Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

SAP

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, our people in business application consulting specialise in consulting services for a variety of business applications, helping clients optimise operational efficiency. These individuals analyse client needs, implement software solutions, and provide training and support for seamless integration and utilisation of business applications, enabling clients to achieve their strategic objectives.

In SAP technology at PwC, you will specialise in utilising and managing SAP software and solutions within an organisation. You will be responsible for tasks such as installation, configuration, administration, development, and support of SAP products and technologies.

Focused on relationships, you are building meaningful client connections, and learning how to manage and inspire others. Navigating increasingly complex situations, you are growing your personal brand, deepening technical expertise and awareness of your strengths. You are expected to anticipate the needs of your teams and clients, and to deliver quality. Embracing increased ambiguity, you are comfortable when the path forward isn’t clear, you ask questions, and you use these moments as opportunities to grow.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

Respond effectively to the diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others.Use a broad range of tools, methodologies and techniques to generate new ideas and solve problems.Use critical thinking to break down complex concepts.Understand the broader objectives of your project or role and how your work fits into the overall strategy.Develop a deeper understanding of the business context and how it is changing.Use reflection to develop self awareness, enhance strengths and address development areas.Interpret data to inform insights and recommendations.Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

Job Summary -  

A career in our Managed Services team will give you an opportunity to collaborate with many teams to help our clients implement and operate new capabilities, achieve operational efficiencies, and harness the power of technology. Our Application Evolution Services team will provide you with the opportunity to help organizations harness the power of their enterprise applications by optimizing the technology while driving transformation and innovation to increase business performance. We assist our clients in capitalizing on technology improvements, implementing new capabilities, and achieving operational efficiencies by managing and maintaining their application ecosystems. We help our clients maximize the value of their SAP investment by managing the support and continuous transformation of their solutions in the areas of sales, finance, supply chain, engineering, manufacturing and human capital

Minimum Degree Required (BQ) *: 

Bachelor’s Degree

Required Field(s) of Study (BQ):  

Preferred Field(s) of Study: 

BE / B Tech / ME / M Tech / MBA / B.SC / B. Com / BBA

Minimum Year(s) of Experience (BQ) *: 

6 to 10 years of experience

Certification(s) Preferred: 

Key Skills:  SAP PPDS

Job Description:

As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

Use feedback and reflection to develop self-awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.

Proven track record as an SME in chosen domain.

Ability to come up with Client POC/POV for integrating/increasing adoption of emerging Tech. like Blockchain, AI et al with the product platform they are associated with.

Mentor Junior resources within the team, conduct KSS and lessons learnt.

Flexible to work in stretch opportunities/assignments.

Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.

Ticket Quality and deliverables review.

Status Reporting for the project.

Adherence to SLAs, experience in incident management, change management and problem management.

Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.

Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.

Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.

Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.

Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.

Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Demonstrate leadership capabilities by working with clients directly and leading the engagement.

Work in a team environment that includes client interactions, workstream management, and cross-team collaboration.

Good Team player. Take up cross competency work and contribute to COE activities.

Escalation/Risk management.

 

Required Skills *: 

Overall, 6-10yr years of consulting experience in SAP PPDS as primary skill and secondary skill as PP/QM/EWM etc. 

Experience as SAP Functional Consultant with Domain experience in the areas of Supply Chain Planning.

Detailed hands-on / customizing knowledge of SAP PP/PPDS preferably in S/4 Hana 

Experience in SAP S/4 Hana PPDS, SAP PP and CIF integration.

Minimum 3 to 4 End to End implementation project experience in customer facing role.

Should have experience in Block planning, Setup matrix, Campaign planning, MRP areas, External procurement relationship, Planning heuristic, Detailed scheduling heuristic and Optimizer.

Deep knowledge of SAP APO PPDS, Shelf-Life Planning, Safety Stock Planning, and MRP Live functions, Sales and Operational Planning.

Strong knowledge in setting up various kind of planning processes (Make to Stock, Make to Order, ETO) and integration with other planning solution i.e., IBP, APO & third-party planning solutions

Experience with Shop Floor control, MRP, Batch Management and Quality Management.

Experience in configuring CIF Interface setup.

Experience in FS documentation and testing the RICEF objects.

Hands on experience of APO Production Planning heuristics

Specifically, MRP, Configurations like planning board, DS board, Different profiles, PPDS Subcontracting process, Alerts configuration & monitoring.

Knowledge and experience of master data distribution of work centers / Resources, production versions, DS, capacities, Time-streams, CIF-ing between ECC and APO.

Knowledge of working on Production orders/Planned orders, Material Master, BOM, Routing, Work Centers, Production Version. Material Planning using SAP MRP and LTP.

Should be familiar with Integration of SAP PP with Material Management, WM and QM.

Perform custom & standard configurations in SAP system to satisfy business requirements.

 

Preferred Skills:

 

 Good Experience in SAP S4/Hana PP-DS 

 Good Experience in SAP Production Planning and Quality Management

 Experienced in Segmentation, Configuration of master data in S4 system is must.

 Hands on experience in FIORI apps in PPDS/PP/QM is must.

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP), Analytical Thinking, Business Transformation, Communication, Creativity, Design Automation, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Inclusion, Intellectual Curiosity, Learning Agility, Optimism, Process Improvement, Process Optimization, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Fiori, SAP HANA, SAP NetWeaver, Self-Awareness, Strategic Technology Planning, Teamwork, Well Being

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Government Clearance Required?

Job Posting End Date