Digital SAP Manager-Supply Chain

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Daikin Applied Americas is seeking a strategic and execution-focused Digital SAP Manager
- Supply Chain to join our team. The Digital SAP Manager
- Supply Chain will lead the design, implementation, and optimization of SAP solutions as part of our Digital Transformation journey. This role is responsible for aligning SAP capabilities with business goals across planning, procurement, manufacturing, inventory management, logistics, and distribution. The manager will collaborate closely with Master Data, OTC, Finance, IT, and external partners to deliver scalable, integrated solutions aligned with enterprise digital strategy.

Come be a part of an exciting journey at Daikin Applied, where innovation and excellence drive everything we do.

Location: Plymouth, MN – Hybrid or Remote

• Manage the design, configuration and maintenance of all Supply Chain Processes in SAP (S4 HANA)
• Own the end-to-end SAP enabled supply chain lifecycle ensuring seamless integration across demand planning, supply planning, procurement, manufacturing, inventory management, warehousing, transportation and customer fulfillment
• Ensure data accuracy, completeness and consistency across SAP modules (MM, SD, PP, FI, etc.)
• Monitor and resolve data quality issues using SAP tools and third-party solutions

• Define and execute SAP enabled supply chain governance frameworks with a strong focus on manufacturing operations, plant execution and production control
• Establish governance policies, controls and decision rights for production planning, materials management, shop floor execution, quality management, inventory control and manufacturing logistics
• Own global manufacturing process standards and templates across SAP S/4
  
  HANA modules including PP, MM, QM, EWM, SD, FI/CO and integrations with PLM and MES
• Ensure tight alignment between manufacturing strategy, capacity planning, cost controls and SAP digital transformation initiatives
• Govern end-to-end manufacturing flows from product introduction and engineering change through production, staging, warehousing and outbound fulfillment
• Establish governance for production master data and execution structures (BOMs, Routings, Work Centers, Production Versions, Recipes) to ensure accurate planning, costing and execution
• Drive standardization and compliance across make to stock, make to order, engineer to order and configure to order manufacturing models

• Lead a team of data analysts or specialists, providing guidance and performance management
• Partner closely with Plant Leadership, Engineering, Quality and Operations to ensure SAP solutions support real world manufacturing constraints and shop floor needs
• Serve as the escalation point for cross plant and cross functional manufacturing issues, ensuring alignment between Digital teams, plant operations and business leadership

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives leveraging SAP to reduce downtime, improve throughput, optimise capacity utilisation and lower manufacturing costs
• Manage change requests and ensure proper documentation and testing

• Develop and maintain dashboards and reports to monitor data quality KPIs
• Provide insights and recommendations based on data trends and anomalies

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems or related field
• 6-8 years of SAP experience, with at least 3 years in leading SAP Supply Chain management, preferably in a global enterprise environment
• 2-4 years of leadership experience
• Proven track record of leading SAP projects and managing cross‑functional teams
• Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to lead cross‑functional digital transformation initiatives
• Experience with SAP S/4
  
  HANA RISE implementation
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and communication skills
• Work visa sponsorship is not available for this position

• 10+ years of SAP experience, with at least 3…