IT Engineering Lead

at  Freudenberg Flow Technologies

Working at Freudenberg: “We will wow your world!” This is our promise. As a global technology group, we not only make the world cleaner, healthier and more comfortable, but also offer our 52,000 employees a networked and diverse environment where everyone can thrive individually. Be surprised and experience your own wow moments.
Freudenberg Flow Technologies is a global provider of critical sealing and connector solutions, niche products and services to the global energy market — including oil and gas, renewables and alternatives. Our strengths in material science, application knowledge, design capabilities and manufacturing capacity, combined with our differentiated product portfolio, are supported by our focus on providing the highest level of customer service. Our employees serve a range of customers including oil and gas production companies, OEMs and engineering and service companies.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Undergraduate degree in the field of computer science, information technology, business administration, engineering, or equivalent degree.
• 3-5+ years of SAP Variant Configuration implementation/support experience required
• In-depth knowledge of SAP Variant Configurator with experience modeling variant configurations, setting up configurable product characteristics, classes, dependencies, BOMs, routings, configuration profiles, and pricing conditions.
• Manufacturing experience required and must have extensive knowledge of end-to-end business processes in a manufacturing facility.
• Excellent understanding of project management principles, experience leading SAP VC projects, and willingness to work in cross functional teams.
• Good communication skills with the ability to communicate across all departments and employee levels.
  The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

• Provide continuous improvement and support of SAP variant configuration to develop solutions based on business requirements to maximize standard and customized SAP functionality
• Evaluate and recommend changes to the current SAP variant configuration setup to meet organizational needs
• Support business users with scoping, analysis, design, development, and implementation of standard and customized SAP variant configurator processes.
• Conduct SAP system configuration, testing, and related user training
• Create and update documentation covering SAP processes and implemented projects
• Monitor and resolve assigned IT SAP variant configurator tickets
• Lead change management activities related to system improvements and changes
• Coordinate with internal process owners on SAP variant configuration maintenance, optimization, and tasks
• Project management and roadmap execution for other engineering related applications including engineering design, product costing, and production related custom applications.
• Manage dotnet programmers supporting the related engineering applications
• Requires project management, budgeting, and status tracking skills
• Travel as required to Connectors and Sealing Solutions locations supporting SAP variant configuration and other engineering applications.