropriate re-testing
• Participate in planning and execution of cutover plans.
• Work with Organizational Change Management (OCM) to finalize end-user training materials and documentation.
• Works with Center of Excellence to transition knowledge and define a post-production support process.
• Involved with cut-over activities, including data migration.
• Complete all scheduled end-user training.
• Monitor business process results and the production environment (production support, business monitoring processes, technical support, & system enhancements) during hyper care period.
• Assist Center of Excellence (COE) in production support issues.

Process Transformation activities

Qualifications

Working Conditions & Physical Demands