IT Business Partner Production

Company Description

**Job Description**:
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We are looking for a professional that will join the IT Business Partner for Technology related to Production.
- The Position will be related to our Plant in Canada near Alliston but as Remote work however, there may be a requirement to be in plant only in case of workshops and Important meetings.

Serve as the business relationship link between business units and IT at the senior/medium business level.

Provide highly valued strategic consulting level support and guidance through key IT/business initiatives

Develop a strong understanding of each business unit that includes drivers, strategies, and needs, their business models, trends, and their key strategic partner relationships

Partner with all business stakeholders within their portfolio to ensure a clear understanding of the business architecture changes required to deliver business outcomes.

Identify and assess future ways of working in partnership with the business, model impacts and potential solutions and facilitate solution alternative review.

Facilitate strategic conversations and planning with key business stakeholders to ensure strategies are informed by both current and future state enterprise architecture.

Serve as the primary point of contact relating to business unit engagement, stakeholder management and IT Enterprise Architecture Team.

Communicate decisions, priorities and relevant project information to appropriate levels of staff regarding branch requests and projects and initiatives.

Work with stakeholders to ensure the impact of proposed information investment is clearly understood by decision makers, and will support informed investment prioritization and sequencing decisions with the IT Governance Team Champion the IT strategy both in the business units and IT and oversee the effective communication of all EA artefacts to business units.

Support Business and K-users for Incidents and Service requests to assure daily activities, improvements and stability.

Provide strategic thought leadership with regards to the role IT plays in executing the business strategy.

Develop the IT strategic roadmap for the business units with a clear link to the business strategy and to ensure successful introductions with stakeholders.

Lead the translation of strategy into the development of business architecture deliverables to ensure alignment with business strategies and business architecture frameworks.

Work with integration and supplier architects to design solutions that support the business processes and assist with the alignment of supporting technology roadmaps.

Oversee the launch of solutions and help to maximize the positive impact on the Department.

Own the business unit IT project portfolio and manage budget.

Practice Development.

Recommend and participate in the design and implementation of standards, tools and methodologies.

Share best practice, lessons learned and constantly update the architecture requirements based on changing technologies, practice, and knowledge.

Responsible for end-to-end business planning, production, plant maintenance processes in SAP and in developed MES in the factory.

Educate the company in new trend technologies: Industry 4.0, Smart factory, Mobile devices.

Empower the business users to be successful via technology and new services.

Lead Stakeholder and relationship management through thoughtful collaboration.

Develop and maintain productive and collaborative relationships with key stakeholders, in order to support achievement of Department outcomes.

Proactively serve as a “trusted advisor,” and act as the primary IT point of contact to stakeholders.

Operate as the key business contact representing IT in promoting IT services and capabilities.

**Qualifications**:
5/10 Years Expertise in SAP PP, optionally in PM and QM, leading the end-to-end solutions.

Expertise in SAP S4HANA trending market solutions.

Experience in a business architecture role particularly in the manufacturing sector.

International experience in different legal requirements and business processes.

**IN DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF**:
SAP Production Planning processes

SAP Production shop floor processes and RF Transactions

SAP Master data and Variant configuration

SAP Customizing and test tools as SECATT

SAP ABAP debugging

MES system integration

Project management

Design, develop, implement and test Manufacturing Execution systems (MES), Digital transformation, Smart manufacturing systems.

ERP interfaces requirements and connectivity

**Nice To Have**:
SAP Plant maintenance processes

SAP Product lifecycle processes

SAP QM processes

SAP Fiori apps

MS SQL language, database design and develop queries

Additional Information
- Comprehensive Benefit Package
- Pension Plan