ZENITH - Archetype Director "Repair" S4HANA (M/F)
Job Description
- Define and maintain the "MRO" archetype/version of the S4/HANA ERP model in conjunction with business and IT stakeholders.
- Ensure the consistency, robustness, and compliance of this version with other S4 archetypes and end-to-end business processes.
- Defend the Fit-to-standard S4 approach, centralizing and arbitrating localization or customization needs.
- Lead and coordinate the deployment plan of the concerned ERP version transversally across the Group.
- Document management rules, deviations from the standard target, and ensure traceability of decisions.
- Collaborate closely with S4HANA teams, business entities, "Services" function experts, change management managers, and suppliers.
- Implement performance indicators related to the adoption of versions/archetypes and improvements in performance and competitiveness.
- Ensure regular reporting to project management and sponsors on progress and achieved productivity.
- Contribute to the upskilling of key users and ensure the sharing of best practices.
- Bac+5 higher education in IT, information systems, project management or similar.
- Minimum 10 years confirmed experience in Business Services responsibilities.
- Minimum 5 years confirmed experience in digital transformation projects, ideally ERP deployment (SAP, Oracle, etc.).
- Good understanding of end-to-end Services business processes and their challenges.
- Mastery of project management methodologies and design/modeling tools.
- Proficiency in communication and transversal management of multidisciplinary teams.
- Rigor, autonomy, attention to detail, and ability to manage priorities.
- Professional English required.
- An attractive compensation package.
- Continuous skills development: training courses, internal academies and communities.
- An inclusive, benevolent environment that respects employee balance.
- A recognized societal and environmental commitment.
Let's build a future of trust together
Thales is a global high-tech leader specializing in three sectors: Defense & Security, Aeronautics & Space, and Cyber & Digital. It develops products and solutions that contribute to a safer, more environmentally friendly, and more inclusive world. The Group invests nearly 4 billion euros per year in Research & Development, particularly in key innovation areas such as AI, cybersecurity, quantum, cloud technologies, and 6G. Thales has nearly 81,000 employees in 68 countries.
Our commitments, your benefits
- Success driven by our technological excellence, your experience, and our shared ambition
- An attractive compensation package
- Continuous skills development: training courses, internal academies, and communities
- An inclusive, benevolent environment that respects employee balance
- A recognized societal and environmental commitment
Your daily life
By joining us in Meudon, you will join the Thales Group headquarters located on the banks of the Seine and organized as a real campus, bringing together our digital identity and security activities.
As part of a project to migrate to a new ERP system, in an End-to-End Process context within the company:
The Archetype/Version Leader is responsible for the definition, management, and deployment of the "archetype" (future SAP S4/HANA ERP version), ensuring the alignment between the company's end-to-end processes and the target system, for all entities concerned by the Business Model in question. They ensure that "MRO" business needs, standards, and standardization requirements are perfectly integrated into all versions, deployed in the group's various entities, and guarantee the delivery of its associated value. This position is central to ensuring the consistency, compliance, and effectiveness of the ERP model across all implementation scopes.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND KEY ACTIVITIES
- Define and maintain the "MRO" archetype/version of the S4/HANA ERP model in conjunction with business and IT stakeholders;
- Ensure the consistency, robustness, and compliance of this version with other S4 archetypes and with the company's end-to-end processes, and its Digital Ecosystem;
- Defend the Fit-to-standard S4 approach, and for exceptions, centralize and arbitrate localization or customization needs for an entity or country;
- Lead and coordinate the deployment plan of the concerned ERP version, transversally across the Group, ensure its scalability and operational maintenance;
- Document management rules, deviations from the standard target, and ensure traceability of decisions;
- Collaborate closely with S4HANA teams, business entities, "Services" function experts, change management managers, and suppliers;
- Implement performance indicators related to the adoption of versions/archetypes and improvements in performance and competitiveness versus current capabilities;
- Ensure regular reporting to project management and sponsors, in terms of progress and achieved productivity;
- Contribute to the upskilling of key users and ensure the sharing of best practices.
This key position requires the ability to juggle standardization challenges and adaptation/customization (in "by exception" mode), in a dynamic and demanding context, oriented towards competitiveness.
PROFILE
- Bac+5 higher education in IT, information systems, project management or similar field;
- Minimum 10 years confirmed experience in Business Services responsibilities;
- Minimum 5 years confirmed experience in digital transformation projects, ideally in ERP deployment (SAP, Oracle, etc.) in complex and multi-entity environments;
- Good understanding of end-to-end Services business processes and their challenges;
- Mastery of project management methodologies and design/modeling tools;
- Proficiency in communication and transversal management of multidisciplinary teams;
- Rigor, autonomy, attention to detail, and ability to manage priorities;
- Professional English required.
Thales, a Handi-Engaged company, recognizes all talents. Diversity is our best asset. Apply and join us!
