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Industry and Solution Architect
Role Type:
Global Consulting / Services Implementation
Organization:
SAP S4 HANA Delivery @ Scale We are looking for smart and self-driven individuals to build long-term careers with a team focusing on providing SAP S/4 HANA cloud consulting services in Consumer Industries \xe2\x80\x93 Retail / Fashion portfolios
Expectation and Tasks
Solution Implementation
The core expectation will be the relevant experience in core service delivery / implementation of projects with specific skillset in being able to map business requirements to IT capabilities of SAP product suite (cloud & hybrid) designed for Retail / Fashion. The job descriptions in this profile will include:

• Business requirement analysis, configuring SAP products, design and deliver solutions for product gaps as per the customer\xe2\x80\x99s specific business needs, helping them transform into intelligent enterprises.
• Delivering IT consulting services in global integrated delivery models, suitable for one of the largest cloud & on-premise ERP solution provider in the world

Good understanding of end-to-end core business processes of at least one of the above Industries will be a mandatory expectation for the role. Understanding of typical cloud & ERP implementations, deployment methods, software life cycles, agile methodologies will be a huge advantage.
Business Development & Pre-sales
One of the medium-term expectations will be also to start supporting the practice & the organization\xe2\x80\x99s engagement teams in building business through pre-sales support activities, including:

• Business requirements gathering and architecting an end-to-end solution using the standard SAP solutions & services
• Defining end-to-end delivery models to optimize the TCO / value for customers and delivering compelling proposals for the customers.

Ability to manage stakeholders, mapping of requirements to products and services fitment and support end-to-end bid phases is required. Any prior experience in the same will be an added advantage.

Competency & Practice Development
We are also looking for future leaders who want to build a career with SAP, eventually taking up leadership roles within and beyond the practice. The expectations will include:

• Participation and supporting the practice development around business planning and defining & monitoring key KPIs for a global consulting practice.
• Taking accountability of defining & executing end-to-end initiatives supporting the practice charter.
• Supporting in defining services and creating the GTM content for the same
• Supporting in ideation of innovation and automation use cases and driving their build and execution

Ability to think out-of-the-box to strategize, plan and lead execution of organizational initiatives will be a key expectation to build credentials around leadership profiles.

Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor in STEM subjects (preferably with specialization in IT)
• MBA/CA with specialization in IT/Strategy/Supply Chain/Marketing/Finance (preferable)
• Experience in delivering consulting services in ERP-led transformation is an advantage
• Experience in creating and building solutions, POCs and products in intelligent technologies (ML, IoT, Blockchain etc.) will be an added advantage

Work Experience

• A minimum of 12 years of experience encompassing one or all of the below in any of the industries mentioned:

oCore domain expertise
oIT experience with software/ERP implementation experience
oProduct development, testing and delivery experience
oExpertise in Retail or Fashion Industry is mandatory
oSAP Certification in IS Retail and/or SAP S/4HANA Sales or procurement strongly recommended

Other Requirements

• Strong Customer Success focus
• Out-of-the-box thinking and problem-solving abilities
• Manage ambiguity and bring structure to problem statements
• Team player with an affable personality
• Strong presentation, articulation, and communication skills
• Stakeholder management at various levels
• Conflict resolution & negotiation skills
• Ready to travel for project assignments (short/long-term)

LOCATION
Bangalore/Gurgaon, India
WORK AREA
Solution Consultancy/ Service Delivery
EXPECTED TRAVEL
20%-40%
CAREER STATUS
Professional
EMPLOYMENT TYPE
Regular Full Time
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Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor. Requisition ID: 370358 | Work Area: Consulting and Professional Services | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.