Manager, Engineering Program Management SAP SD Engineering (SAP Global Systems)

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**Role Number:** 200613101-3956

**Summary**
Imagine what you could do here.

At Apple, new ideas can quickly become extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences.

Bringing passion and dedication to your job, there's no telling what you could accomplish.

Are you deeply accountable for your work?

Your love for product ownership and track record will prove critical to your success on our team.
As part of the corporate Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) SAP team, this position will be critical for managing the SAP SD team and its associated portfolio.
We are seeking a self-directed and motivated EPM leader with vital SAP SD (Sales and Distribution) skills and SAP R/3 business process and configuration experience.

You must have business process and technical leadership skills to design and implement secure, scalable, and sustainable solutions.

It also requires leading a team of highly motivated engineers to build process flows and functional specifications.

Working with both onsite and offshore resources to make and test solutions, you will resolve issues under pressure to meet timelines, presenting solutions to multiple levels of management.

Engage with Business and BPR partners to prioritize and strategize with them, ensuring projects and programs are implemented on time in accordance with Business priorities.
This is a tremendous opportunity for someone passionate about working in a highly integrated global solution platform and who can drive initiatives.

Be ready to build something great when you come here.

Dynamic, inspiring people and innovative, industry-defining technologies are the norm at Apple.

The people who work here have reinvented and defined entire industries with our products and services.

The same passion for innovation also applies to our business practices, strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it.

You should join Apple if you want to help deliver the next amazing Apple product.

**Description**
The successful candidate will work closely with Apple's business and technical teams across regions, external partners (such as logistics and payments, etc.), and other 3rd parties.

Much of this interaction will involve regional and global teams in various locations and time zones, so excellent communication and collaboration skills are critical.

The role includes responsibility for all aspects of a project and people management, including:
- Strong influence, persuasion, and excellent configuration and development skills to seamlessly integrate SAP Retail (Stores and e-commerce) and front-end solutions.
- Partner with Online engineering, Data Warehouse, ABAP, Basis, and other teams during the design and implementation of SAP SD functionalities to support Apple Business.
- Managing SAP functional resources, working and negotiating with vendors for contractor resources.
- Supporting the business during requirements gathering to understand the project's needs.
- Level of effort and scoping, including careful management of change requests.
- Creating and leading the project plan, deliverables, dependencies, risks, and mitigation plan.
- Ensure the project scope is clearly defined and the resources, budget, and timeline adequately deliver the required solution.
- Driving the functional and technical gap analysis.
- Driving scalable and flexible designs, ensuring adherence to global design principles, security and compliance standards, and documentation standards.
- Design governance and solution architecture in a complex payments landscape.
- Problem tracking and driving resolutions across teams.
- Status reporting within the team and to business and technical management groups.
- Ensuring adequate test cycles are defined and implemented to support a smooth production launch.
- Leading cutover and implementation activities across multiple business and technical teams.
- Track issues and manage the scope of changes during warranty support to ensure a successful handover to the production support team.

**Minimum Qualifications**

+ 10+ years of industry experience with 5+ years of people management experience
+ SAP Implementation Knowledge in SD and MM
+ Experience with SAP S/4 and new technologies in SAP
+ Experience leading a team of SAP Functional resources, managing SAP projects, prioritizing work, and driving multiple projects in parallel
+ BS or MS degree with a demonstrated ability in SAP SD functional experience.

**Preferred Qualifications**

+ Ability to convey complex ideas and solutions clearly and easily
+ Ability to drive the project forward with a sense of urgency
+ Strong written communication skills, including business and functional requirements, management-level presentations, and proposal presentations
+ Excellent verbal communication and negotiation skills, in addition to the ability to deal effectively with ambiguity and drive consensus with critical constituents
+ Knowledge of new SAP technologies and new dimension products
+ Knowledge of ML and AI
+ Prior consulting and or professional services experience
+ Experience or exposure to SAP FI and SD integration and configuration within ECC and SAP IS Retail
+ Experience implementing Web-based applications using SAP Portal landscape

**Pay & Benefits**
At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range.

This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role.

The base pay range for this role is between $208,400 and $313,500, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs.

Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition.

Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.

Learn more about Apple Benefits.

(https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html)

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity.

We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .

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