SAP Lead

Exide Energy Solutions Limited (EESL) is a rapidly growing company dedicated to addressing social issues related to energy, environment, and resources by manufacturing lithium-ion battery products. EESL is currently establishing India's first Giga plant for manufacturing Lithium Ion Cells in Bengaluru. We are seeking a Senior Manager - SAP COE to join our Manufacturing organization in Devanahalli, Bangalore. As the SAP Lead, you will be the main point of contact and coordinator for all SAP-related initiatives, collaborating closely with the SAP Center of Excellence (COE) team, external vendors, partners, and internal business teams. Your responsibilities will include gathering and analyzing detailed business requirements, translating them into effective SAP solutions, and ensuring alignment with organizational goals. You will oversee the end-to-end testing process, evaluate alternative approaches to optimize system performance, and validate results to guarantee the accuracy and effectiveness of SAP implementations. In addition to your technical duties, you will play a key role in facilitating communication and collaboration among stakeholders to drive successful project delivery, continuous improvement, and operational excellence within the SAP landscape. Key Roles & Responsibilities: - Lead the roll-out and implementation of new business applications and functionalities within SAP MM, PP, PS, SD, FICO, and QM modules. - Ensure successful SAP implementation by providing functional expertise, guidance, presentations, and instructions on SAP products to clients. - Collaborate with the SAP Run Team to prioritize, test, and deploy system change requests or provide support. - Design and implement core functionalities of SAP MM, including screen controls. - Assist in SAP SD, MM, and FICO modules implementation and support for clients. - Participate in SAP technical and functional rollouts at the group level. - Gather requirements, design, implement, and support SAP Materials Management to enhance clients" business functionality and performance. - Configure the SAP system in the MM areas to meet the requirements collected during blueprinting work sessions. Mandatory Skills: - Strong presentation and facilitation skills. - In-depth ERP knowledge in at least two modules on a process, data structure, and architectural level, with a focus on SD, MM, and FICO. - Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with internal and external customers to understand specific data needs and translate them into comprehensive solutions. - Minimum of 5 years of experience in full project lifecycle implementations. - Experience in Greenfield SAP Rollout at the Plant level. - Exposure to Carve out/Carve in scenarios and SAP GRC Tools. - Integration experience with MES and WMS. Desired Skills: - Advisory experience with senior leadership and senior IT staff on IT applications design, configuration, and testing of SD, MM processes in Semiconductor, Manufacturing, and shared services industries. Education: - B.E/B.Tech with 10-20 years of relevant experience.,