Description
Great opportunity for a Senior level APO Consultant to work in Beerse, Brussels for a large pharmaceutical organisation!Our client is looking for a consultant with excellent knowledge of the APO SNP/PPDS modules in addition to good knowledge of ABAP. We are also seeking someone with good knowledge of the integration points with logistics modules like Sales and distribution (SD).
Knowledge of APO DP and SAP BW is a plus.
Experience: Have at least 5 to 8 year of experience working with hands on SAP APO consulting.
Communication Skills: Very good knowledge of English, both written and spoken. Require excellent communication skills towards key users on functional level and towards the support team on functional/technical level.
Functional skills:
" Have a good functional understanding about SCM processes.
" Should be able to translate business requirements into simple and robust SAP/APO solutions.
" Should possess excellent documenting skills: specifying the solution clearly in functional and technical design documents.
" Identify test plan and test cases to test the solution.
" Translate functional and technical design to appropriate test scripts.
" Required strong adherence to the SDLC.
Desired skills:
" Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
" Quick learner, motivated self-starter.
" Able to work independently, meanwhile providing clear overview of status and progress to the functional lead.
" Strong administrative skills. 100 % documentation and logging adherence is a must.
" Experience in working with a virtual team & collaboration with off-shore ABAP team
" Experience in working with an international environment, with key users located across different geographical regions.
Job description:
" Provide solutions and guidance for support tickets, mainly for the APO SNP/PPDS functionality.
" Provide solution and direction for more complex issues. Focus on simple and robust solutions.
" Agree solution with the offshore support team. Guide and follow up the solution implementation end-to-end.
" Understand and evaluate business requirements, identify the changes to the template and translate them into functional specification and technical design.
" Analyse, provide solution proposal and an agreed effort estimate for requested changes.
" Perform hands-on configuration and instruct ABAP programmers.
" Define unit test scenarios and execute unit testing. Document test scripts and test evidence in testing tool (HP Quality center).
" Define integration test scenarios and execute integration testing. Document the scripts and evidence in the testing tool.
" Assist business users during UAT.
" Perform Regression test scenarios for testing the existing functionalities against changes.
" Provide post go-live support and drive the smooth transition of the support to the respective teams
" With the other team members, be accountable for on time delivery of the project deliverables.
" Excellent customer service, interpersonal, communication and team collaboration skills
" Able to understand and adhere to change management procedures and internal guidelines
" Occasional project related travel is possible
This is a fantastic opportunity not to be missed! Send your CV to the email below for consideration immediately!