SAP Product Manager
Company: Simplot
Location: Boise
Posted on: January 24, 2023
Job Description:
SAP Product ManagerLocation:Boise, ID, US, 83702-6924The J.R.
Simplot Company is a diverse, privately held organization, with
roots firmly planted in agriculture and agriculture-related
businesses. The J.R. Simplot Company is a true farm-to-table
company with operations that touch every aspect of agriculture,
including seed production, farming and ranching, plant sciences,
fertilizer manufacturing, food processing, commercial product
development, and distribution.SummarySimplot is on an SAP S/4 Hana
ERP global transformation journey. We are building the SAP Product
Team that will include multiple Product Managers. The Product Team
is accountable for envisioning, defining, deploying, and improving
the SAP products within Simplot. These Product Manager roles will
focus on products in the SAP ecosystem; product portfolios will be
broken out by the process area(s) they support.The initial focus
will be on the multi-year implementation and rollout of SAP S/4 and
related products to the Simplot business units. As rollouts are
completed, the roles will take on strategic planning for future
needs, improvement of existing functionality, and ensuring value
capture for the investment that has been made.The roles we are
hiring for include:SAP Product Manager: Procure-to-PaySAP Product
Manager: Record-to-ReportThe SAP Product Manager will:
- Work with business owners and the SAP vendor product team to
define and align on the product roadmap, epics, features,
capabilities, and overall deployment approach
- Collaborate with business owners to understand future business
needs and align those needs to the product roadmap
- Support the Agile delivery teams to prioritize, build, and
deploy the roadmap
- Govern the solution globally as different business groups are
on-boarded; provide guidance for identifying rational variation
versus irrational variation in the solution
- Own the backlog for project work and enhancement work; includes
prioritization and negotiation with the business
- Be the ultimate decision-maker/accountable person for the SAP
products in their portfolioKey ResponsibilitiesEnvision and Plan It
- Set both the immediate and long-term vision for your product
portfolio
- Communicate the vision to key stakeholders
- Be transparent about the why and how for decision-making
- Be able to say no or not now but explain why
- Have a passion for objective prioritization and know how to
balance competing factorsGet it Built
- Support the delivery teams with continued prioritization,
trade-off discussions, and roadblock removal
- Provide clarification related to Epics and/or Features
- Collaborate with the Program team to help set goals for each
program incrementMake it Live
- Collaborate with the business owners, users, SMEs, cutover
team, training team, and the OCM team to deploy product features
into the business
- Support the team and business owners during the initial go-live
events and provide leadership and focus on deployment issues or
defectsSustain and Improve It
- Collaborate with the delivery teams and the IT support team to
ensure the products have a working support model
- Maintain close contact with the super-user network (SUN) to
identify how the product is being used and where improvement to the
product or process is necessary
- Collaborate with the SAP Principal Enterprise Architect and the
vendors product team to monitor and plan for new capabilities,
future enhancements, etc.
- Manage the cost of the solution and relationship with the
vendors product team(s)
- Monitor the return on investment for the products in your
portfolioSunset It
- Monitor the life of the product including vendor roadmaps and
their end-of-life dates
- Plan for the replacement of the product if the functionality is
still needed by the businessTypical Education
- Bachelors degree (B.A. or B.S.) from 4 year college or
universityRelevant Experience
- 8+ years related experience and/or training
- Must be able to establish the trust of the business
- Ability to influence and drive consensus with stakeholders
- Must have excellent leadership and collaboration skills
- Deep knowledge of the source-to-pay space
- Deep knowledge of the systems that are in the source-to-pay
portfolio
- Must have excellent verbal and written communication
skills
- Ability to present effectively to all levels of audiences from
Executives to boots-on-the-ground stakeholders
- Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills
- Ability to take a complex solution or concept and explain it in
a simple, easy to understand way
- #LI-MG1Job Requisition ID : 11792Travel Required : Up to
25%Location(s) : Simplot Headquarters - BoiseCountry: United
States*The J.R. Simplot Company is proud to be an Equal Opportunity
Employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment
without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry,
age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic
information, physical or mental disability, medical condition,
sexual orientation, military or veteran status, marital status, or
any other protected status.*If you require technical assistance,
please email us at careers.contact@simplot.com.
Keywords: Simplot, Boise , SAP Product Manager, Professions , Boise, Idaho
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