As a Senior Solution Architect, you will be a key enabler of our Digital Transformation and Deploy for Top Tier Growth initiatives. Your unique blend of thought leadership, technical and business process experience will power our innovation and continuous improvement efforts to provide both new and optimized business capabilities. This role is on our North America IT Solution Architecture and Delivery team working within SAP Manufacturing, Production Planning, Scheduling, Execution, Plant Maintenance and Material Management.  Location preference is Chicago, IL Metropolitan Area or Battle Creek, MI. 

A Taste of What You’ll Be Doing

  • Future-state application architecture: Developing and ensuring effective adoption that supports business strategies around our application architecture.
  • Business case development: You will be working alongside Business Relationship Managers and Business Analysts to determine if initiatives are economically viable
  • Effective Communication: Be able to translate vague or abstract technical requirements into effective solutions that strategically and technically align solutions within Kellanova's technical estate.
  • Successful delivery: Ensuring solutions to our program projects by:
    • Understanding what’s possible, what’s easy, what’s difficult.
    • Balancing business objectives, technical possibilities, and cost constraints.
    • Influencing, guiding, & supporting projects throughout the life cycle.
    • Ensuring delivery of fit-for-purpose, high-quality solution.

Your Recipe for Success

  • Implementation, configuration, business process and support experience with:
    • SAP PP-PI (Production Planning for Process Industries)
    • SAP PM (Plant Maintenance)
    • SAP MM (Materials Management)
  • Strong leadership and communication skills and the ability to collaborate across all groups and levels; must be able to interface and coordinate work efficiently and effectively with business partners or vendors in remote locations.
  • Strong business acumen, analytical aptitude, project management skills, problem-solving skills, and capability to formulate issues and recommendations clearly.
  • Experience in Integrated Business Planning processes (demand/supply) and technologies such as SAS Viya and SAP IBP.
  • Experience in multiple SAP implementations with experience in one or more of the following domains:
    • Order Management: Order to Delivery, Invoice to Cash (SD)
    • Supply Chain: Warehouse Management, Integrated Business Planning, Demand Planning, Supply Planning (EWM, IBP)
    • Finance: Finance, Controlling, Planning, Consolidations (FI/CO, BPC, Anaplan)
    • R&D: Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) 

 

Technical Skills
Is a Remote Job?
Hybrid (Remote with required office time)
Employment Type
Full time

Kellanova (NYSE: K) is a leader in global snacking, international cereal and noodles, and North America frozen foods with a legacy stretching back more than 100 years. Powered by differentiated brands...

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