Manager, SAP S4 Project Systems

Builders FirstSource; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is looking for an IT Leader with extensive SAP S/4 experience to drive innovative projects in the construction sector. This role emphasizes leadership, overseeing IT teams, and managing complex project requirements. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Order to Cash processes and supply chain integration. You will be instrumental in setting up and managing SAP Project Systems, ensuring high-quality service delivery, and collaborating with diverse teams. Join a dynamic environment that values experience and passion, where your contributions will shape the future of home building.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of SAP experience, focusing on Project Systems and Order to Cash.
• Strong background in supply chain integration within construction.

Responsibilities

• Manage IT professionals and oversee project execution from requirements to delivery.
• Implement SAP Project Systems and manage project budgeting and resources.

Skills

SAP S/4HANA

Order to Cash

Project Systems

Supply Chain Integration

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology

SAP certification(s)

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Job description

We are Builders FirstSource, America’s largest supplier of building materials, value-added components and building services to the professional market. You’ll feel proud of the work you do here every day to transform the future of home building and help make the dream of home ownership more achievable. At BFS, we believe building a successful career is not solely defined by a degree. Your experience, skills, and passion are just as important, if not more so. As such, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace that welcomes candidates from all backgrounds and experience levels.

We are seeking an IT Leader with extensive experience in SAP S/4 implementations. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 8 years of SAP experience extensive experience in SAP Order to Cash, specifically within the Project Systems (PS) space. The ideal candidate will also have a strong background in supply chain integration and a deep understanding of complex construction industry processes. This role will primarily focus on SAP Project Systems, with additional responsibilities within the Order to Cash space.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Oversees and manages IT professionals and/or consultants as relevant. Generally, works with smaller teams on low to medium complexity projects, or subsets of higher complexity projects
• Leads areas of a project from requirements to execution
• Understands and interprets complex project requirements, particularly in turnkey and mid-level projects.
• Follows appropriate iterative, agile or other development principles to ensure quality and performance standards.
• Map project requirements to various project templates and set up projects in SAP S/4HANA with PS structures, Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), networks, milestones, cost planning, and user status profiles.
• Manage project budgeting, including material planning, assembly processing, procurement (including third-party and labor subcontract processes), and quotation for cost planning.
• Implement completion contract methods, period-end closing processes, overhead management, result analysis, settlement processes, and project closure procedures.
• Understands where service gaps can occur within work of team and helps implement plans to close service delivery gaps.
• Manages resources, including allocation of current resources into organizational priorities, developing resource plans and roadmaps for future software engineering needs.
• Understands business needs, system functionalities and processes.
• Ensures communication of standards (e.g., coding standards and review)
• Solves complex and escalated aspects of a project as needed.
• Reviews design documentation and may perform coding, debugging, testing, troubleshooting, and threat modeling throughout the development process.
• Stays current on industry trends, implements, and monitors new technologies, industry trends and best practices.
• Maintains long-term relationships with vendors and other third-party resources to ensure high quality services are delivered consistently.
• Collaborates with multi-functional teams to hold technical discussions and solve immediate problems.
• Provides input to leadership team on development priorities, resources allocation.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This job has supervisory responsibilities, including but not limited to supervising assigned team members (in-person and remote); talent selection and training; planning, assigning, and directing work; performance management, including conducting performance reviews; recognizing team members; addressing and resolve concerns timely, escalate for help when necessary.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Minimum of 8 years of experience working with and configuring SAP and configuring SAP with a focus on SAP Project Systems
• Extensive knowledge of Order to Cash, Record to Report or Supply Chain Integration, particularly within the construction industry
• Proficiency in configuring SAP S/4HANA for Project Systems, including PS structures, WBS elements, networks, milestones, and budgeting.
• Experience implementing SAP S/4HANA in multiple projects
• Experience in managing complex project processes such as procurement, time management, and cost analysis.
• Experience in resource related billing and strong sales, distribution and customer service knowledge
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and Executive Leadership.
• SAP certification(s) in relevant modules is a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, or related field

COMPETENCIES

• Evaluates Problems: Evaluates and analyzes different types of information objectively to identify appropriate solutions; writes fluently, establishing the key facts clearly and interprets numerical data effectively.
• Technical Communication/ Presentation: Communicates with clarity and precision, presenting complex information in a concise format that is audience appropriate.
• Adjusting and Driving Change: Takes a positive approach to tackling work and embraces change; invites feedback relating to performance and deals constructively with criticism. Identifies the need for and drives change when required to achieve objectives.
• Focuses on Customers: Understands and anticipates customer needs and takes action to provide high-quality products and services to exceed expectations.
• Demonstrates Business Acumen: Demonstrates working knowledge of market, economic, legal, and regulatory environments and how they impact the business.
• Agile Best Practices: Understands how agility is leveraged in IT ways of working. Adopts agile best practices as appropriate throughout the assigned work lifecycle. Responds to feedback quickly based on comments of internal and external customers and needs of the market.
• Bias for Action: Takes initiative and identifies what needs to be done and acts without waiting to be asked. Executes work in a timely manner. Suggests improvements to current ways of working.
• Provides Leadership: Makes decisions and takes responsibility; directs and leads others even in ambiguous circumstances, coordinating activities; provides encouragement and inspiration to help others succeed.
• Builds Effective Teams: Builds high performing teams by integrating a diversity of skills and personalities and creating a deep sense of accountability and shared purpose.
• Develops Talent: Focuses on developing, coaching, and mentoring talent to improve individual and organizational performance. Contributes to building talent that the industry, market, and BFS needs.
• Manages Stakeholders: Builds relationships and takes account of the needs of multiple stakeholders to influence and drive decisions for beneficial business outcomes.
• Drives Success: Takes action, initiates activity and seizes opportunities for new business; pursues goals with persistence and achieves outstanding results.

WORK ENVIRONMENT / PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Subject to both typical office environment and outside locations with temperature and weather variations.
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 25 pounds.
• 25% travel may be required.