PwC
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pwc.com
Job details:
At PwC, our people in business application consulting specialise in consulting services for a variety of business applications, helping clients optimise operational efficiency. These individuals analyse client needs, implement software solutions, and provide training and support for seamless integration and utilisation of business applications, enabling clients to achieve their strategic objectives. In SAP procurement at PwC, you will focus on implementing, configuring, and maintaining the SAP Procurement module within an organisation. You will utilise this module to streamline and automate the procurement process, including purchasing, supplier management, contract management, and inventory management.
Growing as a strategic advisor, you leverage your influence, expertise, and network to deliver quality results. You motivate and coach others, coming together to solve complex problems. As you increase in autonomy, you apply sound judgment, recognising when to take action and when to escalate. You are expected to solve through complexity, ask thoughtful questions, and clearly communicate how things fit together. Your ability to develop and sustain high performing, diverse, and inclusive teams, and your commitment to excellence, contributes to the success of our Firm.
Skills
Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:
- Craft and convey clear, impactful and engaging messages that tell a holistic story.
- Apply systems thinking to identify underlying problems and/or opportunities.
- Validate outcomes with clients, share alternative perspectives, and act on client feedback.
- Direct the team through complexity, demonstrating composure through ambiguous, challenging and uncertain situations.
- Deepen and evolve your expertise with a focus on staying relevant.
- Initiate open and honest coaching conversations at all levels.
- Make difficult decisions and take action to resolve issues hindering team effectiveness.
- Model and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.
Job Summary -
A career in our Managed Services team will give you an opportunity to collaborate with many teams to help our clients implement and operate new capabilities, achieve operational efficiencies, and harness the power of technology. Our Application Evolution Services team will provide you with the opportunity to help organizations harness the power of their enterprise applications by optimizing the technology while driving transformation and innovation to increase business performance. We assist our clients in capitalizing on technology improvements, implementing new capabilities, and achieving operational efficiencies by managing and maintaining their application ecosystems.
We help our clients maximize the value of their SAP investment by managing the support and continuous transformation of their solutions in the areas of sales, finance, supply chain, engineering, manufacturing and human capital
Minimum Degree Required (BQ) *:
Bachelor’s Degree
Required Field(s) Of Study (BQ)
Preferred Field(s) of Study:
Minimum Year(s) of Experience (BQ) *: US
Certification(s) Preferred
Minimum of 15 years of experience
Certifications in either SAP MM or S/4 HANA
Preferred Knowledge
- Good Procurement / S2C/ Ariba process/configuration experience
- Knowledge of the SAP S2C or MM processes related to S2C Procurement
- Very good understanding of the entire procurement process
- Excellent knowledge of written and spoken English
- Knowledge of the purchasing modules SAP MM / SAP SRM or SAP Ariba
- An understanding of SAP S4/HANA with SAP components, CIG, and Cloud Integration
- SAP experience in asset intensive and manufacturing environments in SAP MM/Procurement
- Collaborate with cross functional teams comprising of business SMEs, Architects, Developers and SIs (vendor consultants) on current processes and proposing solutions to enhance current systems
- Identify, recommend and implement complex configuration solutions and implement full cycle configuration to meet business needs; create and update associated documentation
- Develop, review and maintain functional/application design documents in collaboration with stakeholders and SI partners
- Participate in the project delivery during testing cycles and lead the root cause analysis and correction of issues
Technical Skills
- Candidate should have done minimum 4 - 5 MM/Purchasing implementation projects
- Experience with SAP S/4 Hana and FIORI
- Minimum 2 E2E implementation
- Must have good knowledge of Indirect & Direct Procurement, Inter-company purchase, Stock transfer orders and Invoicing
- Exceptional Communication and Interpersonal skills
- Strong knowledge in Materials Management & Purchasing with basic understanding of SAP Ariba, Production Planning, Plant Maintenance, Sales & Distribution, WM/EWM and Transportation Management
- Must have design and configuration experience in: MM Master Data, Business Partner, Sourcing, Procurement, Pricing, Inventory management, Physical inventory, Release Management, Version Management, Valuation and account assignment, Invoice verification, MM Fiori apps
- Must have Integration experience SAP with non-SAP external systems (Supplier collaboration, Invoicing, etc.) / internal legacy systems
- Detailed knowledge of Supply Chain business models, SAP Procure to Pay and working on Fiori UI
- Sound knowledge of purchasing integration with other modules of SAP
- Certifications in either SAP MM or S/4 HANA will be an added advantage
- Knowledge and Experience of SAP Activate methodology and Agile (SAFe) development methods
- Strong understanding and experience of SAP testing tools and other SAP line of business products
- In depth knowledge of SAP MM user exits, batch jobs, SAP standard reports
Delivery Lead Experience
- Constantly looking to identify impediments early, actively working to resolve those impediments, and escalate when needed.
- Management and tracking of cross team/squad dependencies.
- Hands-on experience working on reporting and preparing presentations as part of WSR & MSR.
- Management and tracking of all high-integrity commitments.
- Provides proactive visibility and effectively communicates delivery targets, commitments and progress.
- Works to minimize meetings and ceremonies, but when they are needed, they are well-run and efficient.
- Encourages a culture of team-driven decision making and commitment. Encourages team trust and facilitates team building events.
- Where appropriate, coaches the teams to improve collaboration and outcomes (coaching is the primary responsibility of teams’ managers)
Qualification
- Good knowledge of SAP S/4HANA architecture and functionality
- ITIL 4 Certification
Soft Skills
- Self-driven with a can-do attitude, with an excellent communication and client-facing skills
- Problem-solving mindset and ability to work in a collaborative environment.
- Strong relationship builder within the organization and with external partners.
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