ROLE DESCRIPTION:
- Key member of the SAP Oil and Gas Practice that helps define our client’s core strategic road map and provides leadership in their transformation journey.
- Help our customers understand how SAP fits into their roadmap and what functionality should be leveraged to meet their business requirements.
- Provide our customers key insight and direction related to industry trends, best practices, and world-class solutions.
- Ability to articulate the Clean Core concept and manage solutions in alignment with this principle.
- Broad knowledge of the SAP IS-Oil Solution and deep industry expertise (i.e. Downstream O&G, Oil Field Services).
- Deep SAP product expertise of the Oil and Gas Industry business processes in several core SAP areas:
- Traders and Scheduler’s Workbench (TSW), Marine Scheduling, Pipeline Scheduling, Rail/Truck Scheduling.
- Secondary Costing (Using TD & Implico SCSD), Pricing, Billing, Settle Management.
- Exchanges, Terminalling, Shipment Costings.
- Proficiency in SAP TM (Transportation Management) for freight planning, execution, and settlement.
- Able to architect TM solutions based on customer requirements.
- Knowledge of SAP O&G Downstream (TD and TSW) solution integration with TM for freight settlement.
- Quantity Conversion (QuantityWare).
- Application specific expert consulting activities (for the IS-Oil and TM application: creation of discovery documentation, conduct fit-gap analysis workshops, Implementation based on activate methodology, creation of test cases, test scheduling and execution, key user training, go-live support, and post go-live support).
- Extensive functional and/or solution experience with the ability to facilitate, implement, and support SAP’s products to enhance our clients’ business functionality and overall performance, while maintaining a high degree of customer satisfaction.
- Ability to provide thought leadership and resolve complex issues in escalated projects.
- Performance of feasibility studies / solution reviews.
- Support of pre-sales activities (license and services).
EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS:
- Thought leader in the Oil and Gas Industry and deep knowledge of industry best practices.
- Close alignment with the SAP Sales Team to help develop account plans and to assist in positioning the correct SAP products and services.
- Facilitate communications between business and technology stakeholders to ensure desired business outcomes are met.
- Ability to facilitate Fit to Standard Workshops and help drive the customer to a clean core.
- Ability to scope requirements and develop detailed project plans to meet customer’s business requirements.
- Ensure the value realization of SAP products is realized during the implementation/transformation.
- Broad Industry /corporate process implementation knowledge across all related applications (SAP/non-SAP).
- Stay informed of the SAP roadmap, solutions, service offerings and market trends.
- Ability to lead teams and develop/mentor less experienced resources.
- Demonstrating expert knowledge of modeling standards and tools.
- Actual experience AGILE / SCRUM process and Activate methodology.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
- Minimum five years consulting experience in Oil and Gas Industry.
- Deep SAP Product Expertise in several of the key O&G areas listed above and understanding of Oil and Gas industry business processes.
- Strong communicator at multiple levels of the organization with strong and clear verbal and written communications; an ability to conduct presales for listed modules and the ability to conduct appropriate level training for modules listed.
- Proven ability to communicate with C-level executives within an organization.
- Has experience with multiple full-cycle implementations with hands-on configuration experience.
- Has been in a team lead role on a major project and has provided mentoring/leadership to others.
- Understands the AGILE project methodology and has experience in a project setting.
- Experience in pre-sales and customer-facing sales roles is required.
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION / SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:
- Bachelor’s Degree – Master’s degree preferred but not required.
- Hands-on SAP configuration experience required.
- 50+% Travel.
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