Business Process Specialist - ERP Transformation (SAP)

Belden Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

HSA/FSA

Matching retirement plans

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid vacation

Job summary

Belden Inc. is undergoing a Global ERP Transformation built on SAP S/4HANA.

As a Business Process Specialist – ERP Transformation, you will serve as the governance authority for a broad portfolio of supply chain and operational functions, ensuring design decisions are understood and executed consistently across sites. This is a high-visibility role with a long runway for growth as the program scales globally.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field preferred, or 10+ years relevant work experience.
• 7+ years of experience in supply chain, operations, or business process roles within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Demonstrated experience supporting or leading business process design during an ERP implementation (SAP strongly preferred; SAP S/4HANA a significant plus)

Responsibilities

• Act as the governance authority for business processes across Order-to-Cash, Procurement, Planning, Manufacturing, Logistics, and Finance during ERP rollout.
• Define, document, and maintain future-state process standards aligned with SAP S/4HANA and Belden's strategy.
• Partner with leads and site teams to validate process designs against real-world execution.
• Identify gaps and risks; elevate and resolve with stakeholders.

Skills

ERP implementation

SAP/S4HANA knowledge

Supply chain experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree or 10+ years experience

Tools

TMS solutions

MES environments

Label management platforms

SAP MM/SD/PP/WM

Job description

Innovation Starts With You

Propel your career at Belden, where innovation creates possibilities—for our people, our customers, and the communities we serve. We connect people, information, and ideas to solve the world’s most complex connectivity challenges, turning curiosity into meaningful impact. Here, you’ll take on work that challenges you, supports your growth, and empowers you to shape what’s next. You’ll collaborate with global teams, gain diverse perspectives, and contribute to solutions that extend beyond our business—creating value in the world around us.

Innovation Starts With You

Propel your career at Belden, where innovation creates possibilities—for our people, our customers, and the communities we serve. We connect people, information, and ideas to solve the world’s most complex connectivity challenges, turning curiosity into meaningful impact. Here, you’ll take on work that challenges you, supports your growth, and empowers you to shape what’s next. You’ll collaborate with global teams, gain diverse perspectives, and contribute to solutions that extend beyond our business—creating value in the world around us.

Together, we are shaping the future of digitization and paving the way for the next generation of innovation.

Job Summary

Belden is executing one of the most significant business transformations in its history through a Global ERP Transformation built on SAP S/4HANA. This role sits at the intersection of that transformation and our day-to-day business operations.

As a Business Process Specialist – ERP Transformation, you will serve as the process governance authority for a broad portfolio of supply chain and operational functions — ensuring that business process design decisions made during implementation are understood, adopted, and executed consistently across our functional and site teams. This is a high-visibility, high-impact individual contributor role with a long runway for growth as the program scales globally.

What You'll Do

Business Process Governance

• Serve as the primary business process resource across Order-to-Cash, Procurement, Planning, Manufacturing, Logistics, and Finance workstreams during the global rollout of Belden's ERP Transformation
• Define, document, and maintain future-state business process standards in alignment with SAP S/4HANA design and Belden's operational strategy
• Partner with functional leads and site teams to validate process designs against real-world execution requirements
• Identify process gaps, risks, and deviations; elevate and resolve with appropriate stakeholders

Functional Scope

• Order Management — Support the design and adoption of order management processes including complex and solutions-based configurations
• Planning — Support planning of manufacturing and procured supply to optimize service, cost, and inventory while also partnering with the SIOP team to ensure factory and DC planning processes align with the broader S&OP framework
• Procurement — Cover both direct and indirect material sourcing processes from requisition through payment
• Manufacturing — Support shop floor execution, quality management, and EAM/maintenance processes; coordinate integration points with other project teams
• Logistics — Cover inbound and outbound process design, cycle counting, physical inventory, global trade (Customs/Import-Export compliance), and coordinate TMS integration with the responsible program team
• Finance — Partner with finance stakeholders across the full spectrum of financial process implications tied to operational workflows

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Act as a key liaison between functional process owners, site teams, and the Organizational Change Management (OCM) team
• Support training and readiness activities by providing process expertise and clear documentation
• Integrate with parallel workstreams (SIOP, MES, TMS) to ensure end-to-end process coherence across the program

What You Bring

• Bachelors Degree in a related field preferred, or 10+ years relevant work experience
• 7+ years of experience in supply chain, operations, or business process roles within a manufacturing or industrial environment
• Demonstrated experience supporting or leading business process design during an ERP implementation (SAP strongly preferred; SAP S/4HANA a significant plus)
• Functional knowledge across two or more of the following: order management, procurement, planning, manufacturing operations, logistics, or finance operations
• Strong ability to facilitate cross-functional discussions, drive alignment, and document outcomes clearly
• Experience working within a structured project or program environment
• Excellent communication skills — able to translate process complexity for both frontline operators and senior stakeholders
• 30% domestic travel required - possible international travel needed also

Preferred

• SAP S/4HANA hands‑on experience in a relevant module (MM, SD, PP, WM/EWM, FI/CO)
• Familiarity with ancillary systems such as label management platforms, TMS solutions, or MES environments
• Experience in a global manufacturing company with multi‑site operations

Applicants can expect a base compensation range of $90,000 - $120,000 annually, plus benefits and additional incentives based on the level of the role. This is the reasonable estimate that Belden believes it might pay for this job based on applicable circumstances at the time of posting. Belden may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range as permitted by law, and commensurate with the applicant’s experience, qualifications, and geographical location.

Belden also offers hybrid and remote work practices where feasible and provides employees with benefits that could include health/dental/vision, long term/short term disability, life insurance, HSA/FSA, matching retirement plans, paid vacation, parental leave, employee stock purchase plan, paid leave for volunteer work in your community, training opportunities, professional talent management and succession planning, corporate health well‑being initiatives and a work culture which includes commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and sustainability!

Let's Create Possibilities Together.

Join a global community shaping the future of intelligent connectivity. At Belden, you’ll help push the boundaries of technology and write the next chapter of innovation, creating possibilities for your career, your future, and the world around you.

These statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work involved for this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of this job.