Role: SAP BI / BW Technical Lead

Location: Schofield, WI

General Summary

• The Business Intelligence Technical Lead heads a team to develop enterprise class business intelligence and analytical solutions that utilizes BI technologies primarily SAP Business Objects Suite and BW.
• This position will provide technical direction in the analysis, design, development, documenting, testing, deployment, maintenance, and enhancement of current systems / applications and enable new innovative solutions within the SAP-BI environment.
• The successful candidate will have the ability to think and plan at a strategic level and have the technical expertise and communication skills needed for analysis of complex issues, evaluation and selection of existing and new SAP technologies, and leadership of cross-functional teams to meet or exceed users requirements.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

• Own overall responsibility for the SAP-BI solutions and delivery; oversight and accountability for other BI solutions and technologies.
  
• Validate and translate business requirements, high level design and master data requirements into detailed SAP-BI solutions
  
• Coordinate testing, cutover, rollout, and transition of BI projects to production support
  
• Manage the develop Business Objects reports, dashboard and analytical solutions
  
• Work with the broader BI team identify process, data model, and technical design improvements to advance BI reporting and usage across business functions
  
• Coordinate with architecture team and production support to plan and execute release, implementation, and version upgrades of software and system.
  
• Define level of effort and provide resources from the SAP-BI team to support these infrastructure efforts with basis / production support for infrastructure maintenance, operating system patch, upgrades, and planning server refresh efforts.
  
• Help develop, improve, and promote SAP BW/BO standards, processes, and procedures for consistent execution and administration
  
• Effective at managing outsourcing relationships and related support model
  
• Define and maintain project timelines for the delivery of all SAP BI related technical and functional services; enhancements, business initiatives, and standard template rollout globally
  
• Manage and plan project budgets, including controlling expenses and keeping the annual budget on an agreed upon level
  
• Manage full time employees and third party consultants both on-shore and offshore to successfully deliver projects
  
• Measure individuals success, properly utilize talent, resolve conflicts, and generate a culture for the teams to thrive and exceed expectations.
  

Required Qualifications

Job Qualifications:

• Strong knowledge of SAP-BI tools; SAP-BW 7.4+, BEx, Analysis (OLAP/Office), BOBJ Suite
  
• Experience with the HANA platform with BWoH and/or native HANA and sidecar solutions
  
• 7+ years of experience with SAP BI, with the last 2 years managing SAP BI applications and professionals
  
• 10+ years of overall professional IT experience, including 6+ years of SAP experience
  
• 3+ years of project management experience, including budget management and requirements gathering; preferably with sales, marketing and/or finance customers
  
• 3+ year knowledge of BPC transient queries & BPC data connections with BO
  
• Experience in implementing and managing projects using agile methodologies
  
• Experience in managing a team of technical resource across overlapping short and long term projects
  
• Project management experience planning, executing and tracking project tasks and resources
  
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; refined verbal and written communication is a must
  
• Experience working in an international, multicultural, and virtual team environments
  
• Experience in working with end-users to define, analyze and resolve technical and business problems
  
• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to keep a neutral position and effectively manage time with critical, high complexity issues
  
• Ability to influence across organizational boundaries
  
• Ability to thrive in a complex, changing area with multiple competing priorities
  
• Customer-oriented with a high level of understanding of impact on production activities
  
• Prior experience in configurable manufacturing industry