S4o9 IT Deploy Lead - BR

Job Description
Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?
Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Uniquely Yours.
You are responsible for ensuring that projects are successfully completed on time and on budget. This includes project governance, budget and timeline development, build quality, testing and operational readiness, and the completed project's readiness to go live.
How you will contribute
You will:

• Drive consistency and quality in the execution of projects using the appropriate methodology and tools
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project-level risks and escalate them to global leads and/ or the program manager when needed
• Provide project reporting and status updates using scorecards, status reports and monthly review meetings and leading stakeholder meetings
• Lead budget management, resource planning and utilization
• Confirm the completion and consistency of projects and their readiness to go live
• Own the relationship with the external vendors including quality assurance in all phases of project delivery

What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:

• Proven experience in project management methodology
• Excellent communication skills and able to drive effective discussions with project resources from tactical execution level up to steering committee members
• Excellent project planning and proactiveness in identifying risks and mitigations and managing strict timelines
• Strong focus on cost, schedule and quality of project delivery
• Knowledge of relevant business processes and related technology solutions
• Stakeholder management and ability to influence positively in decision making
• Proven ability in building effective teams across internal and external partners
• Strong conceptual and analytic skills - enjoys problem solving

More about this role
MDS (Mondelez Digital Services) S4 Hana/O9 Deploy Lead oversees and guides the technical aspects of projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards. This role involves leading technical teams, managing project plans, facilitating communication, and mitigating risks. They also play a crucial role in translating business requirements into technical solutions and ensuring alignment with overall project goals. It plays a crucial role that bridges the gap between technical teams and business objectives, ensuring the successful delivery of technical projects while fostering a collaborative and efficient work environment.
1. Job Overview:

• Purpose: To lead and manage the successful deployment of SAP S/4HANA solutions within Mondelez Brazil. This role is responsible for planning, executing, and monitoring all activities related to S/4HANA implementation at BU level, ensuring alignment with business objectives and minimizing disruption to operations.
• Scope: The Deployment Lead is responsible for the end-to-end BU deployment lifecycle, including (but not limited to):
  • Brazil Project Planning and preparation
  • Testing support (unit, integration, user acceptance)
  • Assist hypercare support
• Reports To: MDS (Mondelez Digital Services) Brazil BU Lead

2. Key Responsibilities:

• Project Leadership:

Providing technical leadership and direction to project teams, fostering collaboration, and ensuring adherence to best practices.

• Technical Oversight:

Ensuring the technical feasibility of solutions and overseeing the quality of technical deliverables.

• Deployment Planning & Strategy:
  • Develop and maintain a comprehensive S/4HANA deployment plan, including timelines, resource allocation, and risk mitigation strategies.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure deployment aligned with business and technical cut-over and success criteria.
• Team Leadership & Coordination:
  • Lead and manage a team of functional and technical consultants, ensuring effective collaboration and communication.
  • Assign tasks, provide guidance, and monitor progress against the deployment plan.
  • Identify and resolve project roadblocks and escalate issues as needed.
  • Work in close collaboration with MDS BU Lead and S/$/O9 Program to ensure alignment, execution and BU project tech deliverables.
• Execution & Monitoring:
  • Oversee the execution of all deployment activities, ensuring adherence to best practices and quality standards.
  • Monitor progress against the deployment plan, identify potential delays, and implement corrective actions.
  • Manage and track deployment-related risks and issues.
  • Work with data owners and technical teams to define data migration strategies and procedures.
• Testing & Quality Assurance:
  • Supervise and work with business and S4/o9 program on testing plans to ensure the quality and stability of the S/4HANA solution.
  • Coordinate user acceptance testing (UAT) and address any identified issues.
• Training & Change Management:
  • Collaborate with the change management team to develop and deliver training programs for end-users.
  • Support the change management process to ensure smooth adoption of the new S/4HANA system.
• Risk Management

Identifying and mitigating potential risks and issues that may impact project delivery.

• Go-Live & Hypercare:
  • Plan and execute the go-live execution, ensuring minimal disruption to business operations.
  • Provide hypercare support to address any issues that arise after go-live first at BU level and provide filtering to the program.
• Stakeholder Management:
  • Maintain effective communication with stakeholders, including business users, MDS and S4/O9 Program management, and external consultants.
  • Provide regular updates on deployment progress, risks, and issues.

• Vendor Management:

Managing relationships with vendors and external partners as needed.
3. Skills & Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Experience:
  • Proven experience in technical project management SAP ERP and Others, with a track record of successfully delivering complex projects.
  • More than five years of experience in ERP implementation projects, with a focus on S/4HANA deployments.
  • Proven experience leading and managing SAP deployment teams.
  • Experience with Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing ERP modules
  • Experience with SAP Activate methodology.
• Soft Skills:
  • Excellent leadership and communication skills.
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
  • Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities.
  • Strong senior stakeholder management skills.

5. Success Factors:

• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Effective communication and collaboration with stakeholders.
• Thorough planning and execution.
• Proactive risk management.
• Commitment to quality and continuous improvement.

6. Languages:

• Portuguese: native / fluent
• English: fluent (required)
• Spanish: advanced (desirable)

No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary
At Mondelēz International, our purpose is to empower people to snack right by offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way. That means delivering a broad range of delicious, high-quality snacks that nourish life's moments, made with sustainable ingredients and packaging that consumers can feel good about.
We have a rich portfolio of strong brands globally and locally including many household names such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum. We are proud to hold the top position globally in biscuits, chocolate and candy and the second top position in gum.
Our 80,000 makers and bakers are located in more than 80 countries and we sell our products in over 150 countries around the world. Our people are energized for growth and critical to us living our purpose and values. We are a diverse community that can make things happen-and happen fast.
Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Job Type
Regular
Project and Program Management
Business Capability