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At Valvoline Global Operations, we’re proud to be The Original Motor Oil, but we’ve never rested on being first. Founded in 1866, we introduced the world’s first branded motor oil, staking our claim as a pioneer in the automotive and industrial solutions industry. Today, as an affiliate of Aramco, one of the world’s largest integrated energy and chemicals companies, we are driven by innovation and committed to creating sustainable solutions for a better future. With a global presence, we develop future‑ready products and provide best‑in‑class services for our partners around the world.

Our corporate values—Care, Integrity, Passion, Unity, and Excellence—are at the heart of everything we do. These values define how we operate, how we treat one another, and how we engage with our partners, customers, and the communities we serve. At Valvoline Global, we are united in our commitment to:

• Treating everyone with care.
• Acting with unwavering integrity.
• Striving for excellence in all endeavors.
• Delivering on our commitments with passion.
• Collaborating as one unified team.

When you join Valvoline Global, you’ll become part of a culture that celebrates creativity, innovation, and excellence. Together, we’re shaping the future of automotive and industrial solutions.

Job Purpose

Responsible for leading and supporting Operations & projects related to Business Enterprise Application Best Practices, solution architecture planning, functional change governance, production support, enhancement of processes, integration of new business practices or acquisitions in your area of responsibility. Works with business partners to understand their needs / requirements for new / changed functionality. Identifies and presents new functionalities that can improve business efficiencies and cost savings. Provides design and delivery in the analysis, documentation and configuration of processes. Applies knowledge in Business Enterprise Application technology (ERP, S/4 SAP, Cloud Applications, Open Source, configuration), regression and integration testing and day‑to‑day support defining the best change and release management processes. Provides knowledge and learning for processes, system enhancements and any new systems functionality. Assists with the development of policy and procedures, configuration item data base and testing of new functionality as requested by the business. Coordinates with IT colleagues on continuous improvement or cross‑functional teams or business subject matter experts.

How You Make an Impact (Job Accountabilities)

• Provides guidance and delivery in‑solution architecture and Best Practices within area of responsibility for Business Enterprise Application systems related to:

• Business Functionality Roadmap - senior governance Legacy ERP systems (SAP ECC), SAP S/4, Interface protocols, SAP Cloud Platform, and leveraging of open source technologies.
• Architectural Design: Define and implement scalable SAP ABAP solutions aligned with business and IT strategies.
• Development Leadership: Lead the design, coding, testing, and deployment of custom SAP applications using ABAP, Fiori, and UI5.
• Integration Expertise: Develop and manage integrations using RFC, BAPI, IDoc, and OData services across SAP and non‑SAP systems.
• Performance Optimization: Conduct performance tuning and ensure compliance with SAP best practices.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with functional teams, business analysts, and project managers to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Documentation & Standards: Create and maintain technical documentation, coding standards, and reusable components.
• Lead learning and education knowledge transfer for other team members.
• Assist business partners with auditing activities by providing data, reports, or other information to satisfy auditor requests.

Works with business partners on larger projects to improve process issues or meet new business requirements while maintaining an SAP best practice approach to reduce custom code. You should be able to take requests from or provide system / process improvement ideas to any business partners. Perform analysis on KPI’s. Do functional and/or technical design and estimate solution for implementation while coordinating with technical / development resources. Charter project and send through governance to obtain project resources and establish timing. Perform SYSTEMs road mapping business and IT alignment. Improve Testing processes and tooling with migration to automation and speed. Coordinate or assist with data process education. Propose solutions that maximize ROI on ERP systems and tools into production system. Support business partners during hyper care immediately after go‑live of new functionality. Transition new functionality/process to support. Works with business partners on opportunity assessment / proof of concept investigations as a key input into future business optimization projects. Acts as a thought leader for subjects in your area of responsibility. This will include guidance of internal resources or consultants to deliver a final solution to business partners based on business requirements. It will also involve supporting the business partner leads. Maintains relationships with key business partner & IT stakeholders. Works with IT colleagues to ensure best practices are followed for system utilization, security, compliance, change management and release management. Collaborate internally with other team members on continuous improvement and/or on cross‑functional teams. Coach other team members. Participates in external emerging technology user groups, software vendor education, industry groups. Ensure alignment to current and next generation emerging technologies. Production support for SAP Finance functional area. Other duties and responsibilities as determined by Valvoline from time to time in its sole discretion.

What You Bring to the Role (Job Qualifications / Education / Skills / Requirements / Capabilities)

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field.
• Minimum 10+ years of business and/or IT experience required.
• Preferred 10+ years of Enterprise Business process design and implementation.
• Preferred 8+ years of SAP next generation technologies (SAP Cloud Platform, S/4, HANA).
• Preferred 10+ years of SAP specific implementation experience.
• Preferred 4+ years integration experience with other process areas.
• Experience in multiple, full lifecycle SAP implementations preferred.
• Experience in SAP best practice solutions (financials, supply chain, process manufacturing and human resources).

Ability to:

• Work under broad direction and be a self‑starter.
• Establish milestones and assign tasks.
• Build appropriate and effective business relationships.
• Make decisions which impact the success of assigned work (results, deadlines and budget).
• Communicate effectively, both formally and informally.
• Facilitate collaboration between stakeholders who have diverse objectives.
• Analyze, design, plan, execute and evaluate work to time, cost and quality targets.
• Analyze requirements and advise on scope and options for continuous improvement.
• Advise on relevant standards, methods, tools and applications and make appropriate choices from alternatives.
• Take responsibility for investigative work to determine business requirements and specify effective business processes, through improvements in systems, processes or procedures.
• Selects, adopts and adapts appropriate business analysis methods, tools and techniques, selecting appropriately from traditional or agile approaches.
• Collaborate with stakeholders at all levels, in the conduct of investigations for strategy studies, business requirements specifications and feasibility studies.
• Perform an extensive range and variety of complex technical and/or professional work activities.
• Assess and evaluate risk.
• Demonstrate leadership.
• Take initiative to keep skills up to date and mentor colleagues.
• Continually learn and enhance skills.
• Troubleshoot issues and do debugging.

Expert‑level proficiency in ABAP, OOPs, SAP Scripts, Smart Forms, and Enhancement Techniques. Strong experience with SAP HANA, Fiori, UI5, and SAP Gateway. Familiarity with Web Dynpro, BAPI, RFC, and IDoc frameworks. Hands‑on experience with S/4HANA implementations and migrations. Knowledge of SAP NetWeaver, ABAP Workbench, and Data Dictionary tools.

SAP S/4

Knowledge of implementing full cycle of SAP S/4. Understand the key differences between SAP ERP and S/4. Knowledge of SAP Activate implementation methodology. Understand leveraging conversion tools SAP solution manager, Process Mapping, Interface Mapping, ELT tools. SAP Simple Finance, Simple Manufacturing, Simple Logistics. Knowledge of SAP Central Finance (Implementation of SAP S/4 Financials and Shared Services with SAP ECC logistics).

SAP Front End Technologies

Knowledge of SAP Fiori and UI5. SAP SDK for Fiori, SAP Build and Prototyping tools. Knowledge of SAP Microsoft Office Integration (Analysis Office, Excel Integration and other).

Working Conditions / Physical Requirements / Travel Requirements

Working Conditions / Physical Requirements: Office Environment. Travel Requirements: 8%.

Valvoline Global is an equal opportunity employer. We are dedicated to fostering an environment where every individual feels valued, respected, and empowered to contribute their unique perspectives and skills. We strictly prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind, regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, genetics, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected characteristic. We are committed to ensuring accessibility throughout our recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in any stage of the recruitment or selection process, please contact us at:. This contact information is solely for accommodation requests. For inquiries about application status, please use the appropriate channels listed in your application materials.

Are You Ready to Make an Impact?

At Valvoline Global, we’re looking for passionate and talented individuals to join our journey of innovation and excellence. Are you ready to shape the future with us? Apply today.