ERP Data Strategy Engineer at INFICON – East Syracuse, New York

INFICON is a leading provider of innovative instrumentation, critical sensor technologies, and Smart Manufacturing/Industry 4.0 software solutions that enhance productivity and quality of tools, processes, and complete factories. These analysis, measurement and control products are essential for gas leak detection in air conditioning/refrigeration and automotive manufacturing. They are vital to equipment manufacturers and end-users in the complex fabrication of semiconductors and thin film coatings for optics, flat panel displays, solar cells and industrial vacuum coating applications. Other users of our vacuum-based processes include the life sciences, research, aerospace, packaging, heat treatment, laser cutting and many other industrial processes. We also leverage our expertise in vacuum technology to provide unique, toxic chemical analysis products for emergency response, security, and environmental health and safety.

The ERP Data Strategy Engineer is responsible for leading the existing ERP Data Specialist team in solving problems related to existing SAP manufacturing data setup and providing technical guidance related to SAP best practices. This individual will also play a key role on INFICON's SAP 4/HANA transformation team and will be responsible for assessing, analyzing and validating the manufacturing data for the America region. This role will also help to lead major SAP and other associated manufacturing software-related improvement initiatives. This individual will need to be a detail-orientated individual who has a proven track record of problem solving and a resourceful mentality.

Essential Job Duties

Specific duties include, but are not necessarily limited to the following:

• Provide trouble-shooting and technical guidance to the ERP Data Specialists on SAP and other related issues they encounter during engineering change implementation and production-floor related issues

• Perform root-cause/corrective investigations on SAP related issues on the production-floor related to items such as inventory discrepancies, material allocations, cost-variances & work-instruction discrepancies

• Work as a major member on INFICONs SAP 4/HANA implementation team this is expected to take a minimum of 50% of the individuals time for the duration of the project and the individual will report in a dotted-line manner to the 4/HANA Data Governance Project team lead. The work on this project will consist of items such as the following:

• Support data integrity and process alignment within SAP as part of the S/4HANA transformation

• Collaborate with the global governance team to develop documentation & maintenance strategies for master data responsibilities along with any associated business processes

• Assist in data migration activities by analyzing current-state data, performing data uploads & validations along with any associated troubleshooting and assessment of overall plant readiness

• Support training efforts to help end-users understand processes, impacts and relevant data prior to implementation/go-live

• Up to 10% travel for the project role duration (2026 to 2028)

• Act as the technical project lead in the implementation of the full functionality across the organization of the SAP Engineering Change workflow process

• Develop and maintain template files, best-practice guides & other ERP related items that improve standardization and overall data integrity practices within the team

• Act as the intermediary between the ERP Data Specialist team and INFICONs Global SAP team and become the regional Subject Matter Expert (SME) on SAP manufacturing related topics

• Provide guidance on data-structure and best-practices and ways of working as INFICON begins the roll-out and usage of a new Manufacturing Execution Software (MES) solution

• Work to recommend and implement standardizations on production floor digitization-related items such as bar-code, serialization & associated software tools

• Work to ensure both internal & external customers are satisfied with the teams response in dealing with the inevitable SAP and other associated manufacturing data related issues that arise in a manufacturing organization

• Work jointly on a near-daily basis with INFICONs production & Global SAP teams

Education and/or Experience

• Demonstrated experience as a power-user of an ERP system(s) and deep familiarity with Engineering Changes, BOMs, routings & production work orders, preferably in a low-volume, high-mix manufacturing organization with customer-configurable product offerings

• Minimal requirement Bachelors Degree in a technical discipline and 5+ years of experience or the equivalent combination of education, training & experience

• Experience with SAP is strongly preferred experience with similar ERP systems is acceptable provided the individual has a demonstrated ability of being strong at self-education on software systems/capabilities

• Demonstrated ability to develop methods of entry/edits of large ERP datasets

• Preferred experience generating data queries to investigate and make data edits/loads on a large-scale basis

Behaviors necessary for this role include, but are not necessarily limited to:

• Detail-orientated and analytically focused individual who has a proven track record of problem solving and a resourceful mentality

• Individual who enjoys challenges and can articulate their thoughts and ideas clearly & effectively

• Independent and driven individual who is good at collaborating with others on projects and technical initiatives

• The ability to manage multiple projects at the same time

• Establish credibility & trust from all levels of the organization

A reasonable estimate of the current range is: $85,000 to $110,000. The actual compensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law. In addition, INFICON employees are eligible for a profit-sharing bonus with a target of 10% as well as 401K match up to 8% (vesting schedule).

INFICON provides a dynamic work environment that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our employees experience ongoing green initiatives, flexible work hours, and a variety of health and wellness programs.

INFICONs forward-thinking approach offers countless opportunities to design, support, and manufacture a diverse product portfolio that expands globally. Our Lean and Agile work environment offers competitive compensation, relocation assistance, a discretionary bonus, and generous employee benefits; major medical, dental, health, vision, 401K, vacation and sick time, tuition reimbursement, and more!

INFICON is committed to ensuring that our online application process provides an equal opportunity to all job seekers that apply without regard to race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, gender, age, protected veteran status, disability status, genetic information, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. A notice describing Federal equal employment opportunity laws is available here to reaffirm this commitment. Any contact that would like to request a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application process should contact us.careers@inficon.com.

INFICON, Inc. strictly complies with all aspects of the Export Administration Regulations ('EAR'), including those sections dealing with deemed exports to foreign nationals.