SAP PP Consultant - W2 ONLY

Job Purpose : Improves business processes and efficiency by developing ERP strategies; engineering, re-engineering, and implementing business, operations, and SAP systems; validating system performance; leading team members.Duties :

• Accomplishes ERP work requirements by orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, and coaching employees.
• Meets ERP work standards by following production, productivity, quality, and SAP standards; resolving operational problems; identifying SAP work process improvements; monitoring and evaluating staff actions.
• Meets ERP cost standards by monitoring expenses; implementing cost-saving actions.
• Develops ERP strategy by leading the identifying of key business and operations drivers regarding growth, profitability, and product and service development; diagnosing and mapping current work processes; establishing integrated core business and operations objectives for marketing, sales, customer service, order fulfillment, manufacturing, supply chain, finance, and human resources functions; determining project scope; uniting senior management behind goals; conducting and analyzing cost vs. benefits and risk analyses; re-engineering work processes; recommending project approaches; planning full project life cycle.
• Establishes global ERP architecture by leading the integrating of ERP solutions across functional lines; determining functional layers; establishing partner collaborations; translating ERP needs into SAP solutions including computer platform, database, networking, systems integration, failsafe, disaster recovery, and security; recommending best-fit and best-breed architectures.
• Deploys ERP architecture by leading the recommending of hardware and software solutions (programming, configuring, uploading, downloading, monitoring, controlling, diagnosing, and documenting), tools, and utilities; preparing workflow and business rules including triggers, alerts, procedures, and integration standards; preparing development guidelines; planning and building a data warehouse; building components and custom designs; designing and testing simulations; completing data migration; planning upgradeability; documenting system; resolving problems.
• Validates ERP system performance by leading the defining of metrics to measure business and operations systems success; developing and conducting tests of system integration, functional layers, and entire system; fixing problems.
• Maintains project team accomplishments by establishing and monitoring milestones; communicating essential information; coordinating actions; obtaining expert input; reviewing open issues and action items; contributing information to team meetings and reports.
• Manages customer relationship by leading the providing of support; communicating ERP standards and infrastructure; answering questions; resolving concerns and issues.
• Prepares clients to use ERP infrastructure by leading the analyzing of business and operations changes; re-defining new responsibilities and actions; developing and conducting training and re-training programs.
• Increases organization effectiveness by leading the identifying of opportunities to leverage solutions to other engagements.
• Updates job knowledge by tracking ERP applications; participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
• Accomplishes organization goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.Skills / Qualifications : Network Design and Implementation, ERP Implementation , Database Design, Software Development Process, Software Documentation, Process Improvement, Data Conversion, Software Testing, Client Relationships, Technical Management, PeopleSoft Architecture Skills