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Nestle

Global food and beverage company

IT SAP Senior Lead

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Full-time

About the Job

Requirements

  • Business-level Japanese and English proficiency in speaking, writing, and reading is required.
  • Approximately 10 years of practical experience in an IT department at a business company, systems integrator, or similar organization is required.
  • Experience participating in IT operations or projects involving core systems such as SAP is required.
  • Understand ERP systems and their impact on business processes, and have experience operating or improving them from an IT perspective.
  • Experience coordinating and driving work among multiple stakeholders, including business departments, IT, and vendors, is required.
  • Ability to balance stable operations with continuous improvement is required.
  • A university degree or higher is required.

Responsibilities

  • Drive IT initiatives and projects in supply chain and procurement as the Japan-side single point of contact.
  • Coordinate with business departments, global IT, and external vendors, and support decision-making.
  • Clarify the context behind requirements, prioritize them, and lead consensus-building.
  • Manage projects with attention to quality, cost, and delivery.
  • Manage overall operations of core systems, including SAP and EDI.
  • Coordinate stakeholders and make decisions to minimize impact when incidents or issues occur.
  • Collaborate with global IT and offshore teams, and manage service-level agreements and key performance indicators.
  • Identify challenges across business and IT, and propose and drive improvement initiatives.
  • Evaluate the use of standardization, automation, and visualization, including SAP standard functionality, robotic process automation, and business intelligence.
  • Raise the level of IT adoption through building trust with users and stakeholders.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with SAP is welcomed; practical IT experience with other core ERP systems, such as Oracle EBS, is also considered.
  • Interest in or experience with team leadership, developing junior colleagues, or management.
  • Experience working in a global environment.

About the Company

Nestle

Global food and beverage company

Nestlé produces a wide range of food and beverage products, including dairy, coffee, bottled water, infant nutrition, pet care, frozen foods, and confectionery, and sells them through supermarkets, online platforms, and direct-to-consumer channels. It develops, scales, and distributes products globally, supported by ongoing R&D to improve nutrition and taste. Its size, geographic reach, and broad brand portfolio, along with a focus on nutrition, sustainability, and transparency, set it apart from many competitors. The goal is to provide tasty, nutritious foods and beverages to people worldwide while promoting health, well-being, and sustainable practices across its operations.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Vevey, Switzerland
Founded
1866

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