Senior Consultant

Description

A  Senior  Consultant  is an individual who participate s  in implementation/upgrade/support projects and deliver  them  either from remote or Onsite.  Th e  Senior  Consultant  focuses on ABAP development objects and coordinates with remote development team. Further,  the  Senior  Consultant  would be liaising w ith Project Manager for tracking and implementation of projects .

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 

Work with other line functions to collect or provide relevant data 

Ability to set up the development guidelines and methodologies 

Support the onsite consulting team of experts for all relevant aspects of development work and coordination with remote development teams 

Participate in practice initiatives, showing innovation, sharing knowledge and enhancing reusability 

Prepare the Technical Specification, build the code, review the code and finally to prepare the Unit Test Cases and conduct technical research for an optimal solution 

ABAP code modification for BDC, interface program, report, module pool arising out of non- discretionary services 

Optimize custom developed programs for minimizing resource utilization and run times 

Develop/Update Technical Documentation with respect to functional requirements/ Specifications as per prescribed format 

Test specific objects as and when initiatives such as Migration to Higher version Hot Packs, Version Upgrades and the like are taken 

Develop and maintain appropriate documentation for knowledge management 

Provide Bug fixes as and when reported within the agreed time frames and Quality standards 

Assist with queries relating to Reports, interfaces, enhancements, ALE/IDoc, Conversions, forms, Adobe forms, ABAP workflow, Webdynpro etc. 

Work with Functional team to assess operational & quality related issues, identify gaps, and manage closure of gaps, including effective Error Trend Analysis and Problem Management 

Provide proposal for ABAP redesign for performance improvement / tuning of ABAP objects as appropriate 

Ensure appropriate assessment of SAP OSS notes regarding relevance for ABAP Operations 

Should have strong hands-on knowledge in ABAP technologies i.e. Interactive Reporting, Dialog Programming, BAPI, RFC, SAP Scripts, Smartforms, ALE/IDocs, Interface Programming, BDC, Workflow and Data Conversions 

Support business implementations by sharing best practice development skills 

Working closely with our SAP Functional Specialists to deliver, maintain and troubleshoot and enhance SAP functionality 

Essential Skills

Job:

Excellent communication skills are essential 

Should be organized and focused on delivering research tasks within defined deadlines 

Must be dynamic, flexible and possess perseverance skills 

Excellent coding skills are essential 

Proficiency in customer relationship management is essential 

Expertise on SAP Technologies like Webdynpro, Adobe forms  

Must be proficient in ABAP ticket analysis 

Capable of performing technical activities beyond coding 

Capable of building trust and acting as trusted adviser to the customer  

Ablility to manage customer expectations and avoid any escalations 

Ability to comprehend and envisage appropriate actions 

Exhibit reactiveness and constructiveness at work such as, suggesting innovative but pragmatic solutions 

Utilize secondary research sources and techniques  

Personal:

Should have understanding of business objectives and organization structure 

The candidate must have strong work ethics, trustworthiness and self-confidence  

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  

Self-motivated, fast learner with the ability to operate independently 

Must have proven track record of impacting results throughout career 

Ability to thrive in a cross-functional team on business critical projects 

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, expert business acumen and mentoring skills 

Have the ability to work under stringent deadlines and demanding client conditions.

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