CoE SAP QM Template Analyst

Mars, Incorporated and its Affiliates

Warszawa

On-site

PLN 180,000 - 300,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Job summary

Mars, Incorporated and its Affiliates is seeking a CoE SAP QM Template Analyst to design and build new SAP S/4HANA capabilities for quality management and material conformance across Royal Canin and Mars divisions. You’ll link CoE teams with deployment groups to ensure consistent, compliant QM solutions.

The role emphasizes harmonization, template governance, and support for regional deployment, with a focus on quality data handover and robust testing. Strong English communication is essential.

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.

Responsibilities

Partner with Corporate and Royal Canin Process Owners and regional teams to define requirements for QM solutions.
Analyze opportunities for harmonization across factories, divisions and segments.
Collaborate with the System Integrator to translate requirements into technical specs for the QFST&Conformance workstream.
Ensure SAP QM designs uphold compliance with separation of duties and access controls.
Champion knowledge management, including documentation, training, and best practice sharing.
Support testing and validation plans for SAP QM solutions prior to deployment.
Coordinate with other CoEs to ensure seamless handover of quality data.
Represent the CoE QM template during deployments and pilot runs.
Provide guidance on template integration for deployment analysts.
Identify gaps and propose options within the standard template while guiding local processes where possible.

Skills

SAP QM

English communication

Analytical thinking

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder management

Quality & Food Safety

Tools

SAP QM

SAP PP/MM

SAP templates

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 teamsto define requirements for Quality Management (QM) solutions ensuring alignment with business and regulatory standards.
Analyze opportunities for harmonizationby 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 complianceby implementing appropriate separation of duties, robust security roles, and restricted access to sensitive quality and testing data.
Champion high standards of knowledge managementto secure the long-term value of SAP QM solutions, including documentation, training, and best practice sharing.
Support robust testing and validation plansfor 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 escalates back to the template team for solution design. May propose solutions, but priority is to clearly define the business gap.