Global Supply Chain Data & SAP Solutions Lead

Smiths Group; Slough; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Smiths Group via John Crane seeks an experienced SAP Business Analyst to translate supply chain and manufacturing requirements into robust SAP solutions. You will lead design, configuration, and implementation, define data structures and governance rules, and ensure alignment with global standards across manufacturing operations.

You will partner with cross-functional stakeholders to drive data quality, support testing and deployment, and deliver improvements in efficiency and data governance

Responsibilities

• Gather, analyse, and document business requirements related to Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Engineering processes.
• Translate business requirements into SAP functional solutions and process improvements.
• Act as a subject matter expert for supply chain data, processes, and system functionality.
• Evaluate existing processes and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, data quality, and operational performance.
• Lead the design, configuration, and implementation of SAP solutions supporting supply chain and manufacturing operations.
• Define data structures, fields, parameters, and governance rules within SAP.
• Ensure solutions align with global standards, system constraints, and enterprise architecture.
• Support testing, deployment, and post-implementation activities.
• Define what good data should look like and why specific data structures and standards are required.
• Drive improvements in data quality, governance, and process efficiency.
• Analyse complexities relating to master data, field dependencies, parameters, and global system restrictions.
• Ensure consistency and accuracy of supply chain and operational data across the business.
• Partner with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering, and IT stakeholders to understand business challenges and priorities.
• Facilitate workshops and communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Build business cases and present recommendations to senior leadership.
• Influence stakeholders to adopt best practices and process improvements.
• Support and lead projects from requirements gathering through implementation and business adoption.
• Manage project activities, timelines, risks, and dependencies.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful delivery of business solutions.

Tools

SAP

Job description

Smiths Group via John Crane seeks an experienced SAP Business Analyst to translate supply chain and manufacturing requirements into robust SAP solutions. You will lead design, configuration, and implementation, define data structures and governance rules, and ensure alignment with global standards across manufacturing operations.

You will partner with cross-functional stakeholders to drive data quality, support testing and deployment, and deliver improvements in efficiency and data governance