Manager, S4 Reporting and Analytics

Requisition Number: 67500

 

Corning is vital to progress – in the industries we help shape and in the world we share.

 

We invent life-changing technologies using materials science. Our scientific and manufacturing expertise, boundless curiosity, and commitment to purposeful invention place us at the center of the way the world interacts, works, learns, and lives.

 

Our sustained investment in research, development, and invention means we’re always ready to solve the toughest challenges alongside our customers. 

 

The global Information Technology (IT) Function is leading efforts to align IT and Business Strategy, leverage IT investments, and optimize end to end business processes and associated information integration technologies.  Through these efforts, IT helps to improve the competitive position of Corning's businesses through IT enabled processes.  IT also delivers Information Technology applications, infrastructure, and project services in a cost efficient manner to Corning worldwide.

 

Role Purpose:

The ERP Transformation office is commissioned to drive the company’s multi-year enterprise resource planning (ERP) transformation from 31 disparate and aging ERP systems across Corning to 3 instances of SAP S/4 HANA. The consolidation of Corning’s current ERP application environments onto a common platform will enable the delivery of enhanced functional capabilities, business efficiencies, increased agility, and a lower ERP cost structure for the company.  The ERPT team will ensure Corning has an enterprise-wide approach to the transformation supporting the migration of our businesses before, during, and after their implementations.

 

As the Manager, S4 Reporting and Analytics, you are a key member of the Enterprise Platform Design and Standards team.  Responsible for collaborating with a broad range of stakeholders to understand S4 reporting needs and translate them into effective solutions.  The role offers the opportunity to shape the ERP Transformation’s reporting and analytics strategy, in collaboration with Corning’s broader digital strategies.  Inaugural project will be to execute a proof of concept with SAP Analytics Cloud.

 

Key Responsibilities:

• Set standards, best practices and the ERPT framework for report design, and accessibility, while ensuring compliance with data governance policies and practices.  Stay updated with new features, capabilities, and updates in SAP S4 and SAC
• Obtain a deep understanding of Global Template processes and integrated landscape
• Partnering with other Enterprise Platform Leads to understand program reporting needs and translate them into effective solutions using SAP S4, SAP reporting tools such as SAC or Datasphere or other analytics capabilities.
• Work with our business and functional process partners to develop reporting roadmaps that best positions our investments in SAP and meet our program objectives and ongoing business process improvements.
• Provide strategic input for the evolution of Citizen reporting practices in ERPT
• Help prioritize with business stakeholders and program leadership the report development backlog, focusing on delivering value and enhanced business performance
• Partner with other ERP Transformation teams e.g., Change Management to develop shared collateral and embed new ways of working
• Be an active participate in the broader Corning reporting and data communities

 

Travel Requirements:

• Up to 25% domestic / international

 

Experiences/Education - Required

• Bachelor’s degree in business / business analytics, Computer Science, or related program. A master’s degree or relevant certifications would be considered an asset.

• Minimal of 8-10 years progressive experience in relevant professional experience
• Ability to work across all levels of the organization, in a highly matrixed structure
• Priority setting in alignment with project priorities and overarching strategy
• Ability to break down complex business / technical challenges into simplified, manageable goals and drive to timel