Architect,SAP Pricing and IPC

Overview

The main purpose of this role is to govern and support the implementation and deployment of the Order to Cash - Pricing and IPC (Invoicing & Price Corrections) Processes of the PepsiCo Global template (PGT) built on SAP S/4 HANA.

This role will be primarily responsible for OTC Pricing, Condition Contracts Management (CCM) and Invoicing & Price Corrections (IPC) related Processes of SAP S/4 which includes Defining Pricing Procedures, Condition Techniques, Condition Contracts Management (CCM) for accruals and settlement, Orders and Billing Processes, Billing Corrections, Pricing enhancements, Revenue Account Determination, Inter-company Pricing, Outbound and Inbound EDI processing along with interfaces to external systems. The role also requires heavy cross value stream integration with Trade Promotion Management (TPM), Accounts Receivable (A/R), Cash App, Procure To Pay (PTP) and Record To Report (RTR) teams.

Objectives are to ensure the governance & deployment of the global template supporting the execution of business processes related to SAP OTC - Pricing, CCM and IPC across multiple businesses across the globe. This role will adopt and adhere to Agile principles for all deployment projects.

Additionally, in close partnership with Solution Design Owner (SDO), Global Process Owner and Leads (GPOs & GPLs), the SDL will ensure the value stream is building the Pricing and IPC solution that drives harmonized data and processes across PepsiCo and will accelerate deployments. This role will adopt and adhere to Agile principles for the Global Template project. SDL will be a key global solution governance member of the PGT Design Authority (DA) for OTC- Pricing and IPC solutions.

The PGT program will design, deploy, and govern a multi-year transformation strategy to implement harmonized and simplified business processes and data enabled by an integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) system utilizing SAP S/4 HANA Business Suite, financial planning and analysis using SAP SAC Planning, global data maintenance using SAP Master Data Governance, integrated supply chain planning using SAP Integrated Business Planning, trade promotions management using SAP C/4 Trade and Customer Business Planning along with core S/4 HANA capabilities, and global analytics using SAP Enterprise HANA and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC).

Responsibilities

Following are the responsibilities for this role - OTC SDL for SAP Pricing and IPC processes as part of OTC value stream:
• Primary accountability is to partner with the OTC Pricing and Billing Value Stream to design, support, and govern the process & solution for deployments of the PGT
• Support decision-making for functional and technical topics across multiple deployments for process & solution
• Ensure the PGT solution integrity globally by closely monitoring solution configuration for deployments is within PGT guidelines (design decisions, data definitions, process definition documents, and configuration rationale documents)
• Support value stream data definition, modeling, and integration efforts to deploy the value streams
• Actively engage and educate business process owners and SMEs on functional and data design solutions and changes
• Ensure re-use and lift & shift of PGT capabilities across sectors
• Onboard, train, and stand-up the expanded Global Solution Design Team globally and in the IT Hubs
• Coach and collaborate with onshore and offshore/factory scrum teams to ensure configuration requests are implemented within guardrails with high quality
• Adopt and adhere to Agile principles and values
• Accountable to ensure project status for value streams reporting is transparent and aligned with program office
• Work closely with other IT vertical leads in competency building and assume complete responsibility & ownership for delivery excellence

Qualifications

Years of Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required

• 5 - 10 years of experience configuring, deploying and managing SAP ERP processes with a focus on SAP Pricing and Pricing and IPC (Invoicing & Price Corrections) within OTC

• Strong experience with functional and solution knowledge in end-to-end Order to Cash - Pricing and IPC Design, Development, and implementation, including integration across other functional areas, i.e. Accounts receivables (AR), Procure to pay (PTP), Record to report (RTR) etc.

• Strong Order to Cash Pricing, CCM and IPC experience in a global solution development, support, and governance capacity

• Previous solution leadership role on a major SAP transformation project(s), solution architect role is a plus

• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization

• Proficient in written & spoken English

• Ability to work flexible hours based on varying business requirements

• Knowledge and experience in the following tools, disciplines and processes are nice to have: SAP SolMan, Azure, ALM, ARIS and MS Project

• Solves highly complex problems within the work team, and with cross functional teams

• Strong influencing, facilitating, and consulting skills in working with stakeholders at all levels in the organization and across departments

• Ability to quickly adapt to changes in timelines and sequences

• Adaptability and flexibility including ability to manage deadline pressure, ambiguity and change

• Consulting background a plus

Mandatory Tech Skills:

• Master data setup for SAP Pricing, CCM and IPC - Business Partner, Material Master, Pricing Procedures, Condition Types, Condition Contracts set-up including business volume

• Pricing Procedure set-up and determination, Condition Technique for determination of relevant condition types, Account Keys, Revenue Account determination, Billing Output Master Data

• Condition Contracts Management (CCM) for calculation of various types of Accruals and Settlement scenarios

• Implement Pricing Enhancements including custom requirements, formulas, BADIs and other custom objects

• Billing and Revenue Processing, Inter-company Billing Set-up, Invoice Corrections, AR integration scenarios

• Customer Returns Management, Credit Notes Processing and Advance returns processing

• Special Sales Scenarios - Third Party Drop Ship Scenarios, Inter and Intra -company Sales Scenarios, Indirect Billing Scenarios, Consignment Processes etc.

• Reporting and Analytics - Sales Reporting, Accruals and Settlement Reporting, Customer Statement Reporting etc.

• EDI Set-up for Customer Invoices, Customer Statements, ASN etc. for electronic communication with customers and other third party applications

Mandatory Non Tech Skills:

Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization
Solves highly complex problems within the work team, and with cross functional teams
Strong influencing, facilitating, and consulting skills in working with stakeholders at all levels in the organization and across departments
Ability to quickly adapt to changes in timelines and sequences
Adaptability and flexibility including ability to manage deadline pressure, ambiguity and change

Executive presence, maturity, and savvy to lead and collaboratively guide global value stream design and governance
• Capability to manage multiple vendor relationships to ensure effective design, delivery, and governance of the program
• Strong people leadership
• Strong scope and disciplined solution change management experience
• Experience working in a global matrixed organization
• Strong Influencing and negotiation skills
• Coaching/Facilitation skills (as promoted by the Agile Coaching Institute), including but not limited to
o Levels of Listening
o Conflict Resolution
o Root Cause facilitation
o Training techniques
• Demonstrated desire and ability to
o Develop new technology skills, business knowledge, and customer service capability through training, experimentation, and self-study
o Lead a global solution design and governance team across multiple deployments simultaneously
o Develop and ramp-up a global solution design and governance team
o Effectively communicate with all levels of the organization
o Translate complex technical topics / issue to non-technical partners / stakeholders
• Provides outstanding customer service with direct and indirect customers
• Ability to work flexible hours based on varying business requirements