SAP Product Manager- Boise, ID

Simplot is a family-owned, privately held global food and agriculture company headquartered in Boise, Idaho. Its integrated portfolio of companies includes food processing and food brands, phosphate mining, fertilizer manufacturing, farming, ranching and cattle production, and other enterprises related to agriculture. Simplot has major operations in nine countries with products and services available to customers worldwide.

Summary

Leadership. Clarity. Focus. The SAP Product Managers are senior leaders who deliver value to our business through the embodiment of these qualities. The J.R. Simplot Company is on an SAP S/4 HANA ERP global transformation journey. The Product Managers play a critical role in this transformation through envisioning, defining, deploying, and improving the SAP and SAP-adjacent products within Simplot.

The initial focus will be on the multi-year implementation and rollout of SAP S/4 and related products to the Simplot business units. As rollouts are completed, the product manager role will take on strategic planning for future needs, improvement of existing functionality, and ensuring value capture for the investment that has been made.

We are looking for the ideal candidate to fill our SAP Product Manager position that is focused on the financial controlling space (RTR-CO). The product portfolio for RTR-CO includes: SAP S/4 modules for Product Costing, CO-PA, Internal Orders, and Cost Centers. To be effective, the SAP Product Manager will have business knowledge and experience within the Financial Controlling / Ops Accounting space so they can communicate and partner with the business stakeholders on identifying needs and translating those to SAP product capabilities.

The SAP Product Manager will:

Work with business owners and the SAP vendor product team to define and align on the product roadmap, epics, features, capabilities, and overall deployment approach

Collaborate with business owners to understand future business needs and align those needs to the product roadmap

Support the Agile delivery teams to prioritize, build, and deploy the roadmap

Govern the solution globally as different business groups are on-boarded; provide guidance for identifying rational variation versus irrational variation in the solution

Own the backlog for project work and enhancement work; includes prioritization and negotiation with the business

Be the ultimate decision-maker/accountable person for the SAP products in their portfolio

Key Responsibilities

Envision and Plan It

Set both the immediate and long-term vision for your product portfolio

Communicate the vision to key stakeholders

Be transparent about the “why” and “how” for decision-making

Be able to say “no” or “not now” but explain why

Have a passion for objective prioritization and know how to balance competing factors

Get it Built

Support the delivery teams with continued prioritization, trade-off discussions, and roadblock removal

Provide clarification related to Epics and/or Features

Collaborate with the Program team to help set goals for each product increment

Make it Live

Collaborate with the business owners, users, SMEs, cutover team, training team, and the OCM team to deploy product features into the business

Support the team and business owners during the initial go-live events and provide leadership and focus on deployment issues or defects

Sustain and Improve It

Collaborate with the delivery teams and the IT support team to ensure the products have a working support model

Maintain close contact with the super-user network (SUN) to identify how the product is being used and where improvement to the product or process is necessary

Collaborate with the SAP Principal Enterprise Architect and the vendor’s product team to monitor and plan for new capabilities, future enhancements, etc.

Manage the cost of the solution and relationship with the vendor’s product team(s)

Monitor the return on investment for the products in your portfolio

Sunset It

Monitor the life of the product including vendor roadmaps and their end-of-life dates

Plan for the replacement of the product if the functionality is still needed by the business

Typical Education

Bachelor’s degree (B.A. or B.S.) from 4 year college or university

Relevant Experience

8+ years related experience and/or training

Other Information

Must be able to establish the trust of the business

Ability to influence and drive consensus with stakeholders

Must have excellent leadership and collaboration skills

Deep knowledge of the financial controlling space

Deep knowledge of the systems/modules that are in the RTR-CO portfolio

Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills

Ability to present effectively to all levels of audiences from Executives to boots-on-the-ground stakeholders

Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills

Ability to take a complex solution or concept and explain it in a simple, easy to understand way

Job Requisition ID: 25416

Travel Required:

Location(s): Simplot Headquarters - Boise

Country: United States