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Job Description:

Join a growing ERP team leading a greenfield SAP S/4HANA implementation in North America for a global automotive supplier. You'll help define and deploy standardized processes in Manufacturing and Quality, while maintaining the decentralized culture that drives our business. This is a unique opportunity to shape a modern ERP from the ground up, developing standard processes while also designing solutions that can adapt to the unique needs of each ITW division.

You will be part of a highly visible SAP implementation core team, focused on aligning strategic objectives with tactical demands.

As the Senior SAP S/4HANA Lead for Manufacturing & Quality, you will own end-to-end processes related to production planning, shop-floor execution, and quality management in an automotive supplier environment. You will:

+ Implement Batch Traceability, Production Scheduling and Production Execution processes

+ Support compliance with automotive quality requirements such as PPAP, incoming/in-process inspection, and labeling

+ Collaborate with site leadership (plant managers, quality engineers, production supervisors) to adapt current processes within S/4HANA

+ Support change management by translating technical solutions into clear business impacts for Manufacturing and Quality stakeholders.

+ Collaborate closely with logistics, finance and sales workstreams to ensure end-to-end process consistency

Key Responsibilities

Solution Design & Delivery

+ Act as a long-term owner of the SAP Manufacturing & Quality process template, ensuring its evolution through future rollouts and enhancements.

+ Lead business requirement discovery and configuration workshops

+ Engage with key users to shape Manufacturing and Quality processes in SAP that balance common foundations with local agility

+ Build, test, and validate a scalable ERP template

Data & Testing

+ Coordinate with divisional teams to prepare and validate data

+ Guide user acceptance testing and assist in test script creation

+ Ensure Manufacturing and Quality processes in SAP support compliance, auditability, and strong master data governance.

Training

+ Train key users based on configured processes

+ Provide post-go-live functional support and transition solution ownership to local teams

Leadership & Ownership

+ Act as functional lead during future rollouts

+ Collaborate with external consultants during pilot implementation

+ Communicate status, risks, and progress clearly to project leadership

Support

+ For divisions that are live on SAP, act as second-level support for Manufacturing & Quality related support requests

Key Skills & Qualifications:

Must-Have:

+ 5-7 years of hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA and at least 1-2 implementations for SAP S/4HANA within the automotive supplier industry

+ Deep expertise in PP, PE, PP/DS, and QM modules within automotive manufacturing and quality contexts

+ Strong understanding of automotive supplier operations (traceability, lean, labeling, expendable & returnable packaging)

+ Experience with BOMs, routings, production scheduling, and MES integration

+ Track record in SAP transformation projects including blueprint, configuration, data migration, testing, user training, and go-live

Nice-to-Have:

+ Exposure to SAP BTP, ABAP, Fiori apps

+ Experience with SAP RISE S/4HANA Private Cloud

+ Knowledge of process-oriented manufacturing (PP-PI) and planning integration (APO/CIF)

**Travel Requirement:** Up to 50%, based on project phase

Compensation Information:

$120,000-$130,000 base plus bonus

_ITW is an equal opportunity employer. We value our colleagues’ unique perspectives, experiences and ideas and create workplaces where everyone can develop their careers and perform to their full potential._

_As an equal employment opportunity employer, ITW is committed to equal employment opportunity and fair treatment for employees, beginning with the hiring process and continuing through all aspects of the employment relationship._

_All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws._