Manager, Software & Applications, Release Management

29 Apr 2024

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Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelz International?

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Uniquely Yours.

You oversee the lifecycle of diverse, interdependent, cross-functional, multiple projects through a set of practices and a release plan. This includes disparate scope, resource dependencies, cross-project alignment, deployment planning, release execution and transparent reporting of release results for SAP and SAP-Integrated projects.

How you will contribute

You will oversee the operational responsibilities required to deliver projects and software releases following MDLZ best practices in Project governance and release governance, including project scope, review and approval, release-level RAID management, TG approvals, release governance boards and final preparation for project and release go-lives. In this role, you will conduct alignment sessions with senior leaders and other stakeholders to confirm that release schedules are aligned to business goals and then communicate the release roadmap to broader internal and external stakeholders. You will use your 8-12 years of project delivery and governance experience in software delivery lifecycle of SAP projects to influence leadership and projects.

What you will bring

Job Description
  • Oversee the strategic partner delivery factory to govern technical quality, manage escalations and stakeholder expectations for custom technical developments
  • Own and help internal stakeholders and partners to reach a right technical design by means of analysis of requirements, existing solutions, future roadmap in S4H etc.
  • Successfully drive technical solution and its quality working with partner project teams adhering to various milestones and managing cross project dependencies.
  • Work towards establishing modular reusable and scalable solutions assuring maintainability and security standards across various markets and SAP landscapes
  • Own Technical Standards, Naming conventions, Review checklist etc. on SAP platform and keep it up to date in line with industry best practices
  • Drive automation, value delivery and continuous improvement in field of SAP technical quality.
  • Demonstrates ability to influence while providing thought leadership to sponsors/stakeholders in solving governance, program/project management, business process and/or technical problems.
  • Lead, manage, and coach the technical teams from partners for best-in-class solutions and development practices. Help in resolving issues during planning, estimation and build of development objects.
  • Review and approve project deliverables such as Functional Specifications, Technical Specifications, Unit test documents, Test strategy from Technical input perspective
  • Troubleshoot critical issues with technical knowledge working with SAP, partner teams and internal stakeholders.

More about this role

What you need to know about this position:

Skills and Qualifications
  • Minimum 12 years knowledge and experience working with or implementing SAP project types like template design, deployments, enhancement, Upgrade and support work.
  • Excellent technical thought leadership, hands on experience and management skills on SAP for delivery of custom developments using ABAP and HANA programming
  • Hands on programming experience to include: ABAP dictionary, Reports, SAP Scripts, Smart forms, Adobe forms, Dialog programming, Interface programming, ALE/IDOC's, Enhancements, Object Oriented ABAP, Module Pool Programming, creating AMDP views, CDS views, Table functions, ODATA and CDS exposure, Code Remediation and Standard SAP Remediation tools, Web Dynpro (FPM/UIBB ), BOPF, POWL, BRF+, ODATA, FIORI, CSS, Hands on Experience on S/4 HANA Implementations or Migrations, HANA Architecture and Modelling,
  • Experience on integration middleware like PI/PO, IBM sterling, Infomatica IPaaS, MuleSoft etc. while integrating it with SAP core applications.
  • Techno Functional Exposure to work with SAP ECC, EWM, APO, BW, TMS, MDG, S4T, PLM
  • Good understanding of functional processes in STP, OTC (e.g. DSD process in FMCG), MTI, Finance, Material Ledger, COPA etc.
  • Exposure to ABAP unit test, DevOps practices and tools like Git, TDD, BDD would be advantage
  • Experience of waterfall, Agile and DevSecOps methodologies and ITIL practices
  • Experience in complex SAP landscape with SAP bolt-on and integrations with several SaaS applications
  • Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal) with strong presentation and facilitation skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills, customer centric attitude. Can communicate with impact, in a way that is open, honest, consistent and clear to influence and align stakeholders around a proposed approach
  • Proven team player and team builder used to managing multiple stakeholders in demanding time-critical situations.
  • Strong organizational and analytical skills
  • Risk Management Skills with strong drive and resilience to overcome challenges or setbacks to achieve your team/project/client goals
  • Experience of managing external vendors as key stakeholders in overall project delivery
  • Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with rapidly changing priorities on multiple projects and initiatives
  • Passionate about areas of expertise, managing your own development by learning continuously from experience and seeking out development opportunities
Bonus Points
  • SAP ABAP and HANA certification
  • SAP Functional Certification
  • Experience with Cloud development
  • PMP / SAFE / CSM certification
  • ITIL 4 Foundations Certification

No Relocation support available

Business Unit Summary

The United States is the largest market in the Mondelz International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here, weproduce our well-loved household favorites to provide our consumers with the right snack, at the right moment, made the right way. We have corporate offices, sales, manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. to ensure our iconic brands-including Oreo and Chips Ahoy! cookies, Ritz, Wheat Thins and Triscuit crackers, and Swedish Fish and Sour Patch Kids confectionery products -are close at hand for our consumers across the country.

Mondelz Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact for assistance.

Where permitted by applicable law, new hires are required to be fully vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of employment by their date of hire, unless they are granted a medical,religious,or other accommodation as required by law. You may review the Mondelz COVID vaccination policy by visiting the US careers website athttps://www.mondelezinternational.com/United-States.ThisCOVID-19 vaccine mandate does not apply to severalU.S. statesthat do not permit certain vaccination mandates,including, but not limited to Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Montana, North Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia.

Job Type

Regular

Software & Applications

Technology & Digital