Senior Business Analyst

Description:

The ideal candidate should have excellent hands on experience with SAP Production Planning with a good understanding of SAP application design . Candidate should have good experience in business process design for Production Planning . A good understanding of SAP system architecture is expected. Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to translate business requirements into system requirements is key to be successful in this role.
Responsible for planning and executing SAP Implementation / Development / Support activities regard to SAP Production Planning and ability to handle Production Planning processes. Understand client requirements, provide solutions, functional specifications and configure the system accordingly. Ability to create presentation/workshop decks for Blueprint that need to be conveyed and be able to present them to the client. Ability to create Process Flows in Microsoft Visio’s for the client’s proposed business processes. Ability to create Process Definition Document / Design Document (PDD/BDD) and Business Process Procedure (BPP) for the solutions provided. Ability to configure SAP PP and deliver work products / packages conforming to the Client's Standards & Requirements. Strong configuration hands on experience in SAP PP. Integration of the PP module with other SAP modules and with external applications.
Overall Experience level: 7-10 years of in-depth knowledge and consulting experience in SAP Production Planning

Location: This position will be based in [DL3] UST Office, Trivandrum, Kerala, India .
Travel Expectations: 5%
Reporting [DL4] into: Production Planning Project Lead
Employment status[DL5] : Full Time Regular Active Employee

As a SAP Production Planning Functional , your focus will include, but not be limited to:
· SAP Materials Management & Production Planning
· S/4HANA Experience and/or understanding
· Deep knowledge and understanding of integration to related areas like Finance, Sales & Distribution, Warehouse- and Quality management.
· Understanding of the integration to Costing and SAP Variant Configuration as a plus.
· Experienced in writing detailed functional specifications, prepare test scenarios, write test scripts and perform end-to-end testing
· A&D, CPG, Retail or High Tech Industry experience preference.
· Knowledgeable in business processes, configuration and integration with other modules.
· Ability to perform all tasks in the development cycle, starting from business strategy, business process definition, to configuration and unit testing, assistance and follow-up with user testing, to co-ordination of transports to Production, to training and post-live support and fixes.

· The candidate needs to have strong business process and customer-facing skills as well as strong trouble shooting skills. In addition, the candidate needs to be articulate, punctual, organized and methodical.
· Serving as trusted advisor to clients to help them meet business needs through innovative solutions.

· Ability to drive blueprint as well as fit to standard design sessions, configure, test, implement functional requirements and the creation of functional design specs in the area of MM and PP. Needs to be able to lead client meetings as well as participate in pre-sales activities.
· In addition to the above the candidate should have been involved in the following during the life cycle of SAP implementation: 1) Unit Testing, Cycle Testing 2) Integration Testing 3) User Manual Preparation 4) User Support activities 5) Exposure to ASAP and other structured implementation methodologies
· 6) Regularly interact with the onsite team/client 7) Provide status updates in daily/weekly conference calls 8) Maintain cordial relationship with onsite team/client 9) Prepare test scripts and perform testing after upgrade

Serving as trusted advisor to clients to help functional team design innovative solutions.
Requirements:
· Ability to travel to client locations if required
· English speaking and writing
Top 3 must have:

· SAP S/4HANA (or ECC) functional consultant with project and experience in the areas of Materials Management and Production Planning. Familiarity with system aspects as it relates to Master data; Demand Management; MRP; Production Orders; Engineering Change Management; Purchasing; Inventory management; integration and execution.
· The candidate needs to have strong business process and customer-facing skills as well as strong trouble shooting skills. In addition, the candidate needs to be articulate, punctual, organized and methodical.
· Ability to drive blueprint as well as fit to standard design sessions, configure, test, implement functional requirements and the creation of functional design specs in the area of MM and PP. Needs to be able to lead client meetings as well as participate in pre-sales activities.
Good to have:
Build professional relationships with clients, management and team members to ensure delivery of proposed solutions, support for development of business possibilities and for personal development
Contribute to high productivity and motivation of working team with the use of your communication skills and cooperation; reach and realize project aims and outputs

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