IT SAP Variant Configuration Analyst at Current Lighting Employee Co LLC

United States

Remote, Greenville, Cleveland, Christiansburg, Acuna, TJ, Plympton Position Overview: The IT SAP Variant Configuration Analyst is responsible for planning, managing, and executing the activities associated with detailed construction, analysis, and maintenance of the Variant Configurators (VCs) across brands. The VCs support external facing B2B sales tools and internal backend manufacturing operations. This requires the understanding of constraints-based product restrictions, master data requirements, bill of materials (BOMs), routers and pricing. This will require the ability to communicate and train cross functionally to produce lighting fixtures and associated components. Responsibilities: Provides extensive support in the areas affected by the Variant Configurators, including controls, processes, and data integrity, to enable interconnected systems. Will interface with Enterprise IT team members, SAP platform resources, SAP S/4 end-users, Engineering, New Product development and Customer Service personnel in the execution of duties, including: * Creating andmaintainingthe Variant Configurator data for Current Lighting within the SAP S/4 environment, knowledge of ECC is acceptable. * Maintaining a strong understanding of variant configurator data requirements in the SAP S/4 environment and the impacts of data elements on all enterprise systems. * Modifying/publishingstandard documentationrelating to the different brand’s products. * Ensuring efficiency and data quality for all functions within the SAP system. * Conductingunit testing, integration testing, and supporting user acceptance testing (UAT) for LO-VC-related solutionsacross various cross functional teams. * Facilitating and/orparticipatingin business process improvement and change sessions in support of the company’s process improvement initiatives. * Assistingin the development and validation of training materials as required for new models being released in the VC. Experience & Educational Requirements: * A minimum of abachelor’s degree in engineeringor information technology isdesired. * In lieu of a degree, 3+ years of experience working in an SAPECCor S/4 environment or similar ERP system working extensively with Bills of Material, Material Master and/or Variant Configuration will beconsidered. * A minimum of 5 years of experience with Variant Configuration is desired either SAP S/4 Hana or ECC with LO-VC. * Experience with SAP S/4 Hana experience with Sales and Distribution (SD) and Order to Cash (OTC) is a plus. * Thorough knowledge and understanding of all aspects of the SAP’s Variant Configurator processes (LO-VC) is desired. * Experience with constraint and table attribute-based modeling techniques.  * Productknowledge of Luminaires, Controls,Signageand Signaling is highly desired. * Excellent communication,presentationand project management skillsare needed. * Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in a dynamic environment. * Highly motivated and able to work independently and with others. * Bilingual Spanish/English a plus.