Senior Consultant - ABAP (US AMS)

A  Senior  Consultant  is an individual who participate s  in implementation/upgrade/support projects and deliver  them  either from remote or Onsite.  Th e  Senior  Consultant  focuses on ABAP development objects and coordinates with remote development team. Further,  the  Senior  Consultant  would be liaising w ith Project Manager for tracking and implementation of projects .

Responsibilities:

    Understand the values and vision of the organization and align the activities accordingly 

    Protect the Intellectual Property 

    Adhere to all the policies and procedures 

    Work with other line functions to collect or provide relevant data 

    Ability to set up the development guidelines and methodologies 

    Support the onsite consulting team of experts for all relevant aspects of development work and coordination with remote development teams 

    Participate in practice initiatives, showing innovation, sharing knowledge and enhancing reusability 

    Prepare the Technical Specification, build the code, review the code and finally to prepare the Unit Test Cases and conduct technical research for an optimal solution 

    ABAP code modification for BDC, interface program, report, module pool arising out of non- discretionary services 

    Optimize custom developed programs for minimizing resource utilization and run times 

    Develop/Update Technical Documentation with respect to functional requirements/ Specifications as per prescribed format 

    Test specific objects as and when initiatives such as Migration to Higher version Hot Packs, Version Upgrades and the like are taken 

    Develop and maintain appropriate documentation for knowledge management 

    Provide Bug fixes as and when reported within the agreed time frames and Quality standards 

    Assist with queries relating to Reports, interfaces, enhancements, ALE/IDoc, Conversions, forms, Adobe forms, ABAP workflow, Webdynpro etc. 

    Work with Functional team to assess operational & quality related issues, identify gaps, and manage closure of gaps, including effective Error Trend Analysis and Problem Management 

    Provide proposal for ABAP redesign for performance improvement / tuning of ABAP objects as appropriate 

    Ensure appropriate assessment of SAP OSS notes regarding relevance for ABAP Operations 

    Should have strong hands-on knowledge in ABAP technologies i.e. Interactive Reporting, Dialog Programming, BAPI, RFC, SAP Scripts, Smartforms, ALE/IDocs, Interface Programming, BDC, Workflow and Data Conversions 

    Support business implementations by sharing best practice development skills 

    Working closely with our SAP Functional Specialists to deliver, maintain and troubleshoot and enhance SAP functionality 

Essential Skills

Job:

    Excellent communication skills are essential 

    Should be organized and focused on delivering research tasks within defined deadlines 

    Must be dynamic, flexible and possess perseverance skills 

    Excellent coding skills are essential 

    Proficiency in customer relationship management is essential 

    Expertise on SAP Technologies like Webdynpro, Adobe forms  

    Must be proficient in ABAP ticket analysis 

    Capable of performing technical activities beyond coding 

    Capable of building trust and acting as trusted adviser to the customer  

    Ablility to manage customer expectations and avoid any escalations 

    Ability to comprehend and envisage appropriate actions 

    Exhibit reactiveness and constructiveness at work such as, suggesting innovative but pragmatic solutions 

    Utilize secondary research sources and techniques  

Personal:

    Should have understanding of business objectives and organization structure 

    The candidate must have strong work ethics, trustworthiness and self-confidence  

    The candidate should work accurately with good attention to detail by maintaining confidentiality and integrity 

    Must be highly collaborative and team oriented with commitment to excellence 

    Ability to work under pressure to achieve the multiple daily deadlines for client deliverables, with a mature approach

Preferred Skills

Job:

    The candidate should have an expertise in problem solving  

    Self-motivated, fast learner with the ability to operate independently 

    Must have proven track record of impacting results throughout career 

    Ability to thrive in a cross-functional team on business critical projects 

    The candidate must be a highly versatile thinker who can assimilate knowledge and has understanding across different industries, products, technologies, disciplines etc.

Personal:

    Demonstrate proactive thinking 

    Negotiation and persuasion skills are required to work with partners and implement changes 

    Should have strong interpersonal relations, expert business acumen and mentoring skills 

    Have the ability to work under stringent deadlines and demanding client conditions.