Remote SAP TPM Solution Architect - Drive TPM Delivery

Lindt & Sprüngli; Kansas City (MO); Hybrid; USD 134,000 - 164,000; Full time

Job summary

Lindt & Sprüngli (North America) Inc. in Kansas City, MO seeks a Solution Architect (SAP TPM) to oversee TPM delivery, project enhancements, and end-to-end SAP TPM implementation for North America.

You will coordinate with internal teams and vendors to ensure alignment on objectives and deliverables. You will configure SAP TPM modules, lead testing, manage risks, and contribute to strategy while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships across TPM, CRM, and BW domains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a closely-related field.
• Eight years of experience in any IT role working with SAP TPM.
• Demonstrated understanding of the full implementation cycle of SAP TPM in the consumer packaged goods industry.
• Demonstrated ability to configure and customize CRM, master data, pricing, promotion types, planning layout, P&L, and enhancement points and customizations.
• Demonstrated understanding of the underlying technical underpinnings of SAP.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the trade promotion management end to end business process and the best use of SAP TPM to support the process.
• Demonstrated understanding of S/4HANA Settlement Management using CCM.
• Demonstrated understanding of the interaction of TPM processes with IBP and S/4HANA SD and FICO functions.
• Demonstrated experience in leveraging full capabilities of SAP core functionalities to keep customizations to minimum.
• Demonstrated experience in complex SAP environments.
• Demonstrated experience with integration setup and support of data flows between CRM and S/4.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the overall delivery of the SAP TPM services across the Trade Promotion Management domain for the Lindt Companies in North America.
• Lead the delivery of the SAP TPM module for projects and system enhancements, end user support services, system upgrades, migrations, and implementation of new functions and features.
• Coordinate with internal teams, business users, and third-party vendors to ensure alignment on tasks, objectives, and deliverables.
• Monitor work progress, identify risks and issues, and implement mitigation strategies as needed for TPM area.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with users and other stakeholders, understanding their business needs and providing solutions that add value.
• Act as the primary contact for end users and other stakeholders on delivery in TPM domain.
• Communicate regularly with various stakeholders and with internal team to provide updates, address concerns, and gather feedback for continuous improvement in TPM area.
• Define technical and functional standards and ensure delivered work meets technical, functional, performance, and business requirements as well as best practices.
• Lead requirements definition and convert requirements into program specifications and necessary system documentation.
• Configure and implement SAP modules based on business requirements including CRM, CBP, TPM, and BW.
• Execute and lead testing process (unit and integration test).
• Aid in the management of third-party vendors.
• Provide support to management regarding strategy and roadmap planning.

Skills

SAP TPM

CRM configuration

Data integration

S/4HANA CCM

Vendor management

TPM project coordination

Testing (unit/integration)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Technology, or closely-related field

Tools

CRM

CBP

TPM

BW

S/4HANA

IBP

Job description

Lindt & Sprüngli (North America) Inc. in Kansas City, MO seeks a Solution Architect (SAP TPM) to oversee TPM delivery, project enhancements, and end-to-end SAP TPM implementation for North America.

You will coordinate with internal teams and vendors to ensure alignment on objectives and deliverables. You will configure SAP TPM modules, lead testing, manage risks, and contribute to strategy while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships across TPM, CRM, and BW domains.