Manager/ Team Lead-SAP Material Management

Description

Job Description

SAP Materials Management covers all tasks within the supply chain; including consumption based planning, purchasing, vendor evaluation and invoice verification. It also includes inventory, production planning, and warehouse management. The Manager understands the business requirements, prepares AS-IS & TO-BE document and sign-off with users for Business blue print document. The Manager performs configuration work as per the blue print document. Usually there are several small and large configuration teams working on different parts of the business process. 

Responsibilities

• Understand the values and vision of the organization and align the activities accordingly
• Protect the Intellectual Property
• Adhere to all the policies and procedures
• Implementation project:

1. Setting up organization structure of material management and relevant configuration like Purchase organization, valuation area plants, storage location, and warehouse structure etc.
2. Finalization of material groups, purchasing groups, payment terms, Inco terms, Pricing Procedure
3. Finalization of various numbers ranges for material master, vendor master and all purchasing and inventory documents
4. Configuration of release procedure for purchasing document like Purchase requisition and purchase order
5. Preparation of testing document and internal testing
6. Preparation of master data templates for various object like material master, vendor master, excise master, Info-records, source list, purchase order
7. Integration testing with other module PP, SD and FI/CO
8. Preparing the cut over strategy for MM object
9. Preparing the user manual and imparting training to business process owners
10. Go-live preparation and post go live support

• Support project:

1. Interaction with client through net meetings, calls & emails.   Handling Tickets & Tasks and responsible for closing the same within defined SLAs (Service Level Agreements)
2. Responsible for troubleshooting the issues in the system and providing support
3. Executing the needed changes in configuration
4. Executing the analysis and resolution of production support calls
5. Raising Change Requests (CRs) and writing functional specifications for them
6. Preparing test data for testing CRs (Change Requests)
7. Testing CRs (Change Requests) and preparing test results
8. Carrying out regression testing
9. There will be some interaction with other modules consultants
10. Preparing test cases, test scenarios and solution documents for the issues
11. Strong knowledge in building logics to make customized reports according to business scenarios
12. Strong blueprint creation skills which supports to configuration of business scenarios

• Evaluate and amalgamate  research findings to develop valuable insights and strategic recommendations for our client
• Expertise in effective search strategies to gather relevant data using a broad set of resources such as on-line databases, the internet, internal database, associations etc.
• Fulfill a variety of operational tasks using appropriate proprietary application
• Monitor, coach and develop the team by sharing knowledge and providing training as necessary
• Work closely with management in various processes / projects to ensure communication and smooth implementation

Essential Skills

Job 

• Experience in Procurement / Inventory Domain, External Service Management, Logistics Invoice Verification, Batch and Serial no. Management, Output Determination, Cross Module Integration, Purchasing, Pricing, Release Strategies
• Complete knowledge of India Tax Procedures in SAP MM CIN Module
• Excellent written and verbal communication, analytical and critical-thinking skills are essential
• Should be organized and focused on delivering research tasks within defined deadlines
• Must be dynamic, flexible and possess perseverance skills
• Proficiency in customer relationship management
• Exhibit reactiveness and constructiveness at work such as, suggesting innovative but pragmatic solutions
• Utilize secondary research sources and techniques
• Identify and participate in continuous improvement initiatives

Personal  

• Should have understanding of business objectives and organization structure
• The candidate must have strong work ethics and trustworthiness
• The candidate should work accurately with good attention to detail by maintaining confidentiality and integrity
• Must be highly collaborative and team oriented with commitment to excellence
• Ability to work under pressure to achieve the multiple daily deadlines for client deliverables, with a mature approach

Preferred Skills

Job

• The candidate should have an expertise in problem solving 
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office (Advanced)
• Self-motivated, fast learner with the ability to operate independently
• Must have proven track record of impacting results throughout career
• The candidate must be a highly versatile thinker who can assimilate knowledge and has understanding across different industries, products, technologies, disciplines etc.

Personal 

• Demonstrate proactive thinking
• Negotiation and persuasion skills are required to work with partners and implement changes
• Should have strong interpersonal relations and mentoring skills
• Have the ability to work under stringent deadlines and demanding client conditions 

Other Relevant Information

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression, pregnancy, age, disability status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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