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Management, Recipe Management, Product Lifecycle Management, Plant Maintenance, Smart Factory solutions and related integrations.\nThe Product Owner balances business priorities with global standards to deliver secure, scalable and reliable capabilities that improve plant performance, product quality, maintenance effectiveness, compliance and operational continuity.\nWhat will be your key responsibilities?\nMake Technology Strategy & Product Ownership\nOwn the AMEA Make technology product strategy, roadmap and portfolio, aligned with manufacturing priorities and global product roadmaps.\nServe as the primary regional DT product partner for Make leadership, plant stakeholders and cluster teams.\nTranslate business needs into scalable product capabilities, roadmap priorities, architecture decisions and delivery outcomes.\nOwn product backlog prioritisation, release planning, dependencies, risks, adoption and value realisation.\nIdentify opportunities to simplify, standardise and automate manufacturing processes and technology across markets and sites.\nEnsure priorities support plant reliability, product quality, operational efficiency, compliance and user adoption.\nSAP Manufacturing & Plant Technology Ownership\nProvide product and solution leadership across SAP S/4HANA and SAP ECC manufacturing capabilities, including Production Planning (PP), Quality Management (QM), Plant Maintenance (PM) and relevant master data.\nOwn the technology direction for recipe and specification management, formula and bill-of-material governance, and related product lifecycle capabilities.\nPartner with Global Product teams and Enterprise Architecture on Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), R&D, engineering and manufacturing integrations.\nEnsure effective integration across manufacturing, warehouse and logistics, planning, procurement, Order-to-Cash, Finance, data platforms, plant systems and external manufacturing applications.\nGuide solution decisions covering batch management, traceability, quality inspection, production execution, maintenance planning, shop-floor connectivity and manufacturing reporting.\nEnsure solutions meet architecture, cyber security, data, privacy, regulatory, quality and operational resilience requirements. • Govern application lifecycle, technical debt, platform health and non-functional requirements across the Make portfolio. \nSmart Factory, Data & Automation\nShape the regional roadmap for Smart Factory, connected plant, industrial data and manufacturing automation initiatives in alignment with global standards. \nPartner with plant engineering, Operations Technology, Cyber Security, Data & Analytics and integration teams to enable secure IT/OT connectivity and reliable data flows. \nIdentify practical opportunities for analytics, AI and automation that improve throughput, quality, maintenance, energy use and decision-making. \nEnsure pilots and innovations have clear business ownership, measurable outcomes and a path to scale and sustainment. \nDelivery, Deployment & Operational Governance\nLead regional deployment of global and regional Make products, templates and transformation initiatives across AMEA plants and markets.\nPartner with deployment analysts, programme teams and site stakeholders on discovery, design, testing, data readiness, cutover, training, adoption, hypercare and transition to support. \nGovern scope, quality, dependencies, risks, issues and delivery outcomes across concurrent initiatives. \nEstablish effective product governance, decision forums, architecture reviews, delivery controls and performance reporting. \nManage delivery performance with global teams, strategic vendors, system integrators, implementation partners and support providers. \nEnsure stable, secure and cost-effective operation of the Make application landscape, including clear service ownership and escalation paths. \nCapture lessons learned and improve reusable deployment patterns, templates and product practices. \nSuccess Measures\nDelivery of the agreed Make technology roadmap and priority initiatives with clear business outcomes. \nSuccessful deployments delivered to agreed scope, quality, timeline and adoption expectations with minimal plant disruption. \nImproved process standardisation, data quality, traceability, control effectiveness and automation. \nStable and high-performing manufacturing application landscape with reduced technical debt and avoidable complexity. \nMeasurable improvements in operational reliability, quality, productivity, maintenance effectiveness and user experience. \nEffective vendor and delivery-partner performance against agreed outcomes and service expectations. \nStrong stakeholder confidence and demonstrated value realisation from Make technology investments.\nWhat are we looking for?\nBachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems or a related discipline. A postgraduate qualification in business, operations, supply chain or technology is preferred. Relevant SAP or product management certifications are desirable.\n12+ years of experience in Enterprise Applications, Digital Technologies, ERP delivery, manufacturing technology or business transformation, with experience appropriate for a product ownership role. \n10+ years of hands-on or solution leadership experience with SAP manufacturing capabilities, including strong knowledge of Production Planning (PP) and Quality Management (QM). \nWorking knowledge of Plant Maintenance (PM), batch management, recipe or specification management, product lifecycle processes and related master data. \nExperience in FMCG, Consumer Products, food manufacturing, process manufacturing or a comparable plant-based industry. \nProven experience leading SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA manufacturing solutions, deployments or transformation initiatives across multiple sites or markets. \nStrong understanding of end-to-end Make processes and integrations with planning, procurement, warehouse and logistics, Order-to-Cash, Finance, quality, R&D and plant systems. \nExperience defining product roadmaps, prioritising backlogs, shaping solution architecture and translating business needs into delivery outcomes. \nExperience with manufacturing data migration, master data, testing, cutover, business readiness, adoption and operational transition. \nUnderstanding of manufacturing controls, product quality, traceability, regulatory requirements, cyber security and operational resilience. \nExperience working with plant stakeholders, global product teams, delivery partners and system integrators in a matrix organisation. \nStrong stakeholder management, influencing, decision-making and executive communication skills.\nAbility to manage competing priorities and make pragmatic product decisions while protecting standards, reliability and business continuity. \nPreferred\nExperience with SAP S/4HANA manufacturing capabilities and modern SAP architecture. \nExposure to Smart Factory, Manufacturing 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