SAP SD CONSULTANT CAREER

The main challenge to the SAP Consultant is to assess overall business objectives within one or more process groups and design business processes in such a way that they may be effectively modeled and configured within the SAP environment.

Consultants must apply a broad knowledge of various technical functions to accurately anticipate organizational impacts. Additionally, they should be able to understand the procedures and expected system performance associated with the introduction of new information technologies, while seeking ways to collaborate with IT members (the Consulting & Processes Group, in particular) to facilitate transitions.

A Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or Management Information Systems with an emphasis in a specific functional area, such as finance, human resources, manufacturing, operations, logistics, or sales and marketing or equivalent work experience and technical training, is required to take up the career.

Skills and Knowledge:

• Comprehensive understanding of SAP’s customizing toolset, including IMG (Implementation Management Guide).

• SAP configuration skills in SD Module

• SAP functional skills in SD Module

• Solid understanding of SAP data model in SD

• Thorough business understanding of manufacturing processes in a plant environment.

• Familiarity with SAP architecture.

• Good project management skills, operating as part of a team organizing, planning, and executing large scale projects from vision through implementation.

• Strong verbal and written communications skills, with an ability to express complex business concepts in technical terms.

• Strong analytical, problem solving, and conceptual skills.

• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to work well on cross functional project teams and foster team commitment to tasks.

• Conceptual knowledge of information technologies and methodologies.

• Experience in the industry or in a production/service environment similar to that of the employer is preferred.

• Strong knowledge of project management techniques and cross functional experience.

• An understanding of programming concepts and experience with structured design, development, and implementation of new computing architectures.

• Experience with software unit and integration testing.

SAP SD is considered as one of the demanding, popular and money making careers. As career advancement opportunities are wide in an SAP SD field, an SAP SD career path is more secure than a normal career in Sales and Marketing.