As Lead Consultant you will have responsibility for assisting clients to transform their finance, supply chain and procurement functions through advisory, implementation and support activities with a focus on leveraging SAP based technologies.
You will play a leading role in your area of expertise with the aim to successfully deliver and implement projects within the agreed scope to the highest level of quality. You will be leading a team of consultants within a workstream of a large project or acting as a project manager in smaller engagements. You will be responsible for coaching, mentoring and assigning activities to your project team as well as engaging with senior stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
* Act as project/functional lead and ensure project deliverables are executed on time and to budget
* Document clients process flow to capture as is/to be process
* Write requirement and specification documents capturing client needs
* Configure system in line with requirements and specification documents
* Develop testing scripts in line with configured system and client requirement
* Execute and support on client testing
* Prepare and deliver presentations to support the engagement and workshops with clients
* Work effectively with senior stake holders and project team
* Maintain application knowledge as assigned to business process areas
* Solve a company’s business requirements through the blending of people, process and technology
* Direct and assign project task to team members and providing ongoing support through coaching, mentoring
* Identify ‘deviations’ and take appropriate corrective action
* Effectively transfer design and configuration knowledge to team members and provide ‘Best Business Practice’ knowledge to aid in the design process
* Support the sales team with presales activities including demos, RFP responses and technical discovery workshops
Performance Indicators
* Drive the overall success of the project workstream
* Performing assigned tasks on time to the highest quality/standard
* Builds high performing teams by providing clear accountabilities, coaching and mentoring
* Identifying business development opportunities within projects and handing over to sales team
* Demonstrates a working understanding of accelerated implementation methodology and tools especially an AGILE templated methodology to cover client implementation and rollouts.
* Constantly Seeking opportunities to develop and expand knowledge
Personal Attributes
* Takes accountability/ownership for the projects assigned to them
* Natural “improver” and aspires to drive change
* Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively in order to find a solution
* Having the patience and tenacity to work through complex problems
* Ability to influence and motivate others
Knowledge
* Strong understanding of business processes within Purchase to Pay (P2P) and wider Source to Pay
* Ideally Certified in SAP Ariba
* Understanding of project methodologies e.g AGILE, Prince2, SAP Activate
Experience
* Minimum of 5-7 years' experience in a broad range of digital procurement technologies i.e. Fairmarkit, ZIP, ServiceNow, ORO
* Strong procurement process best practice advisory experience in areas such as Buying Channels, Policy, Operating model
* Experience having worked on multiple life cycle implementation as Consultant/Lead Consultant on business transformation engagements
* Experience leading project teams including onshore/offshore models
* Highly experienced in leading client workshops and requirement gathering sessions
* External consulting experience is a strong desirable
* Presales experience an advantage