EY SAP - Supply Chain Senior Manager Consulting Location OPEN 

United States, Illinois, Chicago 

114155334

As a Senior Manager in our Technology practice, you will play a pivotal role in interacting with business stakeholders to evaluate and analyze business models, processes, and operations. You will translate business requirements into technical specifications and ensure that newly implemented technology solutions meet these requirements. Your collaboration with technical teams will be crucial in designing and delivering effective system architecture solutions.

Your key responsibilities
In this role, you will manage and deliver complex processes and solutions while maintaining a strong focus on quality and risk management. You will face challenges that require innovative problem-solving and analytical skills, allowing you to grow your expertise in technology analysis and implementation. Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading engagement delivery and managing client relationships on a daily basis.
• Overseeing program/project management and ensuring engagement economics are met.
• Developing resource plans and budgets for complex engagements.
• Lead large-scale SAP client engagements or work streams, ensuring alignment with client objectives.
• Demonstrate in-depth technical capabilities and possess strong business acumen. Stay abreast of current business and industry trends relevant to the client's business, and demonstrate ability assimilate to new knowledge.
• Consistently deliver high-quality client services by monitoring progress, managing risks, and keeping key stakeholders informed of developments and expected outcomes.
• Build and maintain relationships with client personnel at all levels to foster collaboration and trust.
• Effectively lead and motivate diverse teams, providing constructive feedback and coaching. Foster an innovative, inclusive, and team-oriented work environment while mentoring junior consultants.
• Identify and generate new business opportunities by understanding EY’s service lines and proactive assessing ways to meet client needs. Cultivate long-term client relationships and collaborate with team members across EY practices to serve client needs.

Skills and attributes for success
On your typical engagement, you will work with the key stakeholders to understand their needs and advise on SAP system capabilities. You will initiate the requirement gathering, architect solutions, blueprinting, testing, and complete the workflow and documentation, as well as the functional design of the solution. Liaise with the stakeholders and technical team to translate needs into business solutions and complete the configurations and/or integrations with SAP and non-SAP systems.

To thrive in this role, you will need a blend of technical and interpersonal skills that will allow you to build strong relationships and deliver exceptional results. Key skills include:

• Strong technical skills in application functional design and technology business requirements definition.
• Proven ability to analyze and map technology cost-benefit scenarios.
• Expertise in system configuration design and business architecture frameworks.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and negotiate effectively.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A Bachelor’s degree is required; a Master’s degree is preferred.
• Typically, 5 - 7 years of relevant experience is preferred.
• At least five (5) years of experience in SAP Production Planning (PP) within a functional consulting or system configuration role.
• Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, client service and technical writing skills.
• Proven experience managing SAP projects or work streams, including oversight of project-based team members.
• Knowledge of best practices in supply chain, along with benchmarking and advisory experience related to supply chain-specific technology functions.
• Ability and comfort-level researching client inquiries and emerging issues, including regulations, industry practices and new technologies.
• A flexibility and willingness to travel to meet client needs; travel is estimated at 40-60%.
• Experience in conducting technology cost-benefit analyses.
• Familiarity with technology business architecture frameworks.
• Skills in training design and delivery.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience in leading teams and managing change effectively.
• Strong emotional agility and digital fluency.
• A knack for building and managing client relationships.
• Prior consulting industry experience.
• SAP certification(s).
• Experience with at least two full lifecycle implementations of SAP ERP (ECC and/or S/4HANA).
• Experience writing and delivering training materials for end users.