SAP Business Process Analyst - PTM (Planning & Scheduling)

The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a market-driven global company serving customers in more than 100 countries. We own and operate manufacturing facilities in 17 countries, as well as sales and technical offices around the world. Through our global sales and manufacturing networks, we are able to deliver the products and services our customers need, where and when they need them. At Lubrizol, our mission is straightforward: We improve lives as an essential partner in our customers’ success, delivering efficiency, reliability, or wellness to their end users.

Lubrizol’s Plan to Manufacturing (PTM) team is looking for an analytical, customer-focused Business Process Analyst to join our growing team. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Interface with the Planning, Production, Inventory, Warehouse Management and/or Quality Management’s business organizations, Business Process Leaders, end users as it relates to the PTM area, and other impacted Stakeholders in the Supply Chain area while supporting SAP ECC and S/4 ERP modules.
• Support break-fix, enhancements and project activities related to the PTM Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling functioning areas including but not limited to PPDS, APO, ATP, S&OP, and Rapid Response.
• Work with users and key stakeholders to define business requirements and convert those requirements into technical specifications.
• Propose the most efficient and effective use of processes and systems.
• Encourage and implement the use of common business solutions, systems, processes, and data within Lubrizol.
• Represent the IS organization with process and technical skills by playing an active role in projects following the standard project methodology.
• Ensure the quality of software changes and additions.
• Guide users in creating, testing, and implementing procedures.
• Understand and solve interfacing needs between the ERP and supporting systems.
• Work as a cross-functional team member across technologies, geographies and IS groups.
• Work closely with the project team to design and implement business solutions to reach project objectives and goals.
• Implement coordinated, standard and uniform solutions within Lubrizol.
• Educate colleagues at Lubrizol on SAP PTM Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling related concepts.
• Update and maintain documentation regarding the application, its interfaces, and data definitions.
• Pursue opportunities to remain current in new and emerging IS technologies.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred or extensive related experience.
• Proven expertise of SAP ECC and S/4 ERP application and concepts in the following SAP components: configuration, SAP scripts, SAP transactions, Solution Manager and Active Control.
• Expertise with business processes and systems for PPDS, APO, ATP, S&OP, and Advanced Planning Applications.
• Speaks English fluently.
• Demonstrated collaboration skills with the ability to handle conflict and work with a distributed team.
• Must have good interpersonal skills, a positive attitude, a self-starter, welcome the opportunity to learn new technologies.
• Team player with excellent relationship-building skills.
• High degree of customer focus.
• Able to work flexible hours to meet deadlines.

What will put you ahead:

• 3+ years of experience in designing and developing business processes, data structures and systems.
• Knowledge and experience with APO module, BW module, Kinaxis-Rapid Response, Portals, Informatica, Net Applications, Mobility Applications, Interfaces, and SharePoint.