IT Product Owner - SAP Source & Make - Charlotte, NC
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Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
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Eaton’s Corporate Information Technology team is hiring a Product Owner – SAP Source & Make in Beachwood, OH preferably, or in Houston, TX, Menomonee Falls, WI, Moon Township, PA, Raleigh, NC, Charlotte, NC, Chicago, IL, Atlanta, GA, Galesburg, MI, Southfield, MI, or St. Louis, MO. Other large Eaton locations in the US could be considered. This position requires 25% travel. Relocation assistance is not available.
We are seeking a forward-thinking leader of people who can bring a fresh perspective to our SAP/ERP team. As Product Owner, you will own the SAP modules involved in manufacturing, supply chain, and engineering, which includes (but not limited to) Production Planning (PP), Quality Management (QM), and Plant Maintenance (PM). You will champion the product vision, collaborate with senior leaders, develop, and maintain the product roadmap, and define key operational processes to ensure efficient, effective, and seamless order fulfillment for our customers. You will work closely with business partners and customers to align epics with key business objectives for the Scrum or Kanban team. You will drive efficiencies in multiple products through innovative AI technologies, process standardization, solution reusability, automation, and optimal resource use. This product owner will also collaborate with other ERP/Oracle product teams to ensure best in class process implementation.
You will be responsible for managing SAP standards, governance models, best practices, and template designs, along with the strategy and roadmap for SAP capabilities within these modules and beyond. As a leader within Eaton's IT function, you will manage and develop the SAP delivery team to achieve business outcomes.
You will manage product funding, define work priorities, and balance new features with continuous improvement and support. You will work with product teams to execute the roadmap, guide development, define user stories, and represent the customer voice. You will maximize SAP value by managing the product backlog.
In this role, you will handle products foundational to the business, set and communicate the product vision, and maintain the roadmap. You will work with business partners and customers to align epics with objectives, manage funding, define priorities, and balance new features with system health. You will work with architects, engineers, and team members to execute the roadmap and guide development.
What you’ll do:
• Define and champion the product vision, roadmap, and epics, working with senior leaders to craft strategic business objectives and enterprise-spanning plans to meet customer and business needs pertaining to SAP order fulfillment/manufacturing modules.
• Own the product backlog, managing and prioritizing user stories, decomposing epics into features, and continuous improvement work
• Manage a team of IT professionals and/or managers, providing appropriate coaching to develop employee skills and continuously improve performance
• Develops and maintains product-specific persona and customer journeys
• Communicate goals for product increments and releases. Define goals for team sprints.
• Support the onboarding of internal and external resources
• Accountable for product support, stability, and governance: including data, policy, cybersecurity, and usage
• Act as a functional expert in areas related to the product, including across Eaton's portfolio and with other business units
• Understand commercial, business and go-to-market strategies where applicable
• Support a Secure Product Development Lifecycle approach that establishes a strong cybersecurity focus and culture across the entire engineering lifecycle
• Will have a broader level of functional and technical knowledge of SAP deliver capabilities
• Develop, communicate, and deploy SAP deliver governance standards and best practices across the support and delivery of SAP deliver capabilities
• Drive system architecture, ensure alignment and facilitate solution delivery across SAP delivery related activities
Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum of 10 years of experience within SAP across a complex multiple ERP instance architecture
• Minimum 7 years of experience as a Product Owner or equivalent position
• SAP manufacturing/supply chain related (S4 and ECC) experience
• Prior manager of people experience required
• Must be legally authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship
• No relocation is offered for this position; All candidates must currently reside within 50 miles of the locations listed above
Preferred Qualifications
• Advanced degree from an accredited institution is preferred
• Experience in a best-in-class IT function within a matrixed, multinational company
• SAP Production Planning (PP), Quality Management (QM), and Plant Maintenance (PM) module experience
• Experience implementing automation and/or AI technologies within SAP
Skills
• Exceptional ERP delivery functional knowledge across ECC and S4
• Expertise with product management and modern product delivery processes
• Strong understanding of and experience working with Agile, Scrum, and/or Kanban software delivery teams
• Strong understanding of DevSecOps principles
• Strong understanding of modern software development principles including code management, test automation, APIs, microservices, and cloud services.
• Experience directly managing and developing professional team members
• Executive communication skills
• Strong knowledge of and experience working with design thinking methodologies
• Expertise with creation and management of product roadmaps
• Strong understanding of lean principles with respect to product and portfolio management
• Data orientation and ability to make data-driven decisions
• Passion for great customer experiences
• Financial and budget management
• Comfortable working directly with business leaders, external customers, and engineering teams
• Ability to drive change across organizational boundaries
• Experience working with diverse, global cultures, organizations and teams
Eaton’s Corporate Information Technology team is hiring a Product Owner – SAP Source & Make in Beachwood, OH preferably, or in Houston, TX, Menomonee Falls, WI, Moon Township, PA, Raleigh, NC, Charlotte, NC, Chicago, IL, Atlanta, GA, Galesburg, MI, Southfield, MI, or St. Louis, MO. Other large Eaton locations in the US could be considered. This position requires 25% travel. Relocation assistance is not available.
We are seeking a forward-thinking leader of people who can bring a fresh perspective to our SAP/ERP team. As Product Owner, you will own the SAP modules involved in manufacturing, supply chain, and engineering, which includes (but not limited to) Production Planning (PP), Quality Management (QM), and Plant Maintenance (PM). You will champion the product vision, collaborate with senior leaders, develop, and maintain the product roadmap, and define key operational processes to ensure efficient, effective, and seamless order fulfillment for our customers. You will work closely with business partners and customers to align epics with key business objectives for the Scrum or Kanban team. You will drive efficiencies in multiple products through innovative AI technologies, process standardization, solution reusability, automation, and optimal resource use. This product owner will also collaborate with other ERP/Oracle product teams to ensure best in class process implementation.
You will be responsible for managing SAP standards, governance models, best practices, and template designs, along with the strategy and roadmap for SAP capabilities within these modules and beyond. As a leader within Eaton's IT function, you will manage and develop the SAP delivery team to achieve business outcomes.
You will manage product funding, define work priorities, and balance new features with continuous improvement and support. You will work with product teams to execute the roadmap, guide development, define user stories, and represent the customer voice. You will maximize SAP value by managing the product backlog.
In this role, you will handle products foundational to the business, set and communicate the product vision, and maintain the roadmap. You will work with business partners and customers to align epics with objectives, manage funding, define priorities, and balance new features with system health. You will work with architects, engineers, and team members to execute the roadmap and guide development.
What you’ll do:
• Define and champion the product vision, roadmap, and epics, working with senior leaders to craft strategic business objectives and enterprise-spanning plans to meet customer and business needs pertaining to SAP order fulfillment/manufacturing modules.
• Own the product backlog, managing and prioritizing user stories, decomposing epics into features, and continuous improvement work
• Manage a team of IT professionals and/or managers, providing appropriate coaching to develop employee skills and continuously improve performance
• Develops and maintains product-specific persona and customer journeys
• Communicate goals for product increments and releases. Define goals for team sprints.
• Support the onboarding of internal and external resources
• Accountable for product support, stability, and governance: including data, policy, cybersecurity, and usage
• Act as a functional expert in areas related to the product, including across Eaton's portfolio and with other business units
• Understand commercial, business and go-to-market strategies where applicable
• Support a Secure Product Development Lifecycle approach that establishes a strong cybersecurity focus and culture across the entire engineering lifecycle
• Will have a broader level of functional and technical knowledge of SAP deliver capabilities
• Develop, communicate, and deploy SAP deliver governance standards and best practices across the support and delivery of SAP deliver capabilities
• Drive system architecture, ensure alignment and facilitate solution delivery across SAP delivery related activities
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum of 10 years of experience within SAP across a complex multiple ERP instance architecture
• Minimum 7 years of experience as a Product Owner or equivalent position
• SAP manufacturing/supply chain related (S4 and ECC) experience
• Prior manager of people experience required
• Must be legally authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship
• No relocation is offered for this position; All candidates must currently reside within 50 miles of the locations listed above
Preferred Qualifications
• Advanced degree from an accredited institution is preferred
• Experience in a best-in-class IT function within a matrixed, multinational company
• SAP Production Planning (PP), Quality Management (QM), and Plant Maintenance (PM) module experience
• Experience implementing automation and/or AI technologies within SAP
Skills
• Exceptional ERP delivery functional knowledge across ECC and S4
• Expertise with product management and modern product delivery processes
• Strong understanding of and experience working with Agile, Scrum, and/or Kanban software delivery teams
• Strong understanding of DevSecOps principles
• Strong understanding of modern software development principles including code management, test automation, APIs, microservices, and cloud services.
• Experience directly managing and developing professional team members
• Executive communication skills
• Strong knowledge of and experience working with design thinking methodologies
• Expertise with creation and management of product roadmaps
• Strong understanding of lean principles with respect to product and portfolio management
• Data orientation and ability to make data-driven decisions
• Passion for great customer experiences
• Financial and budget management
• Comfortable working directly with business leaders, external customers, and engineering teams
• Ability to drive change across organizational boundaries
• Experience working with diverse, global cultures, organizations and teams