SAP XI/PI Consultant

Key Function: To provide Consulting Services

Key Objectives:

Analysis of business requirements
Design and implementation of full solutions
Identify integration issues and develop solutions to these issues
Coach and develop skills within a project team
Work effectively in mixed Client and Consultancy teams

Competencies:

Is able to own the production and delivery of a presentation to middle managers
Uses a broad range of consultancy tools when delivering work
Listens to people and only talks when a positive contribution can be made
Can facilitate a client workshop
Can develop part of an overall client presentation and deliver it competently
Uses a set of basic consulting tools
Is able to conduct one-to-one interviews with middle managers
Can contribute to a mixed workshop process

Content Excellence:

Able to work with client to confirm requirements
Understands the general strategic and operational dimensions of the relevant industry and applies to solution
Can lead functional or technical design workshops
Can explain the implementation methodology and relate it to different scenarios where it has been used
Is able to take client needs and translate them into an appropriate technical solution
Can design and adjust solution within the business context

Delivery Excellence:

Able to effectively manage a team of client team members
Understands delivery within a fixed price model and able to operate effectively within those constraints
Can take ownership of sub-plans for specific IBP's and can plan own time to ensure project milestones are met
Able to take an issue, then plan and deliver a solution using own initiative, with little guidance
Identifies and escalates issues and risks within project structure
Can build strong relationships with consultants within the project
Able to receive feedback / coaching on performance from other members of the team positively

Client Development:

Can contribute technical or procedural sections to a simple proposal
Can identify and escalate business development opportunities

Knowledge/Skills/Experience:

Extensive SAP experience - Essential
Able to install (or to assist & cross train others) in the installation of SAP XI version 3.0 - Essential
Analyse & assess clients required system landscape & identify interfaces which could be realized via SAP XI 3.0 - Essential
Capable of identifying key sizing information from expected interfaces & thus impact of the integration (SAP XI 3.0) solution - Essential
Lead interface design workshops & co-ordinate client input, technical legacy/heritage system resources & SAP Functional resources, to document functional & technical interface designs - Essential
Configure & develop interfaces between systems via SAP XI 3.0, covering connections, data mapping, routing, business logic/rles & persistence/control - Essential
Interface SAP XI 3.0 with other connectors (or middleware) - Essential
Integrate SAP XI 3.0 to the final SAP API's (BAPI's, IDOC's or Function modules - Essential
Integrate SAP CRM with SAP XI 3.0 - Essential
Able to assist with other middleware based functional & technical designs, when required tactically, if any SAP XI 3.0 limitations are identified, thus requiring other middleware solutions - Essential
Liaise & co-ordinate with SAP Vendor resources for any joint SAP working & any Vendor solution assistance/investigation - Essential
General XML & webservice experience to support open web based application integration, as well as broad understanding of other protocols or approaches - Essential
Capable of cross training others in SAP XI 3.0 - Essential
Able to assist with SAP CRM or SRM functional configuration if necessary - Essential
Suitably skilled and trained in SAP XI to be acceptable to clients as a premium skilled resource - Essential
SAP PI 7.0 - Desirable
Language skills or project experience outside the UK - Desirable

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Vacancy for:	SAP XI/PI Consultant
Location:	UK + Travel
Aspire Contact:	Tony Williams
Email:	tony@aspire-it.com
Phone:	+441342 833939
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