SAP GTS Functional Consultant

JOB DESCRIPTION: • Lead and manage customer engagements related to GTS and integration to ECC and SAP S/4HANA. • Six plus years of experience with SAP GTS and SAP ECC • Two plus complete full life-cycle implementations of SAP GTS projects in a functional lead capacity • Experience with Design and development of processes of Compliance and Customs Management etc. • In-depth technical knowledge of SAP GTS as well as supporting business processes SAP project leadership including selection, implementation, and support of application-packaged solutions • Provide advisory and assessment services to customers for TCS in SLM journey of Apple and support RFP/ RFI or during pro-active engagements • Envisage business improvements using SAP S/4HANA and new SAPGTS application, and execute required proof of concepts to showcase the benefit. • Lead GTS Track in SAP projects and ensure timely completion of projects with key focus on quality. • Provide leadership in planning/sequencing of customer workshops, conduct workshops and support facilitation of same • Support and provide inputs for cutover, migration, testing, training related strategies. • Prepare product backlog, ensure deviations from out of the box functionality have sufficient business justification and positive value proposition • Support larger project team during configuration, testing and validate the solution built, with at least one experience with a big four consulting major • Engage with business users during requirement analysis, fit-gap analysis, and solution design • Co-ordinate with business users and product owners during solution acceptance with focus on sales processes and integration of same with manufacturing, finance, procurement, supply chain • Prior experience in driving process improvement projects • Experience in SDLC project management and analysis including scoping / timeline management, documenting use cases, process flows/swim lane diagrams, requirements (BRD) etc, UAT, change management etc. • Strong communication and presentation skills, flexible, open working style and an ability to establish trust and credibility quickly. • Experience with working on Agile and waterfall project methodology • Has lead efforts in Solutions design that is scalable, stable, and efficient with a focus on customer / business voice. • Experience with project management tools like JIRA. • Prepare product backlog, ensure deviations from out of the box functionality have sufficient business justification and positive value proposition PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE: - -Design and develop SAP GTS IT solutions for Apple Trade Compliance. Perform detailed system analysis, develop functional and technical specifications, and make recommendations -Work closely with SAP ECC, Data Warehouse, ABAP, Basis and other teams during design and implementation -Work with key business users in developing detailed requirements and providing conceptual design of proposed solution -Perform system configuration, modification and set-up for new projects as well as enhancements to existing projects and perform system testing and integration validations -Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with business clients and provide project status updates and documentation of designs, processes and configurations -Interact with business users and other IS&T teams to ensure that business requirements are met through proper system configuration -The role will require strong influence and persuasion skills along with excellent configuration and development skills in order to seamlessly integrate SAP GTS and other systems -Performing functional and technical analysis of the requirements and propose appropriate design/technical solution and support level of effort, scoping and manage change requests.

Location : Austin, TX

Salary Range: $93,700-$150,000 a year

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