Director, SAP Data Analysis

About Smurfit Westrock At Smurfit Westrock, we are shaping the future of sustainable packaging. As a global leader in paper-based packaging solutions, we combine innovation, technology, and deep industry expertise to create solutions that help customers succeed while supporting a more sustainable world. With operations across multiple regions and a strong commitment to collaboration, continuous improvement, and digital transformation, we empower our people to challenge convention, solve complex problems, and make a meaningful impact on the future of our business. About The Team The Insights Team sits at the heart of Smurfit Westrock's digital and data transformation journey. The team enables better business decisions through trusted data, advanced analytics, and enterprise reporting solutions that support colleagues across Finance, Supply Chain, Operations, Commercial, and other key business functions. Working closely with the SAP Centre of Excellence (CoE), regional analytics teams, business stakeholders, and technology partners, the team delivers scalable reporting, analytics, and data solutions that connect business needs with enterprise data strategy. Their work enables smarter decision-making, improved operational performance, and a stronger foundation for future innovation, including AI-enabled capabilities. Role Summary Director, SAP Data Analysis & Reporting Lead the future of enterprise SAP analytics and help build the data foundations that power business transformation across a global organisation. This is a strategic leadership opportunity for an experienced SAP data and analytics professional to shape how data is leveraged across Smurfit Westrock. Acting as a key link between business stakeholders, the SAP Centre of Excellence, and technology teams, you will define reporting strategy, drive modernisation initiatives, and ensure SAP reporting and analytics solutions are scalable, governed, and aligned with business priorities. The role plays a critical part in enabling trusted business insights, supporting enterprise-wide transformation initiatives, and preparing the organisation's SAP data landscape for future AI-driven capabilities. What You'll Be Doing You will be:
• Providing leadership and direction for the enterprise SAP reporting, analytics, and data strategy.
• Partnering with business leaders, regional teams, and the SAP CoE to translate business needs into scalable analytical solutions.
• Driving the architecture and delivery of complex reporting and dashboard solutions across multiple business functions.
• Influencing the future SAP analytics roadmap, data models, governance standards, and reporting capabilities.
• Supporting AI readiness initiatives by improving data quality, governance, semantic models, and enterprise data foundations.
• Designing and governing SAP and hybrid reporting solutions that combine SAP and non-SAP data sources.
• Leading solution architecture decisions covering data integration, reporting design, semantic modelling, and performance optimisation.
• Championing best practices in reporting, analytics, governance, compliance, and data quality.
• Acting as a trusted advisor to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Identifying opportunities to modernise, simplify, and automate the SAP reporting landscape. The Impact This role offers the opportunity to influence analytics capability at a truly global scale. By creating trusted, scalable, and consistent reporting solutions, you will help business leaders make better decisions, improve operational performance, and accelerate transformation initiatives across the organisation. Your work will directly contribute to stronger governance, reduced reporting complexity, improved data quality, and a more connected enterprise data ecosystem. You will also play a critical role in preparing Smurfit Westrock's SAP data environment for the next generation of AI-powered insights and decision support, helping shape the future direction of enterprise analytics across the business. Essential Qualifications & Experience To be successful in this role, you will bring: Essential
• Significant experience in SAP reporting, SAP data architecture, analytics, or related disciplines.
• Deep expertise in SAP data structures, SAP BW/4HANA, SAP ECC/S4HANA extraction, CDS Views, or similar SAP technologies.
• Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale reporting and analytics solutions.
• Strong understanding of data governance, security, compliance, and data quality frameworks.
• Experience integrating SAP and non-SAP data sources to create meaningful business insights.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and collaborate across technical and business teams.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into business value.
• Experience operating across multiple business functions, regions, and stakeholder groups. Desirable
• Experience with Power BI, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), Qlik, SAP BW, or similar visualisation platforms.
• Experience working with modern cloud data platforms, semantic models, and data products.
• SAP certifications in analytics, architecture, or data modelling.
• Experience within manufacturing, supply chain, operations, or large-scale global organisations. Location & Flexibility We understand that flexibility is important. This role offers a hybrid working model, combining remote working with regular collaboration and engagement in the office. We are committed to supporting flexible ways of working while ensuring strong team connection, stakeholder engagement, and business partnership. The preferred location for this role is Europe (Paris or remote within Europe).