PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES
This reflects in various business and IT driven activities, such as
- Fast-track data migration and the move to SAP S/4HANA via selective data transition (SAP S/4HANA SDT) options into SAP
- Manage business and IT challenges that come with mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures
- Optimization of processes and data, or organizational restructuring
- Ensure data harmonization, data restructuring or the consolidation of IT system landscapes
- Improve data governance, master data management, data quality and information lifecycle management
The DMLT solution offerings are based on three main portfolio items:
- Transformation solutions helping customers with their transition into the digital economy – on premise and cloud offerings
- Landscape transformation services including roadmap design, advisory, business blueprinting, execution, and safeguarding for topics like M&A, Divestitures, Unification services and System consolidation (all releases)
- End-to-end data management solutions with products and technologies for Data Quality, Data Integration, Data Governance process etc.
The service portfolio delivery ranges from short term engagements to long-term customer projects. During the upcoming years, the demand for our DMLT will increase significantly in the Latina America Region.
EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS
Your main tasks are:
- Identifying customer’s holistic business needs and designing and architecting the appropriate solution proposal from the DMLT Portfolio and beyond
- Leading and facilitating customer’s workshops and discussions to validate the best solution design for the customers’ requirement and leading a global solution architect team
- Delivering of DMLT services projects remotely and onsite, in distributed regional and global teams
- Conducting feasibility studies and system analyses, supported by SAP DMLT products, tools and methodology
- Contributing to continuously enhance the DMLT solution design according to changing market requirements and identify potential enhancements
- Closely collaborate with people in different roles and locations, and with different areas and levels of expertise (for example, customer engagement lead, developers, product owners, solution architects, sales teams)
- Establish and maintaining trustful relationships with people on all levels of both externally on customer side and SAP internally
- Drive customer opportunities throughout all engagement phases (presales, sales and delivery)
We expect:
- Continuous learning about new technologies, products, solutions and from project delivery experience
- Strong team player attitude: actively establish relationships and motivate through inspiration
- Show passion on the job: act as a role model, show authentic behavior, pride and enthusiasm in what you do
- Thinking outside the box, be aware of trends in the changing workforce and changing concepts of customer communication and engagement (i.e. Design Thinking Methods; lot size of one etc.)
- Understands the as-is situation and goals of a customer holistically, can translate it into an adequate technology roadmap design (processes, applications, systems) as well as the appropriate operating concept based on SAP’s offerings, with a clear focus on customer success.
- Clarifies existing expectations with customer’s technology/ operations experts and stakeholders; creates an approach which integrates diverse points of views and which drives success from a technology / operation perspective. Collaborates with customer / SAP teams for the best possible implementation.
- Drives knowledge management and innovation activities based on this experience with customers. Documents successful approaches, tools etc. and makes them available to colleagues at SAP.
- Collaborates and co-innovates with the respective development teams
- Defines IT strategies, -governance and –architecture based on state-of-the art technology; creates buy-in with the customer and works with other SAP-experts within the MaxAttention / Premium Engagements
- Defines the strategic, conceptual and technological boundaries for the design of the SAP-centric IT landscape as well as their financial impact. Can address the organization as well as the procedures of customers’ IT-departments with a focus on high efficiency, stability and performance. Helps customers to conceptualize a state-of-the-art Technology-Innovation Roadmap.
- Knows solutions to address the need for cost sensitive IT operations versus supporting innovation in the age of digital transformation
- Stays abreast with newest technological developments driving the Digital Transformation as well as the top technology trends; uses this knowledge to drive the SAP innovation story with customer engagements.
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
Required Skills:
- Master’s degree or equivalent
- Fluent Spanish - Excellent written/spoken English language skills – Good written/spoken Portuguese skills (nice to have)
- Specific skills and experiences in the following functional and technical areas
- ABAP knowledge
- Knowledge and implementation experience in at least two SAP ERP or SAP S4/H Solution and modules (i.e. FI/CO, LO; SD/MM)
- Knowledge and experience in executing data transformation and data transition projects (i.e. migration and conversion), various data migration techniques and approaches (i.e. DMLT methods, standard transactional migration methods)
- Specific skills and experience in at least ONE of the following areas/solutions:
- Technology background with some Functional expertise
- ERP Functional background (Finance or Logistics) with ABAP expertise
- Excellent communication skills across all hierarchy levels, both internally and externally
- Advanced presentation and facilitation skills are a strong asset (e.g. visualization techniques, Design Thinking, etc.)
- Excellent solution design skills, knowledge about data architecting / system architecting is a strong asset.
- ABAP Programming skills and understanding of the SAP Data Models and technical structures.
- Very good analytical skills combined with the ability to condense and visualize results.
- Experience in international customer projects
- Team player, proactive networking attributes, results and execution focus
- Proactive and interested in learning new solutions and business practices.
- Willingness to become an expert in DMLT migration, conversion and transformation approach and technology.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively communicate with internal and external customers to understand the specific data needs and to be able to translate those requirements into a comprehensive DMLT solution.
- Ability to drive execution within area of responsibility and experience in aligning cross-topic objectives & approaches.
- Experience in working in an international environment and experience in managing difficult client situations
- Experience acting as a coach for colleagues, community lead, stream lead or topic owner
- High customer focus and strong business acumen
- Experience in coordinating teams and activities, managing scope changes in complex projects
WORK EXPERIENCE
- Minimum of 7 to 10 years’ work experience in one or more SAP ERP Solution or module (e.g. as a functional consultant with technical skills (SAP data model, ABAP)) and experience in Data Transformation, Data Migration projects and solutions (SAP LT, DMLT Services or SAP EIM Solutions).
- Knowledge and experience in executing data migration and conversion projects, various data migration techniques and approaches
- Additional experience in SAP S4/H, BW/BW4, CRM, SRM, HCM/ Successfactors, Hybris, MDG, C4C or SAP Industry Solutions is a benefit
- Experience and proven track in long term customer C Level interaction and running international consulting projects
- Soft skills in communication, scope management, change management
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