The SAP Development Manager is responsible for all the software development activities on all SAP Enterprise systems, including SAP ECC, S4 HANA, SAP PO, and SAP Fiori. In addition, the IT Manager-Applications works with global ABAP, SAP PO, and Fiori resources. This person works with the business and SAP functional teams to translate complex business requirements and processes to SAP systems, coordinates project activities with business and IT teams and is an expert technical resource in all application development phases.
Responsible for managing quality, productivity, and costs of all deliverables from the SAP Application development teams. Responsible for mentoring and guiding a global team of employees and contractors toward the department’s goals. The successful candidate will manage a global team of internal and external IT developers to estimate accurately, design, document, and deliver software assets in accordance with the standards. This position is responsible for managing a team of 5 –10 consultants.
Principal Duties:
· Provide deep SAP technical and application architecture guidance to project teams supporting solution design and development.
· Partner with Project Services to develop cost estimation, reference architectures, and best practices.
· Lead identification of assets or services that the project teams can reuse to drive consistency and cost reduction.
· Ensure adherence to the defined development processes and standards.
· Work with and proactively monitor the development activities of Adient SAP COE implementation partners whom Adient has agreements with, ensuring their deliverables and processes are aligned with Adient standards and policies.
· Lead technical integration efforts for SAP products such as SAP ECC, S4 HANA, Fiori, SAP PO, etc.; partner with project services and technical and operational teams to recommend preferred solutions.
· Leads the SAP application development for the assigned projects and ensures adherence to the application quality and deliverables schedule.
· Be the point of contact with external teams like project services, operations, architecture, compliance, and testing teams.
Qualifications
· Bachelor’s degree in computer science from an accredited university.
· 12+ years of total SAP professional experience with at least five years of experience in leading global teams and must have at least two full life cycles of SAP implementation experience.
· SAP development experience in reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements, forms, and Fiori is a must. In addition, the candidate must demonstrate expert-level skills in SAP ABAP development.
· Must have experience with ECC 6.0, Fiori, and SAP PO development. Experience in S4 HANA and SAP BTP is preferable.
· Should have a good understanding of several functional areas such as RTR, PTP, and OTC.
· Candidate must be well organized and capable of managing numerous priorities in parallel.
· Must have strong management, communication, planning, and administrative skills; the candidate should have strong team player qualities and be a strong self-starter who can deliver consistently at a high quality.
· Must have experience in technical project management
PRIMARY LOCATION
Central Tech Unit Plymouth MI
COMPANY INFORMATION:
Adient is a global leader in automotive seating. With approximately 75,000 employees in 33 countries, Adient operates 208 manufacturing/assembly plants worldwide. We produce and deliver automotive seating for all major OEMs. From complete seating systems to individual components, our expertise spans every step of the automotive seat-making process. Our integrated, in-house skills allow us to take our products from research and design to engineering and manufacturing — and into more than 20 million vehicles every year.
