SAP Business Procure to Pay Lead

Job Summary

The SAP Procure to Pay Lead will work with the Verano Sales & Finance teams to embed solutions and processes primarily within SAP.  This role will be responsible for providing guidance on transactional process flows and system procedures within SAP S4 HANA and Ariba , specifically for procurement from vendor setup through purchasing using various methods like guided buying, MRP, Min/Max and standard Purchase orders. The role whilst not primarily responsible for materials and inventory management, should have a strong understanding of material master setup, goods receiving and accounts payable including invoice management, supplier payments and GR/IR reconciliation.

The skills for the role cover project delivery, user support and continuous improvement (enhancements), but this is not a functional or technical SAP role, there is no configuration or technical development work. The core skills are as business liaison between the business users and IT, focused on scope and requirements management, project delivery planning, data mapping, cleansing and conversion, change management including UAT and training, cutover and hypercare support.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Leads the rollout of developed SAP solutions and processes across designated markets as they go live, specifically within S4 HANA  and Ariba
• Complete all assigned implementation deliverables as Business Lead to deadlines for portfolio projects and enhancements.
• Lead scope management, fit/gap analysis, acceptance testing, data migration, and change management to SAP S4 HANA at the direction of the SAP team.
• Produce high quality and concise project, user training and user support content in different suitable formats.
• Deliver systems and process demos, exercises, training, and conceptual presentations to engage and upskill the user community.
• Resolve user issues in a timely manner, directly or through liaising with the SAP support team.
• Identify impacted users and roles to help provision access needed for users to perform their job functions.
• Create and identify use cases, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and proper test scripts in order to conduct UAT testing.
• Maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Procurement and Finance system processes.
• Provide regular status updates to Business leadership.
• Adhere to deadlines, both internally and cross-functionally, to meet close responsibilities by ensuring implementation is not delayed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration with emphasis in Procure to Pay processes.
• 5+ years of SAP Materials Management (MM) & Accounts Payable (AP) experience
• 2+ years experience with S4 HANA and Ariba.
• Extensive hands-on experience with SAP Materials Management & Accounts Payable modules as an end user / key user / super user / business lead.
• Advanced proficiency in MS Excel and MS Office required, including working with large amounts of data.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently in a highly organized manner.
• Verano requires applicants to have permanent United States work authorization (U.S. citizen or Permanent Resident).
• This is a hybrid role based at Verano HQ in Chicago, IL.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a publicly traded manufacturing, CPG, or cannabis company.
• Experience with an SAP Implementation.