at Morton Salt in Overland Park, Kansas, United States
Job Description
Morton Salt is an iconic company with a strong heritage and a bright future. Since 1848, we have been improving lives and enhancing everyday moments—at home, at work, and virtually everywhere in between. We help unlock the flavors in food, make roads and sidewalks safer, improve the water in baths, pools, and homes, and keep businesses and industries running. We are a dedicated team that constantly strives to do better together, and we are passionate about building a sustainable future for our company, the communities in which we operate, and the world around us. By joining our team, you will contribute to producing and delivering every form of salt that enhances everyday life.
Job Summary
The jobholder will be responsible for providing expert guidance and leadership on SAP Ariba and SAP ECC Procurement-related projects, driving business process improvements, and ensuring end-to-end efficiency in procurement, inventory, and supplier management.
Activities include collaborating with business and technical teams to design and implement the new process optimization and customization to meet our business demands as well as providing day-to-day support to our integrated Procure-to-Pay solutions, such as SAP ECC Procurement, Inventory Management/Material Management, and SAP Ariba Suite (including Guided Buying, Ariba Network, Contract Management, Spend Analysis and Sourcing modules).
Duties and Responsibilities
- End-to-End Procure-to-Pay Expertise: Lead the design, implementation, customization and optimization of SAP Procure-to-Pay solutions to meet the business requirements, including SAP ECC 6.0 Procurement (Purchasing, Material Management, Supplier Management) and SAP Ariba Suite solutions (Guided Buying, Ariba Network for PO and Invoicing, Contract Management, Spend Analysis and Sourcing), ensuring seamless integration between these platforms.
- Solution Design & Configuration: Own the end-to-end solution design for day-to-day support on the procurement processes, including SAP ECC 6.0 Procurement and SAP Ariba Suite, ensuring alignment with industry best practices, budget plan and compliance with financial regulations.
- Business Process Optimization: Collaborate with business stakeholders and other cross-functional teams including Finance, Operation, IT, and Project managers to conduct business requirements gathering, facilitating workshops, and defining scope and objectives on new implementation or upgrades related to SAP Procure-to-Pay functionalities.
- Integration Leadership: Oversee the system integration testing with developing test scripts and support user acceptance testing between SAP Ariba and SAP ECC to ensure technical solutions are scalable as well as maintain design integrity, adhere to functional designs, and meet business needs.
- Business Process Continuity:
- Provide training with process documentation and support to end users on the Procure-to-Pay functionalities, best practices and business processes using SAP ECC and SAP Ariba Suite.
- Continuous seeking operational improvement opportunities, service efficiency initiatives, and business process improvement to better serve business needs by staying up to date with the latest technology in SAP Ariba Suite, as well as industry best practices, and regulatory requirements.
- Project Leadership & Execution: Manage IT SAP Procure-to-Pay related projects within scope, timeline, budget and other duties as assigned.
