CoE SAP QM Template Analyst

Mars; Poland; On-site; PLN 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Mars in Poland seeks a SAP QM Template Analyst to support design and build of capabilities for SAP S/4HANA, enabling Royal Canin and Mars materials testing and material conformance. The role links CoE with deployment teams to standardize templates and ensure regulatory and quality compliance.

The position focuses on harmonizing QM solutions across factories and segments, translating business needs into technical specs, and guiding pilots and deployments with strong cross-functional

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience with design and implementation of the SAP QM module.
• Ideally SAP PP / MM experience.
• Experience with SAP global template design / development.
• Strong knowledge of Quality & Food Safety practices.
• Good communications, especially in English.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Able to adapt style to work with non-native English speakers.
• Experience working in ambiguous and changing contexts.
• Experience investigating business requirements.
• Manages multiple activities and priorities under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Corporate and Royal Canin Process Owners to define QM requirements.
• Analyze opportunities for harmonization across factories, divisions and segments.
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications for template capabilities.
• Ensure SAP QM designs uphold compliance with appropriate security and access controls.
• Promote knowledge management, documentation and training for SAP QM.
• Support testing and validation plans to meet all requirements prior to deployment.
• Collaborate with CoE and other functions to ensure data handover.
• Represent the CoE QFS template during deployments, including pilots.
• Guide deployment analysts with template standards and Fit to template reviews.
• Advise on integration of edge solutions via the template interface portfolio.
• Analyze template gaps with deployment teams and propose changes within the template.
• Validate gaps with BPO/GPO and escalate for solution design.

Skills

SAP QM

SAP PP/MM

Template design

Quality & Food Safety

English communication

Analytical skills

Cross-cultural

Ambiguity tolerance

Requirements gathering

Prioritization

Tools

SAP

Job description

Job Description:

As we work to transform and optimise Mars, a new program has been mobilised by the Mars leadership team. The program is focused on the design and implementation of SAP S/4HANA in Mars across Segments (Petcare, Corporate, Snacking & Food) with an initial focus on our Royal Canin Division. Much more than a simple “Lift and Shift,” this program will undertake a major process simplification and harmonisation scope as we digitally transform our business.

The program focuses on several key process areas including Finance, Source to Pay (procurement and vendor mgmt.), Plan to Fulfil (manufacturing and distribution), Lead to Cash (sales order processing and payment) as well as Quality & Food Safety. This transformation requires thought leadership, quality decision making, deep technical know-how, and an ability to navigate complex business challenges.

The CoE SAP QM Template Analyst will report to the CoE Q&FS Director. This may change to CoE Q&FS Testing & Conformance Senior Lead as the role is filled.

This role is responsible for supporting the design and build of new capabilities based on SAP S/4 HANA and the SAP Business Technology Platform to enable Royal Canin's and Mars' future processes for material testing and ensuring conformance to specification of our raw materials, packaging, semi-finished and finished goods. Once the template is built, this role will provide support to regional deployment teams acting as the link between the CoE team and deployment teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Corporate and Royal Canin Process Owners and regional teams to define requirements for Quality Management (QM) solutions ensuring alignment with business and regulatory standards.
• Analyze opportunities for harmonization by identifying where factories, divisions and segments can adopt common SAP QM solutions, and where unique requirements necessitate tailored approaches.
• Partner with the System Integrator to ensure business requirements are effectively translated Into technical specifications for capabilities defined with the Q&FS Testing & Conformance workstream.
• Ensure SAP QM solution designs uphold compliance by implementing appropriate separation of duties, robust security roles, and restricted access to sensitive quality and testing data.
• Champion high standards of knowledge management to secure the long-term value of SAP QM solutions, including documentation, training, and best practice sharing.
• Support robust testing and validation plans for SAP QM solutions, ensuring all business, regulatory, and technical requirements are met prior to deployment, including oversight of test script development and execution.
• Work closely with other Centers of Excellence (CoE), such as those responsible for Logistics and Product Manufacture, to ensure seamless handover of quality data.
• Represent the CoE Q&FS template during deployments, including pilot deployments which will need more template team involvement
• Partner with deployment teams and division BPOs to execute Fit to template reviews and UAT.
• Provide S/4 template guidance to deployment analysts with the aim of maximum standardization
• Provide guidance on integration of edge solutions using the template interface portfolio.
• When potential template gaps are identified, conduct detailed analysis together with the deployment team and BPOs. Recommend options from within the standard template, where possible influence to change local processes instead of changing the template.
• Validate any gaps with the relevant BPO & GPO, then escalation back to the template team for solution design. May propose solutions, but priority is to clearly define the business gap.

Knowledge / Experience

• 2+ years experience with design and implementation of the SAP QM module.
• Ideally SAP PP / MM experience
• Experience with SAP global template design / development
• Strong knowledge of Quality & Food Safety practices.
• Good communications, especially in English
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Able to adapt style to work with non-native English speakers
• Experience working in ambiguous and changing contexts.
• Experience investigating business requirements
• Manages multiple activities and priorities under pressure

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