Section Manager Global IT

Key responsibilities:

• Technical and business knowledge sharing, mentoring and leading the internal team by example. Ensure the team works according to agreed procedures and process
• Manage the change/enhancement requests, provide accurate resourcing estimates, working closely with IT Business Partners to improve our existing system designs, and implement robust maintainable IT application solutions
• Participant and project manager / IT Lead for projects.
• Hands-on configuration and gathering of business requirements. Create detailed functional and technical analysis & designs, perform unit testing and SIT, conduct UAT and release to production system.
• Keep IT Business Partner and Process owners informed of progress on new and enhancement requests.
• Ensure that standards are adhered to for documentation, development, source control, testing methodology, and internal procedures
• Providing technical leadership in SAP modules and related change/enhancement requests, in managing and review the applications design, development & testing.
• To carefully investigate, scrutinize and recommend solutions to improve business processes, procedures and structures.
• Review and authorize SAP transport requests (Part of CAB Review)

The ideal candidate will have (education & experience):

• Strong process and functional knowledge in FI and CO (Note: CPA certification would be a bonus)
• Knowledge in integration with other SAP ERP module is essentials
• Min. 15 years' experience in solution implementation, with at least 5 end-to-end cycles involvement.
• People management experience of 3-6 team members
• Process oriented thinking
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong leadership, ownership and personal drive to solve problems. Team player and able to guide and influence to achieve end goals
• Demonstrable experience of managing 3rd party support contracts and relationships
• Project management experience and able to structure and scope a project and to manage a project through to completion.
• Established experience in the orchestration of metrics/management reporting
• Ability to think strategically and at the same time be operationally hands-on when the circumstances desire

Key skills and personal characteristics:

• Leading People through influence: Ability to lead people toward meeting the business vision, mission, and goals. Inherent ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts.
• Results Driven: Ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks.
• Building Coalitions: Ability to build coalitions internally and with service and technology partners to achieve common goals.
• Planning and Organizing: Effective at planning and managing own workload and ability to split time between reactive tasks and planned project work
• Customer Focus (internal): Able to anticipate and understand customer expectations, and ensure that customer requirements are met and expectations appropriately managed. Able to build solid relationships with team members and internal customers.
• Building Relationships: Able to develop effective relationships with IT staff and external vendors
• Dealing with Ambiguity: Ability to work through issue when clear instructions are not provided.
• Communications: Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
• Analytical: Must be analytical and detail oriented yet, able to conceptualize end-state solutions
• Multi-task: Must be able to manage and support multiple projects simultaneously

* Expected Travel Amount is Less than 10%