ERP Analytics & Reporting Lead

Position Summary We are seeking an experienced Enterprise Analytics & Reporting Lead to own the strategy, architecture, delivery, and operational excellence of enterprise reporting, analytics, and data warehousing solutions. This role will provide hands-on technical leadership across SAP and cloud-based analytics platforms, including SAP BW/4HANA, SAP S/4HANA Analytics, Power BI, SAP Business Data Cloud, SAP Datasphere, Azure Data Lake, Databricks, embedded SAP analytics, and integrated SAP and non-SAP enterprise analytics solutions. The successful candidate will partner with business stakeholders, enterprise architects, SAP functional teams, data teams, and external partners to deliver secure, scalable, governed, and business-focused analytics solutions that enable trusted decision-making and support future modernization. Key Responsibilities Leadership & Team Management • Manage delivery quality and operational performance across internal teams, implementation partners, and run-and-maintain vendors. • Establish technical standards, development best practices, and governance processes. • Drive collaboration across ERP, Data & Analytics, Enterprise Architecture, and business organizations. • Build team capability across SAP BW/4HANA, Power BI, BDC/Datasphere, Azure, Databricks, and emerging analytics technologies. • Act as the escalation point for complex architecture, delivery, support, and stakeholder alignment issues. Enterprise Analytics Strategy & Architecture • Define and maintain the enterprise analytics roadmap aligned with business objectives and digital transformation initiatives that include future modernization and decommissioning activities. • Establish enterprise data architecture standards supporting operational reporting, self-service analytics, executive dashboards, advanced analytics, and AI initiatives. • Design and oversee SAP BW/4HANA data models, data flows, transformations, and reporting solutions. • Lead the evolution of the analytics ecosystem including SAP BW/4HANA, SAP Business Data Cloud, SAP Datasphere, Power BI, Microsoft Azure, Databricks, and related technologies. • Ensure alignment between analytics platforms, enterprise data strategy, ERP modernization programs, and cloud transformation initiatives. • Drive architecture decisions balancing business agility, performance, scalability, security, and total cost of ownership. · Establish enterprise semantic models and governed data products. · Define data virtualization, replication, federation, and data-sharing strategies across SAP landscapes. · Ensure reuse of SAP-delivered content, CDS models, and business content packages. · Align analytics architecture with RISE with SAP and cloud transformation initiative Data Integration & Analytics • Lead integration efforts involving BW/4HANA ODP, CDS Views, Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Factory, Power BI, Analysis for Office, BEx, and related analytics platforms. • Define and support the future-state analytics strategy, including alignment with RISE with SAP, SAP Business Data Cloud, Databricks, Azure Data Lake, and enterprise-approved applications. • Oversee data extraction, transformation, loading (ETL/ELT), operational monitoring processes, and SAP technologies such as SLT and SDA. • Ensure data quality, reconciliation, governance, and regulatory compliance requirements are met. • Support enterprise reporting initiatives across Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Commercial, and other business functions. • Establish patterns for advanced analytics and AI/ML use cases using Databricks and SAP data products • Drive implementation of enterprise data catalogs and business glossaries Data Modeling & Engineering • Define enterprise data modeling standards across: • • SAP Datasphere Spaces • • BW Composite Providers • • InfoObjects • • Data Products • • Lakehouse Models • • Star Schemas • • Semantic Layers • Build curated ERP data assets supporting: • • Finance reporting • • Procurement analytics • • Inventory visibility • • Manufacturing insights • • Transportation and logistics reporting • • Commercial performance metrics • Govern master data consistency across SAP and non-SAP data sources. Application Support & Operational Excellence • Provide leadership for incident management, P2 or major incident resolution, problem resolution, and root cause analysis. • Guide business- and IT-driven enhancements and projects from intake through delivery. • Work with Run & Maintain vendor to ensure successful execution and monitoring of process chains, scheduled jobs, and data loads. • Drive continuous improvement in system stability, performance, automation, and monitoring. • Partner with Basis, Security, Infrastructure, and Release Management teams to maintain a reliable platform, including OSS note management, BW/4HANA upgrades, and release coordination. Required Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field. • 10+ years of enterprise analytics, SAP BW/BI, reporting, or data warehousing experience. • 5+ years of hands-on SAP BW/4HANA experience. • 3+ years leading technical teams, projects, or delivery organizations. • Strong expertise in SAP BW/4HANA, SAP HANA Modeling, SAP S/4HANA Analytics, ODP Framework, CDS Views, and Process Chains. • Strong knowledge of data warehousing architecture, data integration, ETL/ELT design, Power BI, Databricks, and SAP Solution Manager. • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills. Preferred Qualifications • SAP BW/4HANA certification. • Experience with SAP Business Data Cloud. • Experience with Datasphere. • Experience with Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Factory, Power BI, Analysis for Office, BEx, and related analytics platforms. • Experience integrating SAP and cloud data platforms. • Knowledge of enterprise security, GRC, and data governance frameworks. • Experience leading large-scale ERP transformation, S/4HANA migration, o