Solutions Architect - Plant Maintenance

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The Owens Corning (OC) Global Information Services (GIS) Plant Maintenance Solutions Architect is responsible for stewardship of OC SAP plant maintenance standards, processes, and best practices, as well as providing guidance/direction to internal/external subject matter experts and developers on their use. Within GIS, the Global Supply Chain Center of Excellence (COE) team is focused on delivering tools and technology for the full plant maintenance experience.

This includes all global processes for maintenance order management, asset management, integration with warehouse, procurement and production processes.

This role supports the needs of OC’s global businesses for Plant Maintenance systems. As a technology leader that possesses a complement of strong communication, leadership, and technical expertise, this role will be accountable to design and implement processes and solutions for our plant maintenance system and businesses that use both new and existing technologies to fulfill business requirements in accordance with our OC enterprise architecture and IT standards.

Reports to:

GIS Platform Leader – Enterprise Manufacturing

Span of Control:
Individual contributor; indirect leadership of external partners/project resources, as needed

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Knowing Our Businesses and their Strategies

• Build relationships within the GIS organization, cross-functionally, and with key stakeholders; ensure effective contact to remain aligned with functional objectives.
• Understand the strategic direction of the company’s businesses and execute functional strategies to support and enhance business results; be knowledgeable of the project work that supports this direction and implications for the business.
• Understands the relationships with stakeholders and understands what it takes to ensure their success.
• Knows what best-in-class GIS organizations do and obtain outside-in insights to understand and then apply to positively impact Owens Corning.

Executing Strategy

This position is a multi-faceted role leveraging solid SAP development experience along with consulting and project management skills to operate and fulfill expectations including, but not limited to:

• Define, design, build and oversee the implementation and rollout of ERP functional solutions based on SAP S/4 HANA for Plant Maintenance (PM) / Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and cloud-based solutions that support business processes (SAP Asset Manager, SAP Asset Performance Management)
• Ensure the solution fits the Roche business requirements and the end-to-end technical operations processes including systems, interfaces and platforms
• Collaborate with the program and business teams to ensure continuous business and IT alignment among different ARTs (Agile Release Trains)
• Collaborate with functional and IT teams working closely with the Plant Maintenance, especially IT Architecture, Master Data, Procurement, Warehouse, Finance, etc.
• Work closely with Project Management team to ensure effective project governance, management and timely reporting of progress on activities and work packages according to the program plan and milestones
• Own overall inventory of workflows, reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements and forms (WRICEFs) for the area of maintenance
• Write and review functional specifications and configuration guides for solutions in PM/EAM area

Lead and Influencing in the Function

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the department and cross-functionally; encourage others to identify areas of waste (process, time, etc.); ideate and execute action plans to create productivity.
• Summarized complex information so that it is easy to interpret and understand.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams
• Identify opportunities to improve the effectiveness, value, and perception of the organization

Lead and Develop Talent

• Provide impactful peer-to-peer leadership to others on the team, contributing to their development.
• Assist in building the talent pipeline, mentoring, and developing other team members.
• Invest in personal growth and development, clearly focused on self-learning.
• Create an inclusive environment where the team looks at…