SAP SAP Enterprise Architect 

Turkey 

178461821

EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS

A key competency of this role is the ability to translate SAP customers’ business problems and ambitions into practical tactical and strategic roadmaps charting the deployment of digital solutions SAP offers.

• Be the key SAP architect for our global customers when it comes to Enterprise Architecture Transformation Planning following proven methodologies.
• Act as advisor to the customer with a broad application, Line of Business (LoB) or industry understanding.
• Review the as-is situation and goals of a customer holistically (e.g. industry, LoB), and translate them into an appropriate business-driven IT-roadmap and architecture design based on SAP’s offerings and SAP’s cloud strategy, with a clear focus on customer success.
• Challenge existing solutions / approaches / concepts, to generate a state-of-the-art and future-ready outcome.
• Identify clear value drivers and develop compelling outcome-based value propositions to guide customer’s decision-making.
• Operationalize the customers’ business strategies, identify relevant components, approaches, input, etc. to derive the best possible solution and help our customers to leverage the differentiating benefits of our cloud solutions.
• Clarify expectations from various stakeholders, especially in very difficult cases; create a solution which integrates diverse points of view and serves as a starting point for future SAP business. Collaborate with customers, partners and SAP teams for the best possible implementation.
• Take a step back if required and re-define the concepts so that a constant improvement is guaranteed (agility in solution design).
• Drive knowledge management and innovation activities based on this experience with customers. Document successful approaches, tools etc. and makes them available at SAP internally.
• Support our customers on their transformation to SAP S/4HANA / Intelligent Enterprise.
• Fully understand and leverage the capabilities of SAPs technology platform(s).
• Take the lead of delivery of complex remote and onsite services together with our experts for global customers with focus on system optimization, conceptual planning and road mapping as well as empowering the customers with newest best practice knowledge.
• Collaborate and co-innovate with the respective development teams.

Required skills

• Very strong expertise with a proven project record where you acted as a full end-to-end solution Logistics or Financial architect mastering several modules within the area of expertise and the integration points with the various other modules and applications.

• Good knowledge of SAP cloud solutions and products roadmap (S/4HANA, LoB cloud solutions)
• Overall SAP Corporate Strategy and SAP Product Strategy Knowledge
• Knowledge of the latest SAP Strategy and its related pillars including the capability to discuss this with the customer
• SAP Products and Methods Knowledge:
  • Advanced knowledge of SAP Product Portfolio (on premise and cloud solutions, S/4HANA)
  • Industry Solutions (in related industry area) - Leverage industry and SAP reference architectures
• Certification / competence in one or more of the following is highly desirable:
  • S/4HANA Functional Modules
  • Project Management (e.g., SAP Activate, PMI or SAP internal certification)
  • SAP Professional Architect
  • TOGAF
  • Signavio
  • Lean-IX
• Ability to work under pressure, in critical situations and under tight deadlines
• Ability to deliver clear, concise presentations and present complex information in a clear and precise manner
• Willingness and ability to travel to customers
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Turkish.

Preferred skills

• Experience in working with cross-cultural teams or individuals
• Experience in working with cross-functional teams

WORK EXPERIENCE

• University degree in computer science, business information technology, mathematics, physics, engineering or equivalent
• At least 10+ years of SAP project implementations with responsibility for Solution Architecture or ideally Enterprise Architecture experience