Company:

INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA

Interested in joining a winning team? A team whose employees are empowered to make a difference?

Grade 31 -32 commensurate with experience

Organizational context and job purpose

The O&P USA business includes the product lines Ethylene, Propylene, Butadiene, Polypropylene, Polyethylene, and Polyethylene Pipe. Manufacturing sites include Chocolate Bayou Works (Alvin, TX), Battleground Manufacturing Complex (LaPorte, TX), Carson (Carson, CA), and several WL Plastic division plants, with a division office in League City, TX. Overall O&P USA has ~ 1,900 employees, 1,100 contractors, and annual revenue of over $5 billion.

How the Role Fits In:

The O&P USA business hosts its own in-house Information Technology department.

Provide direct support, development, and maintenance in 1-2 modules of the company's Enterprise Resource Planning and related systems The individual focuses on completion of specific tasks.

The Main Purpose of the Role

The SAP application is the single-most critical component in our Financial and Supply Chain business processes. Unavailability of the SAP system can have a significant, direct, negative impact on business performance.. The role is necessary to ensure employees in the company can remain productive and business processes that rely on SAP and related technology continue to function. The employee contributes to improvements in existing standards and procedures thus expanding work boundaries. This employee is capable of creating a scope of work to address defined problems. The individual is expected to breakdown complex issues into smaller quantifiable parts and implement established procedures, and possibly develop new procedures to accomplish goals.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

This position will be accountable for the master data stewarship, creation and ongoing maintenance of master data in SAP and ancillary systems (Supply Chain Optimization Tool, Manufacturing Execution System and Laboratory Information Management System)
Lead development and support of the business Master Data governance process for SAP.
Identify best practices and process improvements for data management based on investigation/analysis and solicited feedback
Incorporate process changes into appropriate audit and training materials.
Act as the primary link between the business stake holders and SAP functional leads to transalate business master data requirement implementataion and ensure data integrity across the IT eco system.
The employee Influences the establishment of new procedures within their function to optimize performance.
Supports developing and sharing of best practices within the local organization.The individual determines priorities and may deviate from established procedures as long as objectives are met. No direct monitoring of the job.
Work with the business functional community and other process areas to investigate and resolve business process and data issues.
Assist with IT user training development and delivery.
Assist users with tools and support to allow them to effectively and accurately manage and retrieve their data.
Collaborate with the business process owners to foster a positive IT business relations environment
Work closely with 3rd party support vendors
Participates in System Cycle and Integration testing.

Skills & Knowledge Required

Education/Experience

Bachelors degree in technical field

Technical skills

Understands highly complex technical aspects of role and performs work without supervision
Understands complex technical aspects of role and performs work without supervision
General business process background, with solid understanding of the SAP SD module
Experience in working with, and/or supporting SAP and related applications systems with a good understanding of the configuration and technical aspects of the SAP SD module.
Experience with implementation of new SAP functionality
Able to diagnose and solve technical or process issues, and evaluate impact on business. Able to provide alternative solutions as required.

Behavioral skills and Capabilities

Problem solving done by the individual requires determining "how to solve" and interpolatively selecting/tuning solution combinations.
Possesses skill of interacting with others across functional boundaries.
Works on complex assignments requiring interaction with personnel at multiple levels and across functional boundaries.
Actively seeks input from others. Ability to work with colleagues, users and persons in different disciplines.
Comfortable with all levels in the local organization.
Good communication skills (both written and verbal) and the ability to interact across different cultures and time zones.
Able to solve complex problems using interpolative thought processes, an orderly approach to decision making, and recognizing similarities in past situations.
Influences others to gain support, and actively works to implement improvements in issue resolution processes.

Our culture is one of honesty and integrity with an emphasis on safety, health and environmental performance.On our team, people are acknowledged for embracing new practices that help create real value for customers.

SAP Master Data Analyst