SAP Architect

**Introduction**
As an IBM Application Architect, you directly help clients transform their business and solve complex problems. You will define the scope and vision for projects that deliver customized solutions using your knowledge of IBM platforms. You are a technical leader, serving as a liaison among business partners, technical resources, and project stakeholders.

**Your Role and Responsibilities**
As an Architect in IBM Consulting, you'll serve as a leader in defining solutions for clients. You'll be the advocate for the client while guiding the technical team to implementation.

SAP solution architects serve as the conduit between businesses and technology. You will use your analytical and problem-solving skills, to craft adaptable, comprehensive suites appropriate for each client.

Your primary responsibilities include:

- Working with a multi-disciplinary team to design technical solutions required to support business transformations and articulating proposed solutions in business terms demonstrating technical effectiveness.
- Managing or executing specific project deliverables and scope to ensure project schedules & timelines are respected.
- Have architectural oversight to provide solutions, technical guidance and functional specifications based on business requirements.
- You'll be able to expand your SAP knowledge base (in cooperation with SAP trainings)

**Required Technical and Professional Expertise**
- More than 6 years of experience in IT Consulting
- More than 5 years of experience in SAP Project Delivery, having gone through all the stages of the life cycle of a Project, from the preliminary project and design, to the start-up and support, preferably in a global organization.
- Experience in implementing best practices and IT operational excellence.
- Knowledge of agile methodologies or having participated in projects with agile
- More than 5 years of experience in Design of SAP Solutions.
- More than 5 years of experience in Pre-Sales of SAP Solutions.
- Solid knowledge of SAP solutions, such as ECC, S/4 HANA, BW, Success Factors, ARIBA, CX
- Effective use of communication tools/methods such as Power Point, Visio, UML to deliver presentations effectively
- Experience in the management of Commercial Opportunities (Pre-Sale), providing technical and consultative assistance to the Commercial team in the analysis of RFP / RFI, design of solutions, preparation of Offers, preparation of Business Case / Pricing.
- Ability to maintain good communication with our clients and be able to capture / interpret their needs, to then be able to propose appropriate solutions.
- Knowledge in different business industries. Mass Consumption, Oil & Gas, Banking and Services, Telecommunications, Public Administration.
- Ability to lead and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams"

**Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise**
- Intermediate / advanced English

**About Business Unit**

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.
Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

This job requires you to provide your COVID-19 vaccination status with supporting documentation, where legally permissible.

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