Associate Solution Consultant- SAP Implementation/Advisory experience- Mumbai

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ABOUT THE SAP ACADEMY FOR SERVICES & CONSULTING

• The Academy aligns with the SAP Customer Services & Delivery team supporting our customers in their digital transformation. We sustain the adoption of SAP software and ensure that our customers can successfully plan, implement, integrate, and operate their software, including continuous improvement, quality management, problem solving and knowledge transfer.
• The SAP Academy for Services & Consulting is a 12-15 months graduate program to start your career. This program consists of classroom-based learning including rotation opportunities with a predefined focus role within the business.
• Throughout the Program you will build the foundations needed for success in the Customer Services & Delivery business. Our rotations enable you to gain comprehensive experience and understanding within different lines of business relevant to your end role such as consulting, project management, technical and solution support.

THE ROLE OF PROJECT CONSULTANT

The Project Consultant within Solutions Centre is responsible for supporting our customers transformation strategy through the management of cloud, on-premise or hybrid implementation initiatives with SAP Activate methodology. The Project Consultant has the qualifications and business acumen to support large scale, high risk, strategic projects that span organizational boundaries including multiple business units and service partners/vendors.
The Project Consultant will provide support to cross-functional teams responsible for delivering defined project outputs on time, on budget and with highest quality. Project Consultants assist SAP Sales teams during the Bid Phase by providing input into the proposal especially regarding the solution delivery model, project structure, organization, scoping, estimation and risk assessment. Project Consultants have ability to support complex projects or programs that require coordination of work between various parties such as: third party sub-contractors, SAP Development, and Global Support organizations.We are looking for a team member who is able to demonstrate and/or is keen to learn the following

• The Project Consultant for Solution Centre is essential for translating customer expectations into a sellable, deliverable and compelling proposal, based on SAP Solutions Portfolio and in collaboration with internal stakeholders
• Conduct solution planning activities and support execution of large scale, high risk, strategic projects according to the project plan
• Position SAP delivery methodology - Activate, Agile, Best Business Practices and Model Company correctly with the customer and project team
• Identify any solution risk, establish contingency plans ad identify trigger events and responsibilities for initiating mitigating action.
• Support the Project Manager to identify the trade-off of the triple- constraint (time, cost and scope) to realize the expected business value.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Master's degree, or equivalent tertiary study
• 1-2 years work experience with customer facing roles
• Team player with ability to work independently and take ownership of assigned tasks
• Good listener with excellent communication skills, empathetic, collaborative
• Resourceful self-starters with strong interpersonal skills who are eager learners
• Interested in technology, innovation, and how digital platforms can solve business challenges
• Problem-solvers who are ambitious, passionate, resilient, proactive, open-minded, and able to manage pressure

EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS

Post Academy

• Build and maintain relationships and facilitate collaborative architecture & solution discussions with customers, to deliver the Intelligent Enterprise
• Influence transition states toward joint business outcomes, building on SAP solution value and leverage industry and SAP reference architectures
• Align and engage all stakeholders required for Deal Execution and structure responses to complex RFP's
• Identify, extract, share and create knowledge assets for solutioning engagements with the internal Delivery Practices
• Ability to estimate the financial impact of various Solution architecture alternatives
• Business development support, starting with identifying an opportunity and positioning it in a proposal that responds to the customer requirements based on SAPs service portfolio
• Effective stakeholder management skills, internal processes understanding and orchestration skills with other SMEs to build value-based end-to end service proposal
• Outside the box thinking and creativity, paired with strong networking skills
• Advise the account team on the best approach to achieve customer requirements, budget target, and minimize delivery ris

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Requisition ID: 433509 | Work Area: Administration | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Graduate | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid