Deputy Director – SAP Ariba (Source to Pay)

Key Responsibilities

Technical skills

• Provide end-user support for Ariba or Coupa platforms or similar, and troubleshooting problems- hands on experience required,
• Understanding of Master data, it’s integration, and org structure for Procurement in MDG and SAP,
• Configuration governance of procurement applications/platforms to support new site deployments
• Operations Documentation maintenance (RunBook, User Guides, Knowledge Base)
• Governance and controls to ensure adherence to technology standards, best practices, release management, change management, and other related processes and procedures, SLA and controls compliance
• Oversight of Technical cut-over, Go-Live and Hypercare support
• Root cause analysis for issues found during Hypercare of new business sector deployments within PepsiCo
• Incorporate AI capabilities to drive process improvements

Non-Technical skills:

• Ensure that all procurement activities, processes, and transactions align with corporate governance, policies, and compliance standards.
• Support Procurement KPIs to measure procurement performance, supplier performance, and system usage metrics.
• Use data insights to recommend process improvements or system upgrades.
• Conduct training, serve as SME
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Develop a strong understanding of the application and business processes
• Provide expertise and knowledge to our operations teams when they need our assistance
• Work with customers, business and IT partners globally to identify and resolve issues, escalating as required
• Assist with identifying and testing any existing issues discovered
• Ability to prioritize own work under general supervision
• Stays up-to-date with technology and industry trends by proactively participating in training, self-study, conferences, webcasts, user group participation, reading or other relevant means

Qualification & Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 10+ years of Procurement applications Delivery and development experience such as MDG, Ariba, Coupa, SAP
• 3+ years Project Management
• 3+ years working with Managed Service Partners and/or 3rd Party implementors
• Familiar with MW integration, CIG, APIs
• Experience in Delivering complex application implementations with a Global user base
• Experience using ServiceNow, MyIT Portfolio, Azure Devops, Quality Center MS Project and other supporting tools
• Demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to communicate and articulate to LG1-LG3 leadership
• Proven ability to prioritize work and delegate deliverables leading a team of employees and
• Background collaborating with software vendors (i.e. SAP)
• Power BI knowledge a plus,

Benefits

At PepsiCo, we provide more than a salary. Total Rewards is everything you receive as an employee – your pay, health care benefits, wellness programs, retirement plans and work/life benefits.