Glencore is one of the world’s largest diversified natural resource companies and a leading producer and marketer of more than 60 commodities that make everyday life possible. Through a network of assets, customers, and suppliers spanning the globe, we produce, process, recycle, source, market, and distribute the raw materials that enable decarbonization while meeting today’s energy needs. With around 140,000 employees and contractors and a strong presence in more than 35 countries—across both established and emerging resource regions—our industrial and marketing activities are supported by a global network of more than 40 offices.

Purpose of the role

The SAP Materials Management (MM) Specialist will be responsible for the successful implementation, configuration, and maintenance of SAP MM solutions. This role requires deep technical knowledge of SAP MM, and the ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders to optimize procurement and warehouse processes.

The MM Specialist plays a pivotal role in the Information Systems organization, working closely with business decision makers and end users to analyses information and document business requirements and map to SAP business processes.

The MM Specialist supports change management activities related to projects, upgrades, and enhancements, communicating changes and benefits to stakeholders to promote adoption and ensure minimal disruption to operations.

This position will report directly to the SAP MM Team Lead.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field
• SAP Certification
• Minimum 10 years of hands-on experience in SAP S/4 HANA Materials Management, with at least 3 full cycle of implementations
• Experience with Fiori apps and exposure to COUPA source-to-pay processes and understanding of integration with S/4 HANA
• Strong understanding of SAP S/4HANA architecture and development principles.

Key Resposabilities:

The MM Specialist is business-oriented and operates across the organization to ensure that communication flows horizontally to and from upstream and downstream processes and teams. This position operates within a broad community of practice that spans operational, technical and change management groups through regular interactions and must be successful in bringing the right people together and gaining agreement and alignment among them. (S)he is a coach within the information systems organization, acting as a consultant to the consultants.

• Leadership and Strategy: Determine complex business requirements (e.g., Functional and Technical, information needs, business processes) through information-gathering sessions.
• System Configuration and Optimization: Responsible for the configuration of SAP MM modules to meet business requirements. Optimize SAP MM processes and system performance to enhance efficiency and effectiveness. Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to SAP MM functionality and integration.
• Global harmonized solution: develop solutions to promote adoption of harmonized ways of working across regions and assets while catering for local processes and jurisdictional compliance items. Negotiate agreement of effective global solutions.
• Process improvement: Analyze business processes and identify opportunities for improvement using SAP MM functionalities. Implement best practices and process improvements by paying careful attention to detail.
• Communication and Collaboration: collaborate effectively and provide leadership to ensure alignment across the organization.
• Training: provide training and support to end-users, key stakeholders, and IS teams on MM functionalities, processes and best practices. Support development of documentation including user manuals, configuration guides, and training materials.
• Continuous Learning: Stay updated on industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies related to solution architecture. Continuously enhance skills and knowledge to remain effective in the role

Additional Technical Qualifications (desirable) :

The following skills and experience will be considered an advantage:

• strong understanding of integration between SAP MM and other SAP modules, particularly, FICO, EAM (PM), PS
• design, implement, and optimization of SAP MM module to meet business requirements and improve material management processes.
• configure and maintain SAP MM system settings, including consumption-based planning (MRP), goods receipt processing, goods movement (GR/IR), logistics invoice verification, physical inventory, inter- and intra-company stock transfers and internal/external reporting.
• Provide expert-level support for SAP MM issues, including troubleshooting, problem resolution, and system upgrades.
• Develop and execute test plans to ensure system changes are thoroughly validated and meet quality standards.
• strong experience in hybrid model of both projects and support environment
• knowledge of IT Service Management principles and frameworks (ITIL)
• effective stakeholder management skills with the ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams and reach agreement
• accustomed to working under pressure and managing planned and unplanned activities
• enjoys motivating and mentoring others
• effective communicator and presenter
• global, cross-cultural work experience

At Glencore Copper SAOP, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment that enables the active and full participation of everyone in our organization, in line with fair employment practices.

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