Role Title: SAP Procurement Consultant

Location: London/Manchester/Birmingham

Salary: Competitive salary and package dependent on experience

Career Level: Analyst/Consultant

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As a team:

Your strong business process knowledge, combined with your in-depth expertise in your functional area, will be key to designing effective and efficient solutions for our clients. Additionally, you will contribute to the Fit to Standard approach for SAP S/4 transformations, ensuring seamless business transformations.

In our team you will:

• Work with single or multiple clients at a time, focusing on delivery projects as a Functional Expert in Sourcing & Procurement.

• Engage in longer-term projects, collaborating with clients and functional teams to design and implement SAP solutions.

• Willingness to travel when required.

As an SAP Procurement Consultant, you will:

Be an integral part of our SAP delivery projects, acting as a Functional Expert in a specific area. You will work closely with clients, translating their business and functional requirements into SAP design documents. In this delivery-focused role, you may lead a functional team and stay on one project for an extended period.

We are looking for experience in the following skills:

• At least 2+ years of SAP Sourcing & Procurement experience or SAP experience with a Procurement background.

• In-depth knowledge of business processes, particularly within the specific functional area (e.g., SAP / Industry best practice process L1 -L5, Role's design, SAP Module design / config, data, integrations, etc.).

• At least a full E2E lifecycle implementation of all phases.

• Ability to work directly with clients on business transformation initiatives, ensuring a Fit to Standard approach for SAP S/4 HANA implementations.

• Understanding of client persona and user journeys to design solutions from a user perspective, focusing on employee experience and customer experience.

• Familiarity with agile and waterfall methodologies for project execution.

• Proficiency in contributing to analysis workshops, fit/gap analysis, and RICEFW (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms, and Workflows) inventory for the functional area.

• Capable of creating or providing input into a test plan and managing defect management for the functional area.

Set yourself apart: 

• Broader understanding of S/4 HANA technology landscape, S/4 HANA Migration, and complimentary or third-party solutions.

• Have already obtained or aspire to work towards SAP S/4 HANA cloud certification in their functional area.

• Have worked on SAP public and private cloud projects in any scale.

• Interest in specializing as a functional Subject Matter Expert (SME) in a specific area of Sourcing & Procurement.

What’s in it for you:

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.

Closing Date for Applications 01/11/2024

Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.

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About Accenture

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