SAP Solution Expert

Candidate MUST HAVE …

· A&D / discrete manufacturing experience. Note: A&D does not equal Public Sector - so we do not care about candidates that have only PS experience.

· experience as a Team Lead involving a US deployment of an SAP S/4HANA global design with localization in US geography.

· Procure-to-Pay (P2P) manages the supplier facing side of supply chain, including the identification and onboarding of new suppliers, procurement requisition and order management, inbound logistics, inventory management for goods receipt, invoice payment, vendor evaluation and spend analysis. Also includes global trade integration. As such, specific SAP module configuration and deployment experience includes: Materials Management (MM), Inventory Management (IM), Quality Management (QM), Logistics Execution (LE)

o Must be experienced with these modules in a complex OEM Aviation, Aerospace & Defense manufacturer (preferred),

although experience in Automotive or Industrial Products (e.g., Caterpillar, John Deere, etc.) is also applicable.

o Must understand the processes for Procurement, logistics services, and outside manufacturing services.

o Quick response EDI experience in a JIT door to floor environment feeding a manufacturing OEM line.

o Familiar with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations (DFAR)

o Some knowledge of Import/Export as it relates to purchasing is a plus.

o Knowledge of Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) Program flow down is a plus.

o QM as it relates to incoming inspection also a plus

· Familiarity with SAP Roadmap for respective Value Stream and ability to define a target end-state and transitional plan within context of customer project portfolio

o Maintain a forward looking vision for how customer drives the most value from their existing investment in SAP software

o Identify relevant ‘blind spots’ and provide targeted PoV/recommendations to mitigate – this includes addressing impact of items on SAP’s simplification list.

Responsibilities of Role:

· Collaborate in the development and articulation of strong value propositions for transformational initiatives – from process SME and S/4HANA perspectives

· Apply strong knowledge of the business processes for developing and testing ERP functions associated with business operations.

· Facilitate Explore workshops (solution architecting, requirements gathering) with business managers, client staff, and end-users to determine business and functional requirements

· Review and/or perform design and configuration of SAP S/4HANA systems to meet client business requirements

· Ability to create business process procedures (BPP’s), swim lane process flows, functional specifications, configuration guides and testing scripts

· Assist Data Stewards with Master Data transformation and load from legacy system to S/4HANA

· Conduct knowledge transfer and training of end-users, including sharing best practices

· Provide leadership to junior systems analysts and client personnel assigned to projects

Other Qualifications:

· A minimum of five (5) years prior professional consulting or equivalent business process industry experience

· At least five (5) years of hands-on systems configuration experience within a leading ERP module (SAP)

· Successful completion of at least three full life cycle implementations of S/4HANA

· Successful completion of the rollout and localization of a global template

· Strong communication and presentation skills

· Strong ability to facilitate discussions and negotiate mutually beneficial solutions when necessary

· Familiar with Agile methodology and its constructs

· Expert in using MS Office Suite (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Visio, and Project)

· Willingness to travel as needed to client locations