Manager - Rebates & Incentives Vistex, SAP Center of Excellence
Job Summary:
We are seeking a highly experienced SAP technology leader who can lead day-to-day activities in software development lifecycle, application architecture and oversee a team responsible for developing software across a diverse SAP landscape. In this role you need to manage development in an existing SAP landscape while also focusing on emerging technologies to deliver world-class solutions.
Primary focus for this role is Rebates & Incentives functional capability in Vistex, SAP solution design and configuration standards, and work on cross-functional teams for business outcomes. You will also need to roll up your sleeves to design and build solutions and stay current with industry trends. The ideal candidate will oversee development across multiple SAP projects, design scalable architectures, and build solutions that drive efficiency and innovation to align with the organizations strategic goals. This role requires strong leadership, stakeholder management, and technical expertise to ensure seamless integration across a diverse application landscape.
This role will be responsible for ensuring the highest quality of solution design in our current SAP landscapes along with testing strategies at the same time oversee and drive large-scale organizational change initiatives by implementing latest SAP technologies as we migrate to SAP S/4
and RISE. This role will also establish and implement functional and configuration standards and methodologies, product roadmaps, solution standards, and frameworks for application reuse. This role requires strong leadership, to lead development teams of 12-15 SMEs, stakeholder management, and technical expertise to ensure seamless integration across diverse application landscapes.
Responsibilities:
Strategic Leadership:
- Support and implement the overall SAP functional strategy aligned with business objectives
- Support defining roadmaps and corresponding financial plans for technology investments to stay current with the technology trends
- Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, providing insights on SAP capabilities and trends
Team Leadership and Collaboration:
- Build and lead cross-functional teams, including employees, SAP consultants, and third-party vendors
- Foster collaboration among IT, business units, and external partners to ensure smooth integration and user adoption
- Provide mentorship and training to team members on domain knowledge, configuration standards, and advanced technology solutions
- Monitor project progress, manage resources, and ensure alignment with quality standards
Functional Expertise:
- Ensure optimal integration of SAP with other enterprise systems and technologies
- Stay updated on the latest SAP advancements and recommend upgrades or innovations
- Oversee the Rebates & Incentives development team within the current ECC environment and key projects
- Lead the adoption of SAP S/4HANA and cloud migration strategies, implementing best practices in SAP architecture
- Integrate AI technologies in SAP solution development to reduce costs and transition time to SAP S/4
- Execution and management of the SAP SD Pricing functionality including price procedure setup, condition types, routines, etc.
- Vistex experience in modules like Rebates and Incentives or Chargeback/Billback modules is also a plus
- Support the integration with other application like EDI/Vendavo/etc. related to Pricing and RNI area.
- Provide leadership in planning/sequencing of end-to-end design workshops and support facilitation of workshops, leveraging knowledge of industry best practices and application of global SAP implementation experience.
- Guide complex fit/gap analysis
- Collaborate cross-functionally with BASIS, ABAP, infrastructure, architecture, and cross-functional leaders to achieve results
- Develop and maintain configuration standards and establish KPIs to measure the design and configuration quality and track post-implementation performance
- Elevate SAP COE team members skills and knowledge of SAP latest technologies and trends using various forums like training sessions and hackathons
- Documents and manages SOPs for software and information platform systems
- Provide support in preparing and conducting prioritization meetings (for enhancements and defects) with the RNI functional partners.
- Ensure all critical RNI processes are properly monitored and alerted and automate recurrent incidents.
- Closely follows the strategic direction set by the segment and executes on priority goals.
- Closely work with infrastructure teams to ensure a reliable and stable operations.
- Complies and enforce adoption of Solution Manager, Charm Management, HP ALM and other standard tools.
- Accountable for IT Controls, SOX compliance, and Audit findings on the SAP Pharma platform
- Responsible for the KPI's and BPM metrics that support current and future Pharma business units on SAP
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree with equivalent experience
Minimum 15 years of IT and 12 years of hands-on experience in SAP ecosystem with extensive knowledge in Rebates & Incentives Vistex functionality
- Proven record of accomplishment of leading development on SAP S/4 HANA and other major SAP implementation projects
- Strong knowledge of advanced technologies in SAP and automation
- Experience in governing development across multiple projects simultaneously to ensure adherence to development standards
- Strong functional and configuration knowledge in Vistex modules along with pricing functions with focus on Contracts, Agreements workbench, Supplier rebates, Customer rebates, Chargebacks and Compliance modules
- Experienced in all global SAP aspects, including defining & assigning Enterprise Structure, Master data, Sales Order processing and purchasing functions preferred.
- Interfaces: Should have hands on in interface in different system like SAP to SAP and SAP to Non-SAP preferred
- Experience in Vendavo application preferred
- Strong collaboration and leadership skills preferred.
- Strong understanding of business processes across various functions (finance, supply chain, etc.)
- Effective program management
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Strong stakeholder and people management skills
- Expertise in change management and user adoption strategies
- Demonstrated ability to lead, motivate, and manage diverse teams along with innovation and driving change
- Enjoys detailed and challenging puzzles, thrives in a fast-paced dynamic environment, and possesses the aptitude to work independently
- Experience working in an onshore-offshore development model
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to switch contexts between highly technical and business-focused topics quickly and easily
- Someone that embraces diversity, and values people not just for what they do but who they are
- Actively foster an environment where people can bring their authentic selves to work Highly desired
- Experience collaborating in global/geographically diverse teams
- Strategic mindset and critical thinking
- Process oriented grasps process flows and can translate them to Business impact. Must be driven to seek intent, draw meaningful conclusions and drive value
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Self-motivated. Must be flexible and willing to adapt to change
- Ability to lead meetings/calls must be comfortable leading large meetings, presenting
- Must be very thorough with day-to-day planning and keeping oneself organized
- Willingness to work off hours, as requested (minimal)
What is expected of you and others at this level:
- Applies advanced knowledge and understanding of concepts, principles, and technical
- capabilities to manage a wide variety of projects
- Participates in the development of policies and procedures to achieve specific goals
- Recommends new practices, processes, metrics, or models
- Works on or may lead complex projects of large scope
- Projects may have significant and long-term impact
- Provides solutions which may set precedent
- Persuades others into agreement in sensitive situations while maintaining positive relationships
- Independently determines method for completion of new projects
- Receives guidance on overall project objectives
- Acts as a mentor to less experienced colleagues
Job Location: Bangalore, India
Work Timings: 1:00pm to 10:00pm IST OR 2:30am to 11:30am EST (to cover extended US period). This schedule may vary depending on the business requirements
