SAP S/4 HANA Application Architect

Primary Job Purpose
Responsible to support and assist in the design and implementation of the Supply Chain Operations template including configurations and determining the best ways to use S/4 HANA by merging business and IT needs and focusing on utilizing the system for the greatest efficiency and utilization.

Work very closely with Lead Solution Architect – Sales & Operations to meet SAP implementation deliverables.

Key Position Accountabilities

• Being part of Global IT team and responsible for SAP MM (Materials Management) and Variant Configuration related system configuration and associated developments are designed, built, tested & deployed according to S/4 HANA best practices.
• Lead and Support the Product Management Area in the SAP implementation project from solution and architecture perspective and ensure timely completion of related project activities with key focus on quality.
• Facilitate and support Solution Architects, Workstream managers & leads right from requirement gathering, solution design with focus on Material master data processes and integration of same with sales and Customer Service, finance & Operation workstreams.
• Responsible for creating/maintaining functional specifications for WRICEF (Workflow, Report, Interface, Conversion, Enhancement, Forms) objects.
• Analyse, create and document business processes during the project implementation.
• Support larger project team during configuration, testing, training, migration, cutover, go-live and up-grade phases.
• Support incidents or change requests for the live Business units.

SELECTION CRITERIA
Essential:

• Bachelor / Master's degree in Business, Computer Science, or equivalent discipline is required with minimum 10 years of consulting experience with multiple Industries.
• Minimum 2 full lifecycle implementations / roll outs & support project experience in the area of material master data, data modelling, data governance in S/4 HANA or SAP ECC Projects with knowledge of integration across financial and logistics processes in SAP as a lead subject matter expert.
• Hands on experience defining various types of Material master, Variant Configuration, Bill of Materials, Class & Characteristics and Object dependencies.
• Should have demonstrated hands-on experience in delivery of large, complex, global engagements involving multi-currency, multi-location, multi-organization complexities.
• Should have solution design capabilities to reengineer business processes, sound knowledge of process modelling, ERP and packaged application fit/gap analysis, addressing critical business challenges typical to the industry or regional process nuances.
• Understanding on SAP Best Practices and knowledge in Master data, MM module, their integrations & technology.
• Ability to learn new tasks quickly; demonstrate flexibility when presented with change.
• Lead and support a team environment.
• Strong communication skills in English, self-driven and motivated.
• Ability to manage and deliver multiple priorities in a constrained timeline

Desirable:

• SAP S/4 HANA Certification in SAP MM.
• Knowledge of new features in SAP S/4HANA like embedded analytics, user experience using Fiori, SAP cloud platform

WORK ENVIRONMENT FACTORS

• Office based/Remote with occasional international travel.
• Health and Safety accountability statements.
• Working times are European time zone, however open to be available in US/APC time zone as well for the need basis.

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