Senior Consultant - SD

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As part of the global NTT DATA Group, one of the top 5 IT service providers worldwide, we specialize in value-added SAP solutions. At NTT DATA Business Solutions, our focus is SAP Consulting, SAP Development, Managed Cloud Services, and Application Management Services (AMS) & Technology. Across the globe, we support customers in their digital transformation from start to finish.

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Location: Malaysia

What makes us special:

■ Team-oriented corporate culture, collaboration as equals and steady knowledge transfer

■ Family-friendliness (e.g. Childcare Center, paternity and maternity)

■ Diversity & Inclusion (e.g. various initiatives & communities)

■ Flexible working hourslike work from home 

■ Inhouse Academy with a variety of professional technical training, soft skills training, SAP Learning Hub and certification opportunities

■ Company health benefits (e.g. Medical Insurance, Health Insurance, Optical and Dental Benefits)

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Purpose Statement

The Senior Consultant is expected to have a deep understanding of, and primary responsibility for providing expertise in Sales & Distribution (SD) to effectively integrate SAP Solutions into the clients’ business environments to achieve agreed results, as well as a deep understanding of Logistics Execution (LE), with experience in integration into Finance and Materials Management and other Logistics modules.  The Senior Consultant is assigned to deliver tangible, sustainable, effective and quality SAP-related business solutions for new implementations, ongoing customer support, and implementation of additional functionality.

Key Responsibility Areas (KRAs)

• Provide consulting services to clients in an efficient and effective manner, based on technical expertise and experience
• Act as subject matter expert in Sales and Distribution and Logistics Execution
• Delivery of workable solution, with primary focus on SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) and Logistics Execution (LE), and integration with other modules, to meet clients’ business requirements
• Act as primary resource accountable for SD and LE deliverables.  Carry out all phases of the project, from Business Blueprint (including detailed design, fit & gap analysis), Realisation (including Configuration, Data Migration, Testing & Training), to Final Preparation & Cutover/Go Live support, and Transition to Support:
  • Run and facilitate workshops to carry out Business Analysis and detailed design of Business Solutions
  • Define business goals, scope of work and scope of change initiatives; outline and translate specification of business requirements (FRICEW functional specifications); and provide solutions to a level that enables effective delivery of agreed scope of work or changes
  • Configure the system to meet design and business requirements
  • Perform unit testing on all processes (embracing planning, design, management, execution and test scripts) and provide assistance and issue resolution for System Integration and User Acceptance testing using appropriate techniques that conform to agreed project standards
  • Assist with Data Migration including preparation, guidance to customers, writing upload programs, and loading data
  • Facilitate logical integration testing with other related SAP modules and interfaces in order to verify end-to-end business process
  • Develop (embracing planning, design & documentation) and execute training as required
  • Carry out applicable Change Management Processes as pre-defined by project management
  • Prepare and conduct project handover to Support Consultant
• Apply and utilise Industry and Business Best Practice knowledge and tools
• Adhere to corporate standard, security guidelines and sustainability, and deliver within time constraints
• Identify sales opportunities at existing customers and communicate internally to management team.  Support presales effort as needed in response to proposals, and conduct demonstrations and presentations
• Conduct knowledge-sharing sessions with colleagues

Key Performance Measures (KPM)

• Ability to define solution to meet customer requirement
• Established experience working on customer sites managing and delivering quality technical services against formal service levels and timeframes

• Strong demonstrated presentation and facilitation skills:
  • Confidence in presenting to, and discussing solutions with, various audiences and groups of different sizes
  • Experience in running and facilitating workshops

• Proven ability to support SD pre-sales activities including:
  • Preparation of solution marketing content
  • Preparation of  sales proposals and statement of work documents including project resource plans and effort estimates
  • Carry out systems demonstrations
• Capable in building, establishing and maintaining trust, and strong, productive and effective relationships, including with clients, and ability to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholder groups and individuals
• Ability to provide leadership and mentoring

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Qualification & Certifications

• Relevant tertiary qualifications
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Certified in SAP SD

• Critical Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Qualification and experience as subject matter expert specialising in SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) and Logistics Execution (LE) with proven depth of skill, knowledge and expertise
• Prerequisites include:
  • 7-10 years of SAP SD & LE implementation experience
  • Multiple end-to-end SD & LE implementation experience (3-5 large projects or 7-10 medium-sized projects)
  • Understanding of country-specific legal and regulatory requirements
  • Implementation experience using ASAP or Activate methodology
  • Ability to closely collaborate with Developers, writing Functional Specs and testing Forms, Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements and Workflows
  • Ability to take full ownership and responsibility for the stream deliverables, including integration points with other modules and teams
• Outstanding functional knowledge and gap analysis experience; detailed understanding of business operations to ensure the best solutions are provided to our customers
• Passion for quality and demonstrated high standards of service delivery
• Strong issues resolution experience with excellent analytical, conceptual, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills:
  • Demonstrated ability to extract, scope and document requirements and translate these into technical  specifications
  • Passionate in analysing customers’ issues as well as to build and improve existing processes
  • Strong experience in troubleshooting of process problems and technical developments, as well as implementation of new functionality
• Enthusiastic about learning new SAP-related technologies, with flexibility to quickly adapt to rapidly changing cultural and business environments with a strong desire to excel
• Outstanding interpersonal and collaboration skills:
  • Excellent client relationship skills, strong customer service orientation with a convincing and creative personality
  • Exceptional skills in managing stakeholder expectations
  • Solid skills in managing and collaborating with a team of professionals including customers, provide leadership and mentoring
• Solid time, task and people management skills:
  • Well organised with strong management skills, and an ability to establish and work to priorities
  • A highly positive, motivated, proactive and responsible self-starter able to work in a team as well as independently
• Exceptional business communication skills:
  • Excellent written and verbal communication
  • High quality documentation delivery (including functional specifications)
• Adaptable to the consulting lifestyle with flexibility to travel which may be minimal or extensive depending on project requirements
• Additional knowledge and experience in any of the following areas will be an added advantage:
  • S/4HANA On Premise (ERP in the Cloud, Private Cloud & HEC)
  • S/4HANA Cloud (Cloud ERP)
  • SAP HANA
  • Fiori App and Fiori Analytics App in relation to SD
  • Other SAP Logistics modules

• • SAP ByDesign

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We look forward to receiving your complete application documents stating your earliest start date.

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