Senior SAP Materials Planning & Logistics Lead

Magna International Limited; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Magna International Limited is seeking an experienced SAP Business Process Lead for Materials Planning & Logistics in the Grand Rapids area. You will drive regional SAP migrations, standardize processes, and align IT with business needs across multiple locations.

The role requires deep SAP and Supply Chain expertise, strong stakeholder management, and the ability to lead workshops and ensure adoption of global standards throughout the SAP lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Experienced Supply Chain professional with strong SAP implementation experience.
• Deep understanding of Materials Planning, Inventory Management, Logistics, and Manufacturing processes.
• Experience defining and improving end-to-end business processes in a manufacturing environment.
• Proven ability to lead workshops, gather requirements, and drive process standardization.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a process-oriented mindset.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Ability to influence change across functions and regions without direct authority.
• Experience working in regional and cross-functional project teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the definition, harmonization, and standardization of regional Materials Planning and Logistics processes during SAP implementations.
• Drive Blueprint and Design workshops to capture business requirements and define future-state processes for supply chain and Logistics.
• Translate business requirements into standardized SAP solutions in collaboration with IT, SAP functional teams, and implementation partners.
• Define regional process standards for Material Planning, Inventory Management, Warehousing, Production Supply, and Logistics.
• Conduct Fit-Gap analyses and identify process improvement opportunities.
• Support testing, training, data readiness, cutover, go-live, and hypercare activities.
• Ensure process documentation, governance, and alignment across divisions.
• Act as the key business representative between Supply Chain operations and SAP project teams.
• Support SAP rollout and migration projects across multiple business units and locations.
• Ensure business readiness throughout all phases of implementation.
• Coordinate process validation, user acceptance testing, and issue resolution.
• Drive adoption of global standards and best practices across divisions.
• Support organizational change management activities and end-user training.
• Build alignment between regional process requirements and local business needs.
• Support integrations between SAP and third-party systems, including EDI, MES, WMS, BI, and other manufacturing-related applications
• Manage stakeholder expectations and effectively communicate project progress, risks, and opportunities.

Skills

Supply chain

SAP implementation

Materials Planning

Inventory Management

Logistics

Manufacturing processes

Stakeholder management

Workshops leadership

Tools

SAP

EDI

MES

WMS

Job description

Magna International Limited is seeking an experienced SAP Business Process Lead for Materials Planning & Logistics in the Grand Rapids area. You will drive regional SAP migrations, standardize processes, and align IT with business needs across multiple locations.

The role requires deep SAP and Supply Chain expertise, strong stakeholder management, and the ability to lead workshops and ensure adoption of global standards throughout the SAP lifecycle.