SAP ABAP Architect - IT

Responsibilities include:

- Own the design, configuration, and technical solution architecture in the areas of SAP ECC, ABAP and integration of oData services with HANA server.

- Will be conducting system design sessions and align to operations processes.

- Align Processes/Systems to strategic company objectives and needs.

- Build strong partnerships with Shared services, SAP Basis Team, Vendors, and key individuals within other cross functional organizations.

- Production support lead - Manage month end and year end close costing activities and coordinate with cross functional teams for cost roll up and annual planning.

- Ensure project requirements and completion with respect to constraints and deadlines.

- Identification, analysis, and escalation of ABAP-related constraints, risks, and issues.

- Working experience in Inventory management, master data governance, interface design and supply chain management related end to end processes design.

- Gather business requirements, providing conceptual and detailed designs to meet business needs, performing necessary SAP configurations, writing detail specifications for development of custom programs, testing, co-ordination of transports to production and post go live support.

- Identify new or improved business process opportunities and evaluate them for adoption into the ERP environment.

- Authoring technical documents for inclusion in the Knowledge Center Knowledge Base.

Primary Skills:

- Candidate must have experience in designing accounting interfaces between ERP systems and must be able to understand the business architecture and propose valuable solutions.

- The ideal candidate should have experience working at a ABAP stack with SAP and oData services.

- 10 years of progressive experience in implementing and managing SAP ABAP in various manufacturing/retail and distribution clients including 2+ years of SAP ABAP Solution Architect.

- Has advanced knowledge of ABAP solution design & configuration, testing, integration with SAP logistic modules, user training, data migration, post go-live support activity and process setup etc.

- Strong experience in working with integration of multiple systems with application reporting and analytical systems.

- Experience in preparing Functional Specifications and help in preparing Technical Specifications for new changes and enhancements.

- Experience with using ABAP and other SAP specific technologies such as IDocs, BAPIs, RFCs.

- Excellent communication, organizational and coordinating skills.

- Experience in a multi-cultural, global organization; fluent in English with other spoken languages a plus.

- Strong functional knowledge of ECC Extraction in the areas of Finance, Supply Chain, SD/MM/PP -Logistics