Description
One of our clients, an international company in the petrochemical industry currently requires an SAP APO Consultant
Start: ASAP
Length: min 3 months + extension
Location: Brussels
The project will impact the following functionalities:
In SAP ERP:
- Sales & Distribution (SD)
- Production Planning (PP)
In SAP APO/SCM 7.1:
- Demand Planning (DP)
- Supply Network Planning (SNP)
- Production Planning & Detailed Scheduling (PP-DS)
- Global ATP
MISSION OBJECTIVES & CONTENT
Projects
- Participation to a world-wide project called Supply Chain Redesign'(strong APO/SCM 7.1 knowledge/skills required)
- Design of a solution maximizing the use of SAP standard functionalities and minimizing in-house specific developments while checking consistency with existing model
- Customizing (including the maintenance of structural data) and if needed, writing functional specifications for development
- Testing
- Transferring knowledge to Business Support team and preparing go-livesupport plan with them
- Delivering all necessary documentation and use the internal projectmanagement methodology
- Particular attention should be given to Sarbanes-Oxley compliance
- Participation in projects following project management methodology(depending of opportunities and existing workload)
Support
- Work with incident management tool and promote coaching rather thanintensive interventions in production system. Ensure knowledge transfer.
Other
- Contribution to retain internal knowledge: writing technical documentation, sharing experience with internal team
- Work closely with US project counterparts
- Regular Reporting to the Project Leader
DELIVERABLES
Reports
- Periodic progress report to the Management and/or Project leader
- Project reports for projects status reports with other project leaders
Documentation
- Technical documentation and procedures
SKILLS & COMPETENCES
Technical skills
- Deep knowledge and practical experience in SAP ERP on the following modules: APO, PP & QM
- Basic knowledge of SD
- Deep and technical knowledge in APO/SCM 7.1 in the followingmodules
- Demand Planning
- SNP
- GATP
- PP/DS
- Strong knowledge of SAP BW
- Knowledge of integration and potential impacts with SD & FI/CO modules
Ongoing development of technical skills (new SAP functionalities, Business Process and Organization) is critical in staying competitive.
Competences
- Fluent in English and French both written and spoken
- Analytical and synthesis skills
- Initiative and autonomy
- Customer-oriented
- Team spirit and ability to work in project organizations
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to prepare and give presentations (for project reviews aswell as giving trainings to end-users)
- Ability to work in a global environment with multicultural and multilingual aspects
Tags: SAP, APO, Demand, Planning, French, SCM, SD, FI, CO