What are the responsibilities and job description for the LEAD SAP AMS Consultant position at Vertex Advisory Services?
Job Title: Lead SAP AMS Consultant (P2P)
Location: Normal, IL
Duration: Long-term Contract
Key Responsibilities:
- Handle production support, collaborating with the Offshore Team Lead and team members on day-to-day support tickets.
- Acknowledge tickets, analyze issues, and update details, ensuring tickets are resolved or assigned appropriately.
- Utilize ticket handling tools such as SNOW and JIRA to manage and monitor ticket status, providing timely updates to users.
- Demonstrate a deep understanding of SAP functionality, including standard configuration for the module.
- Monitor batch jobs, addressing cancelled or long-running jobs as needed.
- Provide insights into the design of Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms, and Workflows while identifying Fiori Apps.
- Execute system unit testing and integration testing, including performing tests and resolving errors.
- Offer day-to-day support for role design and take ownership of tickets until closure.
Qualifications:
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- SAP certification is preferred.
- 8-10 years of experience as an independent SAP MM consultant on real-life SAP implementations.
- Extensive experience in Materials Management (Purchase, Inventory Management, and Accounts Payable).
- Proficient in Material Master, Vendor Master, Info-records, and other master data functions.
- Solid knowledge of Fiori apps (both standard and custom).
- Expertise in Material Planning, including Deterministic, Consumption-based, Forecast, and Reorder Point Planning.
- Good understanding of Hierarchical and Variant Structure BOM.
- Hands-on experience with Procurement of Direct Materials, Indirect Materials, Services, and Capital Procurement.
- In-depth knowledge of PR, PO, Scheduling Agreement, Contracts, Release Strategy, and Workflows.
- Expertise in Output Procedures and Methods, along with experience in all Goods Movements.
- Proficiency in Intra and Intercompany STO Processes.
- Strong experience in Valuation, Price Control, and Pricing Procedures.
- Integration experience between P2P, EWM, O2C, and R2R.
- Familiarity with EDI, ALE/IDOC, and other interface methods.
Technological Skills:
- MM Configuration for S/4HANA.
- Design of Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms, and Workflows (RICEFW) as part of Fit-Gap Analysis.
- Proficient knowledge of Project Management Methodology (ASAP, S/4HANA Activate).
- Strong skills in MS Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).