Consultant Testing

SAP Testing Consultant L3/R3

SAP Skills

• 3-6 years of experience in one or more SAP modules.


• At least one full life-cycle implementation project (from Blueprint/Explore through Go-Live).


• Understands of SAP Activate Methodology.


• Ability to use Service Marketplace to create tickets, research notes and review release notes.


• Technical background and an understanding of the SAP Application Systems.


• Testing Methodology.


• Stages of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), and Bug Life Cycle.


• Develop, Update and Maintain Test Suites, Test Cases, Test Data.


• Map test cases with requirements, generate RTM and test results using tools such as HP ALM/Quality Center.


• Understands of Testing Metrics.

Responsibilities

• Review of software requirements.


• Support the lead in estimation and planning of testing activities.


• Prepares test cases and test data.


• Executes test cases and test data.


• Achieves organization testing metrics such as productivity, defect removal efficiency.


• Reporting of defects.


• Prepares test status reports.

Business Skills

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, the ability to clearly and concisely communicate with others.


• Experience with Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.


• Understands business processes for focus area or multiple modules.


• Ability to do research and perform detailed tasks.


• Strong analytical skills.


• Understands business functionality related to SAP module/application as well as can identify and understand touch points between modules.


• Understands how to solve detailed SAP problems.


• Understands and can explain best business practices, especially those that SAP enables.


• Understands detailed business functionality related directly and indirectly to SAP project.


• Apply best business practices, especially those that SAP enables to meet client needs.

Consulting Skills

• Aptitude for working in a team environment; problem solving skills, creative thinking, communicating clearly and empathetically, strong time management and ability to collaborate with all levels of staff.


• Ability to explain ideas and concepts to other project team members and to client personnel.


• Has a solid foundation for consulting soft skills necessary on client engagements, may act as a coach for others related to these soft skills.


• Ability to interpret requirements and apply SAP best practices.


• Ability to identify upsell opportunities and assists in management of scope.


• Develop new professional peer relationships for additional business or possible new consultants.


• Helps develop overall marketing messages.


• Communicates project resource requirements to staffing coordinator/clients.


• Ensures quality implementation (works with QA program)


• May participate in Pre-Sales as part of the client pursuit team.

Supervision Skills

• Self-starter with ability to manage their own time and task in order to meet project milestones.


• Manages team task lists in order to meet project milestones.


• Monitors team status and reports variances.

Leadership Skills

• Seeks ways to increase the project team effectiveness.

General Skills/Tasks

• May lead and focus project team efforts in developing solutions for client situations.


• Evaluates and designs application and/or technical architectures.


• Leads team effort in developing solutions for projects.


• Completes assignments within budget, meets project deadlines, makes and keeps sensible commitments to client and team.


• Meets billing efficiency targets, complies with all administrative responsibilities in a timely and effective manner.


• Keeps project management appraised of project direction and client concerns.


• Understands client s business and technical environments.


• Regularly prepares status reports.


• Effectively manage a single engagement on a detailed level.


• Define project scope.


• Direct team efforts in developing solutions for mission critical client needs.


• Manage the team responsible for the daily activities of assigned projects.


• Ensure project quality, satisfaction and profitability.


• Perform personnel performance evaluations.


• Provide personnel performance, development and education plans.


• Refer to the Performance Plan and Job Description documents for additional responsibilities of this position .