Technical Product Owner - (SAP FICO)

Dyson Global IT

At Dyson, we demand the highest standard of performance from the technologies we engineer. Our people expect the same from the technology that supports them. We are a community that appreciates and advocates better engineering. A community of pioneers.  

Dyson IT are mid-transformation. Our aim, to create robust IT architecture, to manage data effectively and efficiently and continue to grow our world-class team. A team who is strategic, enabling business acceleration, growth and success.

Our IT Corporate Functions Team: 

Dyson’s IT Corporate Functions team exists to ‘wow’ and ‘delight’ our business stakeholders in partnering with them to define and delivery an IT Technology Roadmap to support the business functions strategy and objectives.  Dyson’s IT Corporate Functions team partners globally with the following areas of the Dyson business: 

• People/HR 

• Finance 

• Dyson Business Services (Global business services) 

• Legal 

• Group Security 

• Sustainability governance and compliance 

• Communications 

• Weybourne (Dyson’s family office)

The IT Corporate Functions Team has global responsibility for the end-to-end business relationships and technical product management across the above functions from ideation, roadmap definition, business case creation and delivery execution through to enhancements, operations and in time product replacement/retirement.  We work with our business stakeholders to leverage bleeding edge technologies and strategic partnerships in order to transform the way they work and the outcomes they deliver to the wider business – working smarter, automating, DEVSECOPS, upskilling etc. 

Dyson’s Corporate Functions roadmaps are exciting and aggressive.  Come and join a global, fast paced team to drive a real step change in our Corporate Functions digital journey at Dyson.  

Main Job Responsibilities:

• Act as internal consultant to business stakeholders

• Providing specialist advice as a Subject Matter Expert to stakeholders on complex system & process issues in the Source to Pay Area

• Identifying new alternative and innovative approaches for improving business activities and systems while challenging why out of the box solution doesn’t meet the requirements

• Supporting the implementation and enhancement of various systems, including Ariba, Vendor Invoice Management, Opentext and S4 Hana

• Be the technical resource in the Source to Pay area to makes changes to the system

• Establishing and maintaining strong, strategic partnerships with vendors and service suppliers

• Awareness and guidance of country/region specific legal and mandatory requirements impacting technology deployment or operations

• Foster a collaborative environment between business stakeholders, development teams, and other relevant departments (e.g., design, quality assurance) to ensure a shared understanding of product goals and progress

• Continuously refine and evolve the product based on changing market conditions, technological advancements, and business needs. Seek opportunities to enhance the product's value

• Collaborate with other product owners, business analysts, and project managers to ensure alignment and consistency across different IT projects and initiatives

About you

Essential:

• At least 5 years’ consulting/support experience in similar industry with a dynamic global organization, with repeated practice performing Project and Product Enhancement in SAP or similar systems.

• Hands-on experience in Design, Configuration and support Concur, Ariba, Vendor Invoice Management, Opentext, S4 Hana (Materials Management and Accounts Payable) and Fiori

• Able to manage multiple tasks and prioritize workload effectively

• Capable to see the overall picture and how individual actions fit within it

• Proficient in staying informed of technological developments and understand their applicability to Dyson business problems and opportunities

• Able to identify technology, functionality and methods that could be of significant benefit to Dyson and drive those through into successful implementation 

• Ability to translate business requirements into functional and technical requirements. 

• Ability to prioritize improvements based on the business benefit

• Experience of business stakeholder management

• Experience of operating within a global organization with a proven ability to deliver against Group wide initiative.

• Knowledge of middleware technologies for seamless integration

Desirable:

• S4 Hana (FICO) Certification

• Experience of working in matrix structures, with cross functional teams and operating under both line reporting and project task managers

• Experience of working closely with teams across the globe, accommodating various time zones

• Experience of working various with global Finance and Shared Services teams and understanding of the challenges around local legislations

Key Competencies:

• An unwavering focus on the needs and expectations of end-users. The ability to empathize with users and prioritize features that enhance the user experience is essential.

• Proficiency in identifying and solving complex technical and business problems. Ability to analyse issues, propose solutions, and make decisions.

• Flexible in approach with strong organisational and prioritisation skills

• An aptitude and strong appetite to develop systems and processes in order to drive efficiencies and benefits for the business

• The ability to work to deadlines and deliver on time

• Self-motivated, dynamic and results-driven.

• Drive and resilience to see complex and time intensive projects through to execution

• Ability to quickly understand and put into practice complex ideas and processes

• A team player with a positive, ‘will do’ attitude and the ability to be flexible yet have a disciplined approach

• Strong communication skills with the ability to present ideas and plans to support business decisions

• Determined and assertive, prepared to get into the detail to understand the complexity of processes and systems as required

• Sensitive to cultural differences across Dyson Worldwide.

• Excellent analytical ability with a great attention to detail

Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.

Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.