Sales Systems business Project Coordinator

Description

The Sales Systems business Project Coordinator will perform two main job functions:

• Maintain Mappings between our internal SAP system and internal US Sales Systems:
• OPIS: Pricing/Mapping Information, internal and external partners
• EDGE: Item/Customer/Territory and User Security Mapping
• Lynx: User Support
• Participate as Member of US SAP and Trade Platform project team

Tasks include:

• Monitor the daily, monthly, quarterly and annual responsibilities as related to the US SAP implementation.
• The individual will ensure the end-to-end data flow between SAP and US Sales systems.
• The incumbent will ensure all interfaces have been defined and documented. Additional responsibilities will be to perform Testing, Remediation of issues and Formal User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• The incumbent will also manage formal communications to internal users including individual tasks and overall status of project work.
• System mapping tasks will include ensuring that mapping of items, customers, are updated in a timely fashion across our internal systems.
• The Sales Systems Business Project Coordinator will participate as a key member of the US Sales Operations team.
• Activities will include supporting day-to-day questions about the US SAP implementation as it is related to Sales Systems.
• The incumbent will work closely with IT partners to develop required interfaces and Excel-based trade solutions.
• Areas to be interfaced include customers, products, shipments, inventory, and trade related data points.
• The Business Project Coordinator role offers an exciting opportunity to gain experience about end-to-end data flow between SAP and the US Customer Development organizations systems and business processes.
• The incumbent will also learn how to support SAP and Trade Promotion management systems that drive decision making at all levels of the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day product/customer mapping across our Pricing, Customer, and Items systems.
• Captures data and information, develops proposals to facilitate the flow of information between SAP and Sales Systems
• Monitor and Coordinate project milestones including status of tasks and remediation plans
• Responds in a timely manner to field inquiries and proactively keeps the sales organization updated through timely communication related to the Sales Systems and SAP project
• Aligns across multiple functional groups at all levels for assigned area/projects
• Identifies and drives efficiencies by collaborating with cross-functional partners within sales systems and processes.
• Leads root cause analysis to problem solve and seek resolution to issues preventing timely delivery of the overall project
• Is aware of all the relevant business processes and requirements related to sales systems and SAP project
• Always follows company policy and procedure. 

Qualifications

• A minimum of 2+years including prior experience in customer development, business analytics, or enterprise projects
• Prior experience in consumer package goods preferred
• Ability to work effectively within a fast-paced, complex matrix, changing environment
• Ability to influence decision-makers up and down one or more levels, with and without direct authority, to ensure a fully aligned customer/company business plan
• Demonstrate strong leadership, effective communication, and negotiation skills
• Ability to devise and deliver persuasive presentations, based on data-driven insights and facts, to gain support for business strategies and/or initiatives
• Ability to complete projects and follow processes to deliver overall company objectives
• Ability to plan and execute strategies and tactics to support broader company objectives
• Ability to identify and assess risk and prioritize competing demands
• Strong computer skills, including MS Office Suite applications, database information sources and web applications