Senior Specialist, IT Application Solutions

OTC

• Facilitates the implementation and support of IT solutions to enhance Celanese business functionality and overall performance, while maintaining a high degree of customer satisfaction
• Design, configuration and testing in various SAP Modules
• Design, configuration and testing of interfaces to 3^rd party systems/Hubs (EDI, IDoc, etc.)
• Code reviews of solutions/enhancements with SAP ABAP developers
• Analyze the current business processes and scenarios of Celanese and recommend/develop solutions to meet the required need
• Responsible primarily for successful implementation of SAP, providing functional expertise, guidance, presentation and instruction on SAP products to customers
• Transfer of (local/regional) customer requirements to globally aligned and sustainable IT solutions
• Carry out complex or novel assignments requiring the development of new or improved procedures
• Develop and evaluate plans and criteria to be carried out by others; provides direction and leadership to prioritize IT projects for CX/Supply Chain
• Considers and seeks detailed knowledge of industry best practices
• Manage or participate in new IT implementations (for example M&As, divestures, new SAP modules or new systems)
• Acts as liaison with customers/stakeholders for troubleshooting: investigate, analyze, solve and test problems/tickets and map Celanese business requirements, processes and objectives; develop necessary product modifications to satisfy needs
• Always assures quality solutions considering integration aspects into other functions like finance, manufacturing, purchasing etc. and intensive plans for positive, negative and regression testing

Maintain a thorough knowledge of the organization and adheres to all organizational standards (Safety, Security, PMO, operational guidelines, Culture)

• BS or BBA in Information Technology, Business or related field
• SAP configuration experience

Required:

Order Management: Sales Orders, Pricing, Outputs, ATP, Allocation, Listing/Exclusion, Blocks, user exits, liner booking, EDI interfaces (Idocs, Bots,…), master data (material, customer, CMIR…), Fiori, Reporting/Analytics

Logistics: STO, logistics, deliveries, shipments, shipment cost documents, picking, packing, handling units, batch management, batch search strategies, outputs, copy control, WM, inventory management, scanning, EDI / Idoc for warehouse connection, Transportation Management

Billing, Pricing, Settlement Management: Billing functions, Credit / Debit, e-invoicing, country specific requirements for BR, IN, MX, outputs, copy control, tax determination, pricing, S4 settlement management functionality, interface to FI, account determination.

Desired: basic knowledge in WM

• 10 years + professional experience with a 7 years minimum of SAP configuration experience
• Experience and knowledge of key integration points between SAP modules
• Ability to read code (and debug; nice to have)
• Business knowledge and process design skills
• Ability to analyze problems and provide clear recommendations
• Strong organizational skills
• Able to collaborate with stakeholders/internal customers as well as external parties
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
• Good interpersonal skills
• Must be able to work independently as well as a team player and can manage own workload
• Able to Multi-task and work under tight deadlines
• Must be able to work independently with little to no supervision
• Must be an effective problem solver
• Must be willing to travel