EY SAP - Quality Management QM Manager Consulting Location OPEN 

United States, Ohio, Akron 

680305026

We innovate with SAP to co-create more innovative answers, drawing on our integrated competencies in tax, assurance, transactions and risk, as well as our work in implementing SAP. Together, we help clients provide better outcomes and long-lasting results, from strategy to execution.

Your key responsibilities

• Enhance and optimize the Quality Management (QM) process framework, proactively identifying and addressing any process discrepancies.
• Strategically design and prototype SAP QM solutions, leading discussions on functionality to support informed decision-making.
• Conduct comprehensive system demonstrations to highlight SAP’s standard capabilities, gaining stakeholder acceptance while pinpointing any functional discrepancies or specific client needs.
• Accurately interpret and convert local business needs into corresponding system configurations, ensuring SAP setups align with customer objectives.
• Scope out necessary reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements, forms, workflows and other development objects to seamlessly integrate client needs with SAP’s functionalities.
• Thoroughly evaluate functional specifications documents to ensure clarity and accuracy in meeting project objectives.
• Collaborate with security teams to define and implement local security profiles addressing specific operational needs.
• Perform field and value mappings associated with data conversion efforts.
• Provide support and subject matter expertise during the execution of testing activities and resolve any specific issues identified during testing.
• Provide subject matter expert support during cutover and go-live activities and perform tasks assigned as part of cutover plan and schedules.
• Lead and oversee worksream(s), ensuring project milestones are met and deliverables are of the highest quality.
• Demonstrate in-depth technical capabilities and maintain a strong sense of business acumen to contribute to the project’s success.
• Lead and deliver quality SAP projects or workstreams.
• Facilitate cross team coordination on integration points with PTD, LEX(IM/EWM), STP to ensure seamless alignment across various system components.

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, 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 qualify for the role, you must have

• A bachelor's degree with at least 5 years of related work experience

• 3+ years of experience working withSAP ERP based systems, with a specialized focus on Quality Management modules

• Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, client service and technical writing skills
• Experience managing an SAP project or workstream and project-based team members
• Knowledge of leading practices, benchmarking, peer company environments and prior advisory experience relevant to industry specific finance and technology functions
• Ability and comfort level researching client inquiries and emerging issues, including regulations, industry practices, and new technologies
• A willingness to travel to meet client needs; travel is estimated at 40-60%

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Prior consulting industry experience
• SAP certification/s
• Experience with at least three full cycle implementations of your core module

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.