Lead Variant Configuration

ZEISS Group; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

ZEISS India, headquartered in Bengaluru, focuses on Industrial Quality Solutions, Research Microscopy Solutions, Medical Technology, Vision Care and Cine Optics. The role entails end-to-end configuration services for a product line, coordinating with German HQ and global teams to collect requirements and finalize configuration specifications.

You will drive planning with lifecycle engineering and project managers, perform variant configuration coding in SAP (LO-VC/AVC) and manage related data -

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or BIS.
• Experience: 5–8 years in master data management or similar.
• Proficient in requirements engineering with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to plan and schedule multiple complex work packages and engage global stakeholders.
• Strong SAP knowledge, especially SD and LO-VC/AVC.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end delivery of configuration services for a product line throughout the lifecycle.
• Collect configuration requirements from stakeholders (primarily at German HQ) and advise on design standards.
• Finalize product configuration specifications in standardized templates with consistency checks.
• Plan delivery in collaboration with lifecycle engineering and project managers.
• Code or analyze variant configuration in SAP per company standards (AVC/LO-VC).
• Maintain data like pricing and foreign-trade information across connected applications.
• Coordinate validation (UAT, stress tests) of the configuration model and translate selections into production orders.
• Process support tickets from data management users to support order fulfillment and channels.
• Propose improvements for processes, standards, and tooling.

Skills

Master data management

Requirements engineering

Stakeholder management

SAP configuration (LO-VC/AVC)

SAP CRM

Salesforce

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or BIS

Tools

SAP SD

LO-VC/AVC

SAP BRIM

Salesforce

CRM systems

Job description

ZEISS in IndiaZEISS in India is headquartered in Bengaluru and present in the fields of Industrial Quality Solutions, Research Microscopy Solutions, Medical Technology, Vision Care and Sports & Cine Optics.ZEISS India has 3 production facilities, R&D center, Global IT services and about 40 Sales & Service offices in almost all Tier I and Tier II cities in India. With 2200+ employees and continued investments over 25 years in India, ZEISS’ success story in India is continuing at a rapid pace.Further information at ZEISS India .Responsibilities:end-to-end delivery of configuration services for a product line throughout the lifecycle, including:collection of configuration requirements from various stakeholders (primarily based at German headquarter sites) while providing advisory regarding company design standardsfinalization of product configuration specification in standardized templates, including consistency & feasibility checks, given the company specific modelling standardsdelivery planning in collaboration with lifecycle engineering and project managersvariant configuration coding or code analysis in SAP ecosystem following the detailed company specific standards (standardized building blocks for most specific configuration problems available)maintenance of additional data such as pricing, foreign-trade information, pictures, etc. in various connected applicationscoordination of the validation (UAT, stress test) of the configuration model regarding behavior of the user interface and translation of user selections into production ordersprocessing of support tickets from data management key users, mainly supporting order fulfillment departments and sales & distribution partners across the globeproviding improvement ideas for processes, standards, and tooling – alignment and implementation of these ideas not expectedCandidates profile:bachelor’s degree in engineering or business information systems or a similar qualification5-8 years of experience in master data management or a similar functionproven proficiency in requirements engineering with technical and non-technical functions, such as sales and product managementability to plan and schedule multiple simultaneous and complex work packages and engage stakeholders across the globe to make their contributions in due time and qualitystrong expertise in the SAP modules SD and LO-VC (variant configuration) or AVCideally experience in SAP CRM, SAP BRIM and Salesforcegood understanding of innovation transfer, supply chain, and sales processessystematic and thorough working stylestrong analytical skills with an eye for critical detailsfluent in English communication and knowledge of any additional language.Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:Saptarshi Chowdhury