Contract

SAP Supply Chain / Operations Consultant

Ref: BBBH63135_1740409140

England

Whitehall Resources are currently looking for a SAP Supply Chain / Operations Consultant based 3 days a week onsite in either Bedfordshire or Cheshire for an initial 12 month contract.

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Roles and Responsibilities:

Responsible for ‘keeping the lights on’ for all the critical Operations global & local reporting solutions. Apply data, analytics, process, and object expertise to support interim state and S/4 design, acting as an integral part of the Data and Analytics design team, considering both business process and analytics requirements.
Gain understanding and insights, very rapidly, of the complex Operations Analytics landscape, data flows and data models that will get impacted during each deployment phase of the program.
Own relationship and establish communities of practice with various Operations groups like Operations Data, Enterprise Process Owners & Leads for various Ops areas – P2DD, Distribution, Warehouse Management, Quality Management, Manufacturing, Clinical etc., Operations Analytics teams and IT teams to understand the S/4 HANA Target State and likewise interact with the BAU Business groups and ODH IT groups for the AsIS estate. Through this collaboration understand the impact of the new data definition and design on Finance Analytics in areas of Supply Chain, Plan vs Actuals, Quality Management, Inventory, Manufacturing, Logistics etc.
Influence Enterprise Process Owners, Global Business Process Owners and the Finance business communities to transform from old ways of mindset into the way and where and when appropriate move or use analytics.
Provide, as a Solution architect, direction and guidance in designing, building, and adjusting the Interim State strategy during the various phases of S/4 HANA transformation program. The solution framework should be global in nature and at the same time allow for flexibility for localization remediation.
Align with PMO, BAU units and stakeholders to map out interim state remediation timelines aligning to and schedules. Perform readiness checks for test data quality, data volume, lower environment landscape, UAT readiness etc. for all deployment schedules.
Drive and participate SIPOC deliverables (User stories, KDD, detailed working sessions etc.) for Design Workshops for Interim State along with Localization workshops.
Constantly monitor and evaluate risks in provided solutions, timelines, and remediation (build) and collaborate with the Interim State teams on ways to mitigate the risk via technology, process, or ways of working.
Analyze impact of other inflight projects or proposed projects or mergers and acquisitions on the interim state strategy and remediation plans. Should be able to provide guidance for adjusting the then in place interim state strategy to the constantly changing ecosystem during the implementation.
Evaluate issues after post golive and propose solutions, work arounds, mechanism to avoid similar issues for future go-lives.
Be comfortable to work in a fastpaced, dynamic & matrixed environment and be capable of achieving results often on short timelines.

Essential Requirements:

20+ years of experience in SAP projects.
Two or more full life-cycle S/4 HANA implementations and several ECC implementations. Experience in managing interim state in at least one of these implementations.

Techno-Functional expertise in the various areas of Supply Chain & Operations.
Experience and knowledge of Analytics tools and Data Warehouses like PowerBI, Qlik, Azure Data lake, Snowflake, SAP B4H, SAP Analytics Cloud etc.
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Management

Preferred Qualifications:

CSCP certification
Experience in newer Operations modules or concepts of S/4 HANA. For instance BRH, SAC etc
Integration of Finance with other Lines of Business, for instance Logistics, Inventory Management, Operations planning, Supply Chain, Manufacturing etc.
Lifesciences or Healthcare industry experience.

All of our opportunities require that applicants are eligible to work in the specified country/location, unless otherwise stated in the job description.

Whitehall Resources are an equal opportunities employer who value a diverse and inclusive working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics.