Archer Daniels Midland

78613BR

Job Title:

Release Deployment Lead

Department/Function:

Information Technology

Job Description:

SAP S/4HANA Release Deployment Leader

Locations: Erlanger

Exempt level position.

Position Summary:

As part of the Global Applications organization, the Deployment organization is responsible for ensuring the successful implementation of SAP S/4 HANA, other technology solutions, and standard ways of working that are part of the overall 1ADM business transformation. The Release Deployment Leader is a critical role that is accountable for all activities and deliverables for the Deployment workstream in the assigned release. Key areas of responsibility include Business Readiness, Cutover, post go-live support (Hypercare), and Transition to Support. This role will partner with other Release Workstream Leaders, Business Leadership spanning from local leadership to executive leadership, 1ADM Program Leadership, and Global Technology leadership to ensure a release hits agreed to quality, budget, and schedule targets.

Job Responsibilities:

• Define, mobilize, and drive execution of all Deployment activities for the assigned release

• Partner with business and IT leadership for all aspects of deployment planning and execution, including initial release scoping and deployment plan execution through cutover, go-live and stabilization periods

• Provide input to work estimates, project and team level planning, and drive execution against agreed to plans for a given release

• Monitor work products of team members to ensure standard processes are followed, are of high quality, and fit for purpose

• Provide regular and accurate status updates and other documentation to management and team members for assigned project, support, and enhancement work.

• Work with business stakeholders, solution leaders and architects, implementation partners and steady state support teams to enable business outcomes and ensure business operations can operate post go-live with minimal disruption

• Business Readiness: In direct partnership with Business Transformation leaders, ensure key business colleagues are identified, mobilized, and execute against defined business-owned tasks such as site readiness, pre-production planning, business continuity during planned system outages during cutover, and system roll-back.

• Cutover: End-to-end planning, execution, and management of all activities required in order to deploy the 1ADM solution into a production environment.

• Transition to Support: Long-Term support organization readiness to become the primary support of the solution. Activities include assessing the Support Organization’s operational readiness such as staffing & experience levels, ensuring knowledge transfer activities are conducted, and ensuring stability of the solution and business trending towards steady state operations

• Hypercare: Post-go live phase where both project team and support organization are resolving issues related to the implementation in order to mitigate impact to business operations. Activities include planning, mobilizing, and executing a Hypercare plan; defining and driving progress against stabilization criteria; providing regular updates to executive and operational-level business colleagues, Global Technology executive and senior leadership

• International travel is required

Job Requirements:

• 10 to 15 years’ experience with progressive responsibility in business transformation programs

• Minimum of 5 years working in a project or release management role

• Minimum of three full-lifecycle SAP deployments

• Exhibits ability to work both in a team environment and independently

• Strong analytical, organization, time management, facilitation, and process management skills

• Demonstrated high level of written, verbal and interpersonal skills to communicate technical and non-technical information, ideas, procedures and processes to various stakeholders

• Able to work in a fast-paced, changing environment, and with all levels of the organization and cope with rapidly changing information

• Ability to evaluate and negotiate priorities and adapt to new/evolving individual and team assignments as adjustments are needed.

• Interact and deal effectively with all levels of employees while maintaining a professional manner; willingness and effectiveness in challenging the status-quo.

• Maintains a positive work environment through teamwork & conflict resolution

• Expected to work occasional weekends, holidays, overtime, or a variety of shifts, when needed, to meet deadlines

• Ability and willingness to travel by auto and airas needed to achieve business objectives

• Bachelor’s degree related to Information Systems, Business or other relevant academic discipline

Relocation Assistance available for this position

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"AJCIND" REQ:78613BR

Req/Job ID:

78613BR

City:

Erlanger

State:

KY - Kentucky

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ADM unlocks the power of nature to enrich the quality of life. We're a premier global human and animal nutrition company, delivering solutions today with an eye to the future. We're blazing new trails in health and well-being as our scientists develop groundbreaking products to support healthier living. We're a cutting-edge innovator leading the way to a new future of plant-based consumer and industrial solutions to replace petroleum-based products. We're an unmatched agricultural supply chain manager and processor, providing food security by connecting local needs with global capabilities. And we're a leader in sustainability, scaling across entire value chains to help decarbonize our industry and safeguard our planet. From the seed of the idea to the outcome of the solution, we give customers an edge in solving the nutritional and sustainability challenges of today and tomorrow. Learn more at www.adm.com.

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Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are cornerstones of ADM’s efforts to continue innovating, driving growth, and delivering outstanding performance. We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce and create welcoming, truly inclusive work environments — environments that enable every ADM colleague to feel comfortable on the job, make meaningful contributions to our success, and grow their career. We respect and value the unique backgrounds and experiences that each person can bring to ADM because we know that diversity of perspectives makes us better, together.

We are committed to ensuring all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in our industry, as we strive to ensure our workforce represents the world that we help to feed: people of color, women, gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA+, veterans and persons with disabilities. For more information regarding our efforts to advance Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging, please visit our website here: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | ADM. (https://www.adm.com/en-us/culture-and-careers/diversity-equity-inclusion/)

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Benefits and Perks

Enriching the quality of life for the world begins by taking care of our colleagues. In addition to competitive pay, we offer a comprehensive total rewards package to support your well-being, including:

• Physical wellness – medical/Rx, dental, vision and life insurance; on-site wellness center access or gym reimbursement (as applicable)

• Financial wellness – flexible spending accounts, 401(k) with matching contributions and cash balance plan, discounted employee stock purchasing program, disability, workers’ compensation, legal assistance, identity theft protection

• Mental and social wellness – Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)

Additional benefits include:

• Paid vacation time, plus 11 paid holidays and one paid personal day

• Adoption assistance and paid parental leave

• Tuition assistance

• Company-sponsored training and development resources, such as LinkedIn Learning, language training and mentoring programs