Sr. Principal - SAP Manufacturing Lead - Business Consulting

Senior Principal - Business Consulting (SAP Manufacturing Lead )

Infosys Consulting is seeking Manufacturing Operations Process Lead for S/4HANA Transformation program for a Specialty Chemicals manufacturing company looking for long-term growth and career enhancing opportunities leveraging SAP to solve our customer's most challenging issues. The ideal candidate will have at least 15 years of SAP project experience from project preparation phases through deploy and run phases.

About the Role

As a Senior Principal, you will assist in the leadership and delivery of engagements. You will build on your experience designing and executing transformation programs. You will collaborate and interface with client counterparts on a daily basis. You will also be involved in branding, thought leadership and knowledge management efforts with the objective of providing value-adding consulting services that enable our clients to meet the changing needs of the global landscape.
Required Skills:

• Proven experience in manufacturing operations within specialty chemicals or related complex manufacturing environments.
• Strong expertise in Production Planning and Scheduling, manufacturing execution systems, quality management, and plant maintenance practices. Background in regulatory compliance and quality standards specific to specialty chemicals.
• Exceptional facilitation skills with experience leading design workshops, cross-functional teams, and stakeholder engagements.
• Excellent leadership abilities including team development, coaching, and driving organizational change.
• Strong problem-solving skills and data-driven mindset with proficiency in manufacturing metrics and key performance indicators.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate across multiple business units and influence at all levels.

SAP Functional & Integration Expertise (Design and Build):

• Production Planning / Detailed Scheduling
• Manufacturing Execution
• MES Integration
• Batch Management
• Quality Management: Integration with Procurement/Manufacturing/Sales processes
• Plant Maintenance: Maintenance Strategies, Planning & Turnaround/Shutdown Management
• Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) and Product Safety: Incident & Risk Management, Audit Management

Responsibilities include:

Sales / Project Acquisition

• Support Infosys Consulting leadership team members in driving proposal development and leading proposal discussions

• Develop client relationships to identify and qualify sales opportunities with the assistance of senior leadership
• Lead solution definition for client specific needs during opportunity to closure cycle
• Articulate our unique point of view in various thought leadership media including papers, webinars and seminars

Project Execution

• Collaborate with client counterparts to define long-term vision, goals and strategies
• Contribute to the design and development of client future processes and organizations with corresponding transformation roadmaps
• Conduct requirements workshops with a team of global IT professional & subject matter experts, translating those requirements into actionable project initiatives w/associated metrics
• Solution targeted processes, leveraging best practices
• Configure / design SAP functionality and processes
• Solution and document functional specifications
• Define, execute and support testing of the solution
• Perform knowledge transfer to client and supporting organizations throughout all phases of the project
• Support management of project execution from start-to-finish in order to deliver according to plan (scope, quality and time)
• Coach and develop team members to deliver quality results and promote professional development

People Development

• • Mentor and coach team members through formal, performance evaluation methods and informal, individual feedback opportunities
  • Collaborate and share knowledge

Practice Development

• Create/contribute S4HANA practice artifacts
• Contribute to practice growth through recruitment, training and retention
• Provide insight and thought leadership to develop innovative assets, including differentiated points of view and methodologies

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Manufacturing, or related field; advanced qualifications preferred.
• 15+ years of SAP experience in Manufacturing Process, including
• 5+ years of experience in Specialty Chemicals
• 5+ years of S/4 HANA experience
• Solid written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability and willingness to travel 80%, typically Monday - Thursday
• Undergraduate degree or foreign equivalent; or three years of relevant work experience in lieu of every year of education
• Candidates authorized to work for any employer in the United States without employer-based visa sponsorship are welcome to apply. Infosys is unable to provide immigration sponsorship for this role at this time.

Preferred Qualifications:

• At least one (2) S/4 HANA customer engagement
• A leader and key contributor in project management of large ERP implementation projects and teams; significant team leadership experience over Process Streams / Functional Areas
• A foundation in consulting, versus industry
• Ability to influence at the leadership level
• Ability to simplify difficult situations, models and issues to create executable actions
• Strong personal and professional values; entrepreneurial spirit
• Strong written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
• Willingness to travel up to 100%, depending on client requirements
• Ability and willingness to work as part of a cross-cultural team including flexibility to support multiple time zones when necessary
• MBA or other applicable post-graduate degree
• Preference for candidates to live within 2 hours drive time of these Infosys hub offices: Atlanta, GA; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Houston, TX;Bridgewater, NJ; New York City, NY;San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA
• Must be willing and able to travel up to 80%, depending on client requirements

Estimated annual compensation range for candidates based in US are as indicated below:
Max-$157,500 & min-$192,500

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Infosys employee you are also eligible for the following benefits: -

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts
• Insurance (Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Legal)
• 401(k) plan and contributions dependent on salary level
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

This job description may not cover or contain a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties and responsibilities that are required of the employee

Client-provided location(s): Gunnison, CO

Job ID: Infosys-136540BR

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-07-25T22:18:54