Solution Architect/Solution IT Expert

This Solution Architect/Solution IT expert role will work within the Product Sustainability & Compliance team of the Technical Operations, Quality Assurance product line. This position includes the below mentioned tasks and responsibilities with main focus on SAP Product and REACH Compliance, SAP Product Safety (formerly SAP EHSM) and SAP S/4HANA for Product Compliance Software Solutions.

Key tasks/ responsibilities:

• Supports solution design updates and solution impact analysis (including creation of relevant documentation or updates toexisting documents): as-is and to-be solution architecture modelling and impact analysis.
• Acts as IT consultant torelevant stakeholders like Product Owners, Product Manager, Business process Owners (e.g. input totechnical process flows, requirements, functionality gap analysis) with support of Senior consultants.
• Understands business processes governing the application and is able toestablish strong links with other technical teams responsible for the application and product delivery.
• Supports alignment todefined technology roadmap among cross functional teams
• Supports process optimization within the domain tomeet system or user requirements and develop new functionality.
• Supports requirements gathering exercises and is able toshow how agreed requirements are addressed by the proposed solution.
• Supports the conversion of User Requirements into Technical Requirements and Work packages for Developers.
• Supports the development of, and modifications to, solution components toensure that they take account of relevant architectures, strategies, policies, standards and practices and that existing and planned solution components remain compatible
• Works and cooperates with ateam of external consultants and developers for change and incident management processes in either Waterfall, DevOps or Agile team configurations.
• Develops further business/technical critical knowledge within the area of expertise for the function.
• Assists in the development of others by sharing his/her experiences and knowledge in the field of expertise.
• Becomes areliable team member.
• Supports the implementation of projects within the area of technical expertise, contributes tothe implementation planning.
• As needed, supports maintenance and support activities (troubleshooting, incident resolution) e.g. for technical implementations or Change Management processes in aWaterfall, Agile or DevOps setup.
• Helps in defining testing for System and User Acceptance tests

Must-Haves:

• Very good application knowledge in: SAP Product and REACH Compliance, SAP Product Safety (formerly SAP EHSM) and/or SAP S/4HANA for Product Compliance Software Solutions.
• >2 years of professional IT experience in the relevant SAP module(s) mentioned above.
• Participation in at least 1 SAP implementation project ( full cycle) in asimilar role tothe job description.
• Some experience in the area of EHSM (Product Safety, Product Compliance) processes and corresponding regulatory context.
• Good understanding of SAP material master.
• Able tocontribute toalignment meetings and discussions with business and IT stakeholders.
• BS in Computer Science, engineering or equivalent degree and/or experience.
• Advanced English reading, writing, listening and speaking.

Soft Skills:

• Very strong communication skills at different levels (end users, stakeholders, team leads) in an assertive and collaborative manner.
• Analytical mindset, attention todetail.
• Excellent team player who enjoys collaboration, knowledge sharing as well as self-learning.
  Special Requirements

Flexibility totravel ~10%-15% of time including outside of home country