Business Systems Variant Configuration Specialist

Daifuku Intralogistics is the nation’s leading independent, U.S.‐based provider of intelligent material handling systems. With hundreds of engineers in‐house, the company designs, manufactures, integrates, and installs the full spectrum of intralogistics solutions. We provide leading‐edge conveyor and sortation systems, voice and light‐directed order fulfillment equipment, controls and software, robotics, mezzanines, and structures.

If you want to join a team of industry leading experts and who want to create an impact on the future of material handling solutions, we want to hear from you!

The Business Systems Variant Configuration Specialist is responsible for the creation, and maintenance of configurable products, bills of materials and underlying master data for Daifuku ILUS conveyor products.

NOTE: This is not a remote position, must be local to Northwest Indiana. 

• Work with Engineering on the release of new products or changes to existing products.
• Review the effects of product change on the configured models as well as how those changes relate to manufacturing and customer support
• Develop or change model structures, setting up options, characteristics, BOMs and rules based on Engineering Documentation
• Structure and input rules in Dependencies using rule types that are logical to the specific product and ensure system performance is not compromised
• Create and maintain multi-company databases relating to ECN’s that change/create bills of material and routings. Maintain all part numbering processes, including appropriate Item Master data
• Assign or process new part number requests
• Performs a product SAP VC target testing and validation.
• Participates in collecting, documenting, and communicating best practices affecting product configuration process utilizing SAP VC

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management or Engineering or a related field and 3+ years of related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 2+ years of SAP operation and maintenance experience across the following - Batch Management, Demand Planning, MRP, Production Planning Detailed Scheduling (PP-DS), Production Execution (PP-PI), Project Systems, Purchasing, Materials Management, Inventory Management (EWM)
• Experience in computer system validation, authoring CSV deliverables, execution of testing, resolving of defects.
• 3+ years manufacturing industry experience is required.
• The ideal candidate would have experience with SAP configurations within the manufacturing industry.
• Cross-functional knowledge of SD, PS, MM, PP, FI/CO SAP modules and the integration points with VC
• Ability to understand complex products.
• Responsible for developing good listening, written and verbal communication skills.