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Principal Solutions Architect I - SAP Platform

General Mills, Inc.

4.2

based on 717 Reviews

16-18 years

Mumbai

1 vacancy

Principal Solutions Architect I - SAP Platform

General Mills

posted 1mon ago

Job Role Insights

Flexible timing

Key skills for the job

SAP CO Supply Chain Management Automation Testing Webmethods Risk Management Enterprise Architecture

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Job Description

The Digital and Technology team at General Mills stands as the largest and foremost unit, dedicated to exploring the latest trends and innovations in technology while leading the adoption of cutting-edge technologies across the organization. Collaborating closely with global business teams, the focus is on understanding business models and identifying opportunities to leverage technology for increased efficiency and disruption. The teams expertise spans a wide range of areas, including AI/ML, Data Science, IoT, NLP, Cloud, Infrastructure, RPA and Automation, Digital Transformation, Cyber Security, Blockchain, SAP S4 HANA and Enterprise Architecture. for the company. Employees working on significant technology projects are recognized as Digital Transformation change agents.

The team places a strong emphasis on service partnerships and employee engagement with a commitment to advancing equity and supporting communities. In fostering an inclusive culture, the team values individuals passionate about learning and growing with technology, exemplified by the Work with Heartphilosophy, emphasizing results over facetime. Those intrigued by the prospect of contributing to the digital transformation journey of a Fortune 500 company are encouraged to explore more details about the function through the provided Link

Purpose of the role

This position plays a significant role in the definition and implementation of our over-arching SAP S/4 solutions and applications strategy, including functional roadmaps, architecture, design and implementation for Finance solutions.

This role performs work that is highly complex, varied in nature, and spans multiple functional areas.

It also seeks to ensure optimum utilization of existing core platforms and their integration while considering and / or facilitating the justified deployment of new technologies in response to business requirements.

As a Principal Solution Architects, you will be part of our SAP Platform Strategic Initiatives team. In this role you are responsible for guiding strategic thought leadership across our SAP ecosystem, including functional technical design architecture, coaching mentoring broader DT talent, and successful delivery of strategic initiatives.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Lead or advise on Finance solutions roadmap and projects.
Understand financial business processes and requirements related to SAP solutions by engaging with business partners and SAP practitioners at enterprise level.
Conduct comparative research and recommend strategies with regards to SAP technologies to propose and implement solutions for business needs.
Assist in hiring SAP related resources, vendor selection, product selection, strategy related to SAP solutions.
Perform discovery projects by engaging through DT with business units and SAP team members to find the best possible solutions for GMI.
Lead, consult or participate in end-to-end implementations while also engaging as a functional solutions architect in other parallel SAP projects
Craft adaptable, comprehensive, and feasible solutions by creating necessary blueprint documents for functional requirements and technical specifications.
Lead, consult, review and/or participate in solution design, build, test and go live activities on SAP finance solutions implementations, rollouts, or upgrade projects.
Effectively delegate responsibilities to team members (within and outside our direct team), provide them with repeatable processes, and verify the quality of their work.
Learn and understand existing system landscape to be able to design solutions for efficient and effective integration of SAP systems with other business applications.
Review current standards and continuously revise to ensure best practices.
Serve as the conduit through DT to enable businesses and technology.
This is considered a senior role within the SAP Practice Strategic Initiatives Team.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor or advanced degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Accounting, or Business from an accredited institution or equivalent
10+ years of progressive SAP solutioning hands on experience leading up to architect level work.
Deep expertise on one or more SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4 modules particularly on financial accounting (FI) and financial Controlling (CO)
Experience on S/4 implementations with focus on specific finance areas, examples COPA, product costing, universal Journal, material ledger, new GL, SPL, asset accounting and/or FSCM and other S/4 capabilities.
Functional and technical strategic thought leadership.
Hands on experience with complex and large-scale SAP project implementations.
Interpersonal skills to engage with all levels of Business and IT
Strong mentoring skills to elevate other team members within and outside of our GMI SAP Practice.
Ability to see our SAP portfolio with both a deep and broad perspective.
Expert knowledge in all aspects of designing, developing, consulting, leading and managing broader SAP and related ecosystem initiatives.
Ability to convert business challenges into technical solutions.
Time management skills and the ability to prioritize multiple parallel activities.
Collaborative nature with a strong focus on enabling team culture.
Demonstrated ability to quickly learn and apply new technologies
Demonstrated ability to lead and collaboration with team members across multiple geographies
Demonstrated ability to lead and collaboration with 3 rd party team members vendors
Strong and effective influencing skills
Strong and effective problem-solving skills
Willingness to work off business hours as needed.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge and experience managing financial integrations with SAP BW and SAP GRC (Access controls, risk management, etc)
Knowledge of required SAP localizations for the geographies where GMI has business operation (Europe, Brazil, Asian countries).
Waterfall and agile project management expertise
Experience using integration tools (ex Webmethods, APIs technologies, etc)
Experience in automated testing tools and methodologies.