Production Planning Nz Sme - Sap

The Kraft Heinz Company; Auckland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Kraft Heinz Company is seeking a Production Planning NZ SME to provide functional expertise and business process knowledge for the ANZ SAP S/4 implementation. Collaboration with the Stream Lead, project team, and stakeholders will drive end-to-end process design, document requirements, and support readiness, testing, and adoption across the project lifecycle.

Based in Newmarket - Auckland, this role requires strong production planning knowledge, experience with SAP/ERP, and the ability to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Experience in process improvement and/or project, transformation, or system-related initiatives.
• Able to document requirements and processes and translate business needs into practical solutions with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Experience supporting workshops and delivery activities (e.g., testing, training, implementation).
• Comfortable working in a changing environment with competing priorities.
• SAP/ERP or large-scale system implementation experience is advantageous.
• Strong Production Planning functional knowledge; effective communicator and collaborator in a matrix environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to manage priorities and timelines.
• Ability to travel on a routine basis.

Responsibilities

• Provide Production Planning domain SME input across design, build, and deployment.
• Document and validate current-state processes and business requirements (including pain points/opportunities).
• Support future-state process and solution design aligned to SAP S/4 and business needs.
• Participate in workshops/design discussions; review and validate proposed process/system changes.
• Support issue and risk management within the stream (process, data, solution), including escalation where required.
• Contribute to testing (scenario input, execution support, defect triage, outcome validation).
• Support change and readiness activities (process documentation, training inputs, communications, adoption support).
• Maintain strong stakeholder relationships and provide regular updates to the Stream Lead.
• Work in line with Kraft Heinz Food Safety, Environmental, Health and Safety, Ethics, and Human Resources policies and uphold Kraft Heinz values.

Skills

Process improvement

Stakeholder management

Workshops facilitation

Documentation

Requirements gathering

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Willingness to travel

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

SAP/ERP

Job description

Description

The Production Planning NZ SME provides functionalexpertiseand business process knowledge for the ANZ SAP S/4 implementation. Working with the Stream Lead, project team, and business stakeholders, the role supports end-to-end process and system design, documents andvalidatesbusiness requirements, and contributes to readiness, testing, and adoption across the project lifecycle.

Production Planning NZ Subject Matter Expert (SME)- SAP

Role Summary

The Production Planning NZ SME provides functionalexpertiseand business process knowledge for the ANZ SAP S/4 implementation. Working with the Stream Lead, project team, and business stakeholders, the role supports end-to-end process and system design, documents andvalidatesbusiness requirements, and contributes to readiness, testing, and adoption across the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide Production Planning domain SME input across design, build, and deployment.

• Document andvalidatecurrent-state processes and business requirements (including pain points/opportunities).

• Support future-state process and solution design aligned to SAP S/4 and business needs.

• Participate in workshops/design discussions; review andvalidateproposed process/system changes.

• Support issue and risk management within the stream (process, data, solution), including escalation whererequired.

• Contribute to testing (scenario input, execution support, defect triage, outcome validation).

• Support change and readiness activities (process documentation, training inputs, communications, adoption support).

• Maintain strong stakeholder relationships and provide regular updates to the Stream Lead.

• Work in line with Kraft Heinz Food Safety, Environmental, Health and Safety, Ethics, and Human Resources policies and uphold Kraft Heinz values.

Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree.

• Experience in process improvement and/or project, transformation, or system-related initiatives.

• Able to document requirements andprocesses andtranslate business needs into practical solutions with cross-functional stakeholders.

• Experience supporting workshops and delivery activities (e.g., testing, training, implementation).

• Comfortable working in a changing environment with competing priorities.

• SAP/ERP or large-scale system implementation experience isadvantageous.

• Strong Production Planning functional knowledge; effective communicator and collaborator in a matrix environment.

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to manage priorities and timelines.

• Ability to travel on a routine basis.

Location(s)

Newmarket - Auckland