AES SAP Senior Associate – Operate

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

SAP

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career in our Managed Services team will provide you an opportunity to collaborate with a wide array of 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.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
• Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
• Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
• Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
• Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
• Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
• Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
• Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
• Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

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: 

BE / B Tech / ME / M Tech / MBA / B.SC / B. Com / BBA

Minimum Year(s) of Experience (BQ) *: 

6 to 10 years of experience

Certification(s) Preferred: 

Key Skills:  SAP Trade Promotion management, Trade Fund Management, Trade Claim Management

Job Description:

As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Use feedback and reflection to develop self-awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.

• Proven track record as an SME in chosen domain.

• Ability to come up with Client POC/POV for integrating/increasing adoption of emerging Tech. like Blockchain, AI et al with the product platform they are associated with.

• Mentor Junior resources within the team, conduct KSS and lessons learnt.

• Flexible to work in stretch opportunities/assignments.

• Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.

• Ticket Quality and deliverables review.

• Status Reporting for the project.

• Adherence to SLAs, experience in incident management, change management and problem management.

• Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.

• Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.

• Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.

• Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.

• Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.

• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

• Demonstrate leadership capabilities by working with clients directly and leading the engagement.

• Work in a team environment that includes client interactions, workstream management, and cross-team collaboration.

• Good Team player. Take up cross competency work and contribute to COE activities.

• Escalation/Risk management.

 

Required Skills *: 

• Have extensive or at least 6 years of SAP TPM experience and has worked on multiple SAP TPM implementation projects.

• Be flexible to work in 2nd shift (2 pm IST to 11 pm IST)

• Knowledge of SAP TPM, TFM, TCM and TPM - BW Integration

• Knowledge of Customer business Planning and execution cycle

• Experience in Responsibility area, query Profile, Integrated Planning profile Group

• Experience in CBP plan creation and setup, Plan extension, Planning Profile Hierarchy ( Customer planning Hierarchy)

• Knowledge of Product assortment in CBP planning

• Experience in CBP plan P&L, Product Tree and Summary query setup, 

• Experience in Scenario Planning 

• Experience in Promotion planning, Promotion type, Promotion master query setup

• Knowledge of Baseline, Drags & drivers, Latest Estimate setup

• Knowledge of CRM master data setup and integration, CRM Middleware

• Experience in Condition contract and settlement (CCS)

• Knowledge in BW Planning and Hana modeling is a plus. 

• Experience with SAP S/4HANA and working on S/4HANA Trade Management or Revenue Growth Management migration or implementation projects is a plus.

• Understand and work on integration objects with SAP BW-IP, S/4 HANA using SAP CRM Middleware

• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into high-quality functional specification design.

• Participate in relevant stages of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), including requirement analysis, design and testing.

• Experience working in an Agile team environment, contributing to sprints, participating in daily stand-ups, and ensuring continuous delivery.

• Conduct unit testing and support user acceptance testing (UAT), troubleshooting issues as needed.

• Stay updated on SAP advancements and emerging technologies to enhance SAP system functionalities.

• Excellent Communication, analytical and Interpersonal skills as a consultant and lead the team members as needed.

• In addition to the above the candidate should have been involved in the following during the life cycle of SAP Support project.

• Unit Testing, Integration Testing 

• User Support activities

• Exposure to ASAP and other structured ITIL methodologies

• Regularly interact with the onsite team/client

• Provide status updates in daily/weekly conference calls

• Maintain cordial relationship with onsite team/client

• Strong Knowledge in 

•  SAP CRM Trade promotion management configuration 

•  SAP CRM Middleware configuration, adapter objects, and Business Documents

•  Integration with SAP BW-IP, S/4 HANA CCS

• Experience in debugging WebUI, ABAP report, BW Planning function is an added advantage

• Experience working in Agile teams, with a solid understanding of Agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum).

Preferred Skills:

 

•  Good Experience in Workflow, Business Traction Events, Alerts configuration

•  Good understanding of Revenue Growth/ Trade Management practices (Planning, Funds Management, Trade  Accruals, Execution & Settlement, Reporting, Trade Promotion Optimization etc.)

• Good Understanding of S/4 HANA Condition Contracts Management Module

•  ITIL 4 Certification

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Government Clearance Required?

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