Global Senior SAP SD Business Analyst

Company Description

PQ is a leading global provider of silicates, silicas and derivative products. PQ's products are used in a wide variety of industrial processes and many customer products, from decorative paints to green cement, from clean drinking water to green tires and from toothpaste to biofuels and beer.

Ideal candidates resonate with PQ's Core Values of Integrity, Sustainability, People, Customer Focus and Safety. Successful employees embrace and model these values in their behaviors and actions.

Job Description

As senior SD Business Analyst you will be responsible for the architecture, setup, configuration, testing and support of ERP-related SD (O2C) functions. You will be in close contact with business as well as other members of the PQ ERP team globally.

In your global role, you are able to translate business requirements into efficient solutions to optimize business processes. In that it's vital to maintain harmonized process setup and, while following local legal requirements, work towards one PQ.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Knowledge of sales and logistics including:

• Main O2C processes: Sales, Shipping, Billing
• Related processes:
  • Sales Pricing, Condition technique, Pricing Schema
  • Output, Output Determination
  • Credit management
  • Contract Management
  • Rebates, Commissions
  • Intercompany processes (Sales, Stock transfer)
  • ATP setup
  • S&O planning
  • VAT setup and reporting
  • Foreign Trade
  • Transport and DG master
  • Legal requirements and reporting
  • CO/PA setup and planning
  • IDocs and interfacing
• Maintain and configure SAP SD modules to meet business requirements in accordance with the Change Management Process
• Work with cross-functional groups in the program to identify and develop solutions to business issues and opportunities within SAP SD.
• Ability to communicate at all levels of the business. Work with the business transformation team to ensure that business changes are being made to drive improvements through the organization in alignment with SAP.
• Document development requirements to communicate business requirements to Technical Team.
• Design, test and validate SD integration points across all SAP modules and external applications globally.
• Create and maintain business process mapping to document process improvements, communicate process changes or identify process gaps.
• Test processes and work to organize user acceptance testing of processes and systems.
• Provides daily support and troubleshooting to the user community on the use and best practices of the SD modules and tools (like OTM, STO etc.)
• Support and help develop SD power users within the business.
• As part of the PQ SAP team, duties will also include monitoring the SAP helpdesk queue and assisting users.
• Interfaces with external analysts for third level support as necessary to deliver service to the business.
• Possess the ability to organize activities, set priorities and handle multiple tasks.
• Support needed audit and compliance efforts.
• Available for occasional weekend support if required
• Perform other related duties as assigned

Qualifications

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• 12+ years in supporting day-to-day SAP Sales and Logistics processes as well as leading and participating in SAP projects
• Requires BS degree in Computer Science, Finance, or related area of study.
• You hold an SAP SD certificate
• S/4 Hana experience is a plus
• Strong SAP SD knowledge, experience, and best practice
• Knowledge of other SAP modules like MM, QM, WM and the interaction with FI/CO and CO/PA
• Basic knowledge of ABAP, EDI, IDoc's, interfacing, user-exits, requirements, Adobe Forms, SAPscript, migration tools, etc.
• Experience with Oracle Transport Management is a plus
• Experience with Sales Tax Office is a plus
• Experience with PowerBI is a plus
• Experience with IBM process is a plus
• Experience as a project leader and or team leader
• Ability to work with multiple departments. Must be responsive and must be able to follow up timely.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (English)
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills.
• Self-motivated, well-organized, and detail oriented.

Additional Information

Special Factors

EHS Responsibilities

• Communicates, promotes and personally demonstrates Safety/Health (including PQP Principles) as #1 priority
• Participation in risk assessment audits as applicable
• Understand PQ Principles (PQP) and how they are implemented in the site organization, rules and procedures
• Completes HSE training requirements identified for the job in a timely manner

PQ is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics. Click on the link to read Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal (eeoc.gov). For more information, please review the link Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal / U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (eeoc.gov).