SAP Project Specialist – Operations Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a SAP Project Specialist – Operations to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Identify operational changes between current and future state SAP and supporting systems, including new required processes;
- Work closely with BI teams to identify requirements and ensure data consistency;
- Support the overall readiness of operations teams prior to project go-live;
- Help determine the optimal go live strategy for different modules;
- Identify where there are gaps between business requirements and SAP, and lead the evaluation of other potential vendors to address those gaps;
- Communicate regularly to project management about your streams’ status and progress;
- Lead your streams through implementation by adopting agile methodologies, and guiding all team members on project guidelines and timelines;
- Drive the data migration process to load some historical information in SAP;
- Flag and communicate impediments to achieving plans;
- Identify dependencies of your streams’ requirement across other business areas and assist other departments in defining their requirements;
- Identify and define business requirements for your steams within SAP and the required information to support SAP interfacing with other tools;
- Lead User Acceptance Testing for operations streams and validate test transactions;
- Document the current and future state of your streams’ business processes affected by an SAP conversion;
- Liaise with other streams involved to drive a common business design and data consistency;
- Turn requirements into user stories that can be used for development of new functionality, and define acceptance criteria for successful.
Requirements:
- You have excellent written and verbal communication skills, and exceptional attention to detail;
- 3+ years work experience within an Operations team;
- Strong project management skills;
- You are an excellent collaborator while also able to work effectively with a team;
- You seek the best (but sometimes not the easiest) solutions, with an unwavering commitment to do what is right;
- You are proactive in identifying the root cause of issues and developing solutions;
- 2+ years report building or data analytics experience;
- You inspire breakthrough thinking and continuous improvement;
- You have advanced analytical skills with a strong aptitude for spreadsheets;
- You are able to travel internationally as required;
- You remain highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity;
- You have solid knowledge of ERP systems and order management processes;
- You are able to prioritize and manage multiple tasks within tight deadlines;
- You are able to step in and take charge with minimum instruction;
- Prior implementation experience.