Sr Commercial Platform Analyst

The Senior SAP Product Commercialization Specialist plays a critical role in transforming product innovation into commercially ready offerings. This position partners Product Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain, and IT to translate commercial intent into SAP product structures that enable products to be manufactured, quoted, ordered, delivered, and supported.

The successful candidate will lead complex commercialization activities for new product introductions, product changes, acquisitions, and business model transformations while ensuring compliance with corporate quality standards and commercial requirements.

• Represent product commercialization throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Assess cross-functional impacts of commercialization requests and coordinate effort estimates.
• Lead commercialization projects, ensuring scope, schedule, and quality standards are met.
• Serve as a key liaison between Product Management, Product Development, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, and IT to ensure cross-functional alignment and seamless execution.
• Create and maintain product part numbers and Bills of Material (BOMs) to support manufacturability and salability in SAP ERP systems.
• Initiate and manage Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) and commercialization workflows to support timely product readiness for quoting, ordering, and fulfillment.
• Collaborate on scalable product configurations with SAP CPQ and Variant Configuration leads.
• Ensure all commercialization activities are compliant with Quality standards and integrated with Order-to-Cash processes.
• Support onboarding and training of internal stakeholders on commercialization processes, tools, and best practices.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, supply chain, or related field.

Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in product commercialization, SAP material master data management, quality assurance, or related roles in manufacturing, technology, or life sciences industries.

Competencies:

• Strong working knowledge of ERP systems, particularly SAP.
• Familiarity with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) concepts and tools.
• Solid understanding of SAP material master data structures for salable products, Change Control and the related business processes.
• Analytical mindset with strong attention to detail and a process-driven approach.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Travel (If Applicable):

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) is a global leader in life sciences and diagnostics, dedicated to accelerating the benefits of pioneering science through analytical technologies, informatics, and service. With a focus on regulated, high-volume testing environments, our innovative portfolio harnesses deep scientific expertise across chemistry, physics, and biology. We collaborate with customers around the world to advance the release of effective, high-quality medicines, ensure the safety of food and water, and drive better patient outcomes by detecting diseases earlier, managing routine infections, and combating antibiotic resistance. Through a shared culture of relentless innovation, our passionate team of ~16,000 colleagues turn scientific challenges into breakthroughs that improve lives worldwide. 

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It benefits our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All hiring decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.