at The Kraft Heinz Foods Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job Description
Overview
As the EWM Deployment Manager, you will be responsible for crafting and driving the SAP EWM implementation plan. You will build detailed understanding of the business processes to be an effective conduit between business, development team, and 3PL end users.
You will work closely with all partners to gather requirements, prioritize features, facilitate development, conduct testing, and manage defects - ultimately supporting a successful cutover of SAP EWM in our network.
This position will require 50% travel, mainly centered around pre-go-live, cutover, and hyper-care activities. During such periods, you will work collaboratively to provide knowledge transfer (KT), conduct user acceptance testing (UAT), and run end user training (EUT). You will also collaborate with project team and business users to resolve issues quickly to minimize negative impact to business.
We strongly prefer that you have strong project management experience, collaborative attitude, and dynamic growth mindset to help us transform our warehousing operations.
Qualifications
3+ years of project management experience
Strongly prefer 3 years of subject matter expertise within one of the following focus areas: warehouse system deployment (WMS, YMS, or LMS), implementation or technical expertise of warehouse execution system (WES) or warehouse control system (WCS) - i.e. automated work release, interleaving, automated layer picking, STVs, resource allocation, dual pallet picking, etc., or have a deep understanding of one of the warehousing functional areas; inventory control, labor planning, allocation and efficiency, slotting, zoning, scheduling, etc.
Strong collaborative & analytical skills
Positive attitude toward change management, process simplification & standardization
Ability to challenge status quo and group thinking to offer out-of-the-box solutions
Experience translating business requirements into technical and functional specifications
Experience with IDOC and interface messaging is a bonus
Experience with ADO platform, user stories management preferred
Role will require 50% travel.
Responsibilities
Conduct discovery sessions to map out "as-is" and "to-be" operational requirements at targeted sites
Bridge gap between operational requirements and systematic functionality to construct development roadmap prior to go-live
Support deployment training activities including knowledge transfer (KT), user acceptance testing (UAT), and end user training (EUT)
Travel on-site to provide support during cutover and hyper-care periods
Monitor KPIs at site pre and post-go live, understand main impacts, and drive action to improve underperforming KPIs
Assist project lead to identify and manage gaps in network implementation roadmap
Provide guidance and coverage for team members to support network implementationLocation(s)Chicago/Aon Center, Toronto - Queen's Quay - Headquarters
Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require an accommodation to participate in the job application or hiring process should contact .
It is the continuing policy of The Kraft Heinz Company to afford full equal employment opportunity to qualified employees and applicants, regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental handicaps, military or veteran status, sexual preference, or any other protected condition or characteristic in conformity with all applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws and regulations.
Final candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without Company sponsorship. Exceptions requesting work visa sponsorship will be reviewed on a case to case basis.
