SAP Architect - SD

Summary:

This key IT role is responsible for functional analysis and configuration for Sales & Distribution integration in SAP. Support duties for Day-to-day SD Stakeholders in the areas of Sales, Delivery, Billing, Credit Management, Sales Support, Foreign Trade, and Transportation. Works with other SAP Functional Analysts, developers, IT management, and business personnel to understand, prioritize support, and development.

Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates user needs to create systems solutions that support overall business strategies. Documents system requirements define scope and objectives and create system specifications that drive system development and implementation. Incumbents function as a liaison between IT and users and have both business and technical expertise.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Conduct prototypes, develop functional specifications, perform data and functional mapping, and configure transaction/control tables in the SAP system and other business systems.

Collaborate with the SAP ABAP team and Microsoft development team to ensure systems meet the requirements of the functional specifications.

Identify and resolve gaps in business processes and integrate new systems and processes with existing ones.

Participate in security and authorization setup, user documentation, data interface design, data migration and reconciliation.

Assist with the installation and tuning of modifications, as well as archiving data.

Handle multiple functional tasks that tend to be of medium technological complexity.

Participate as a team member on one or more projects.

Lead the estimation of new initiatives, define business cases, and determine the resources needed from both business and IT to deliver services.

Communicates and coordinates with team leaders, business & IT management, and executive team members.

Recognized as a credible representative for business functions and processes, leading efforts to drive change.

Influence business leadership and management in the decisions to improve and change business processes.

Proactively identify and resolve complex business challenges.

Lead small to medium sized projects and follow system development methodology.

Identify and recommend the most suitable solutions to meet business needs.

Serve as the primary IT liaison with software solution vendors.

Other Duties as needed.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

none

Education Requirements:

Requires a bachelor’s degree in information systems or related discipline and knowledge of SAP ECC.

Experience Requirements:

3-5 years’ experience required in analyzing and gathering requirements to create user system solutions.

3-5 years’ experience required in multiple SAP modules (MM, PP, FI, CO, SD, etc.).

Microsoft Office 365 and SharePoint integration with SAP are considered a plus.

SAP implementation experience a plus

3-5 years of config/business experience

Competencies:

Must possess thorough understanding of data analysis, database development, and reporting applications.

Deep understanding of the business processes and flows to analyze business requirements and develop solutions for the business functions.

In-depth Knowledge of the business strategy for a particular function/process area, contributing to business strategy development.

Demonstrate the ability to take the initiative and work independently.

Effective written and oral communication skills, along with strong computer skills.

Light programming skills in the appropriate language to develop necessary “workarounds.”

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

Travel:

Work Environment:

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely involves standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.