SAP Senior Manager - Digital Supply Chain Transformation

The Role

We are seeking talented individuals with experience of SAP S/4HANA implementations across various Supply Chain solution process areas. This is a high-profile role within the Supply Chain Capability team, requiring a balance of business development/sales origination to grow the practice and strong client delivery.

The successful candidate will be expected to:

• As an Engagement Manager, and/or as a Solution Architect lead the delivery of high-quality SAP S/4HANA advisory and delivery projects
• Provide specialist advice in SAP Supply Chain management and work closely with client leads to optimise processes and maximise the benefits of SAP
• Lead and contribute to business development and sales initiatives including bid, proposal, and contract/commercial negotiations with our SAP clients
• Lead the growth of SAP Supply Chain Capability through sharing knowledge, developing thought leadership and supporting the career aspirations of team members
• Have a functional expertise of latest SAP Supply Chain solution and integration to other SAP modules; including SAP Finance
• Advise on technical integration of the SAP Supply Chain application with other client and 3rd party tools/applications
• Advise on data migration and data integrity as part of the deployment engagement
• Experience of SAP S/4 implementation in manufacturing industries, consumer packaging goods, pharmaceutical, or retail

The Person

• Functional expertise and knowledge of S/4HANA enabled processes and configuration in multiple areas across: SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP), SAP PPDS, SAP DMC, SAP ME, SAP PEO, SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM), SAP Enterprise Asset Management/MRO, SAP Order Management & Fulfilment/AATP/Logistics Execution, SAP Product Lifecycle Management and SAP Transport Management
• Proven Engagement/Delivery Management and/or Solution Architect experience for large scale SAP transformation programs
• Deep understanding and knowledge of digital trends in Supply Chain (eg, Industry 4.0, Digital manufacturing, SCM Digital Solutions that integrate with SAP)
• Experience in leading on bids, proposals, and commercial negotiations with clients
• Experience leading onshore, offshore, and near-shore resources effectively to ensure the most efficient delivery for the client
• Ability to build strong client relationships based on subject matter expertise and quality of delivery
• Strong interpersonal, team building, organisational and motivational skills
• Facilitation and problem-solving skills along with excellent communication skills (written and oral) whether this is with client stakeholders or remote development teams
• SAP system design, build and deployment experience - minimum 3 full life cycle implementations preferred
• Experience of business analysis, facilitating a design workshop to gather requirements and then translating the requirements into design
• Experience producing high quality project deliverables (business requirements, solution design document, functional specs, configuration document, process flows, use cases, requirements traceability matrices etc.)
• Supply Chain experience preferred in manufacturing industries, consumer packaging goods, pharmaceutical, or retail

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