SAP BI/BW Managing Consultant

Analytics India, India


Description

About invenioLSI
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Role – SAP BI/BW Managing Consultant
Hiring Location: India (Delhi/Mumbai) 
Summary           
The SAP BI/BW Senior Managing/ Principal Consultant is responsible for leading and managing the design, development, and implementation of SAP BI and BW solutions. This role involves overseeing projects, managing teams, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality solutions that meet client needs. The consultant is responsible for providing strategic insights and driving continuous improvement in BI/BW processes and systems. 
 
The Role
  • Engaging with clients 
    • Establishes communications with clients. 
    • Promotes management consultancy services. 
  • Scoping Client Requirements 
    • Understands and defines client requirements. 
    • Presents clear and comprehensive written proposals. 
    • Engages the client in selecting and owning optimal design options. 
  • Managing client interface 
    • Manages stakeholder expectations, maintaining focus on overall deliverables, agreeing and applying contractual terms of engagement. 
  • Communication & Presentation 
    • Conveys ideas and thoughts in a clear, focused style using effective verbal and non-verbal communication techniques, in formal and informal situations.  
    • Uses presentation tools and techniques effectively to engage audience. 
    • Produces clear client correspondence and reports, selecting most appropriate style to achieve desired outcome. 
  • Managing & Developing Others 
    • Manages, develops and appraises others, delegating where appropriate. 
    • Seeks support from peers where appropriate. 
  • Partnering with Others 
    • Understands and engages expertise of others alongside own. 
    • Leverages network effectively to research and define client issues, generate innovative solutions and/or inform delivery solutions. 
  • Tools & Methodologies 
    • Selects and uses appropriate diagnostic tools, methods and techniques. 
    • Actively seeks out new and appropriate tools. 
  • Applying Knowledge 
    • Captures and builds knowledge in defined processes. 
    • Share knowledge and experiences with others. 
    • Applied knowledge, tools and technical expertise to support value creation, tailoring to the specific needs of the client. 
  • Planning & Management 
      • Manages client projects effectively, ensuring objectives, deadlines and budgets are met by team members under own control. 
      • Competent use of planning tools and milestones appropriate for the size and scale of the project.  
      • Demonstrates ability to assess form and allocate work streams, managing own time and that of others to meet deadlines. 
      • Operates competently in all areas of project delivery. 
    • Managing Risk 
      • Manages medium risk projects (high complexity) working with others. 
      • Identifies, quantifies and manages issues impacting on delivery of project. 
    • Ensuring Quality 
      • Demonstrates track record of successful delivery in a range of delivery roles in client engagements. 
      • Ensures quality of own deliverables and those of team. 
      • Monitors and measures client satisfaction. 
    • Managing Withdrawal 
      • Works with clients to determine a handover process to ensure skills transfer, sustainability of results and knowledge capture as appropriate for project. 
      • Reviews and predicts any potential areas of deficit, addressing them before the engagement ends. 
    • Technical Expertise 
      • Recognized as expert in own discipline. 
    • Business Understanding 
      • Discusses impact of other disciplines on area of work with confidence and knowledge. 
      • Sector Knowledge. 
Responsibilities
  • Document all technical and functional specifications for implemented solutions.
  • Proficient in BW/B4H & ABAP/CDS with experience in the areas of Analysis, Design, Development
  • Collaborate with clients to gather business requirements and translate them into BI/BW technical solutions.
  • Extensively worked on BW user exits, start routines, end routines with expertise in ABAP/4.
  • Extensively worked on standard data source enhancements and info provider enhancements.
  • Interact with key stakeholders/support members in different areas of BW.
  • Provide technical solutions to fulfil business requests using SAPs BW.
  • Design, develop, configure, migrate, test and implement SAP BW 7.x data warehousing solutions using SAP BW, BW/4HANA, and related tools.
  • Ensure data accuracy, integrity, and consistency in the SAP landscape.
  • Optimize performance of queries, reports, and data models for better efficiency.
  • Manage delivery of services against agreed SLAs as well as manage escalations both internal and externally.
  • In-depth knowledge and understanding of SAP BI Tools such as: Web Intelligence, Analysis for Office, Query Designer.
  • Understands client business requirements, processes, objectives and possesses the ability to develop necessary product adjustments to fulfil clients' needs. 
  • Has end-to-end experience: can independently investigate issues from Data Source/Extractor to BI Report level problem solving skills.
  • Has end-to-end Development experience: can build extractors, model within SAP BW, and develop Reporting solutions, including troubleshooting development issues.
  • Develop process chains to load and monitor data loading.
  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior consultants and team members.
  • Interact with key stakeholders/support members in different areas of BW.
  • Design and build data flows including Info Objects, Advanced Datastore Objects (ADSO),Composite Providers, Transformations, DTPs and Data Sources
  • Conduct requirement gathering sessions and provide design thinking approach.
  • Develop process chains to load and monitor data loading.
  • Work closely with clients to understand their business needs and provide tailored solutions.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring satisfaction and trust. 
  • Manage and mentor a team of consultants, ensuring high-quality delivery and skill development.
  • Facilitate knowledge sharing and promote the adoption of new tools and methodologies within the team.
  • Act as an escalation point for technical and functional challenges. Well experience in handling P1 and P2 situations. 
Skills & Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s Degree IT or equivalent 10 to 12 years of experience in one or more SAP modules.
  • At least four full life cycle SAP BW implementation and at least two with BI 7.x experience (from Blueprint/Explore through Go-Live).
  • Ability to use Service Marketplace to create tickets, research notes, review release notes and solution roadmaps as well as provide guidance to customers on release strategy.
  • Exposure to other SAP modules and integration points.
  • Strong understanding of SAP BW architecture, including BW on HANA, BW/4HANA, and SAP S/4HANA integration.
  • Knowledge of SAP ECC, S/4HANA, and other SAP modules.
  • Proficiency in SAP BI tools such as SAP BusinessObjects, SAP Lumira, and SAP Analytics Cloud.
  • Experience with data modeling, ETL processes, and SQL.
  • Certifications in SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP Business Warehouse (BW), SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP HANA.
  • Should be well versed to get the data through different extraction methods. 
  • Flexible to work in shifts based on the project requirement.
  • Strong skills in SAP BI/BW, BW/4HANA and BW on HANA development and production support experience.
  • Excellent communication, client management, and stakeholder engagement abilities.
Consulting Skills             
  • Aptitude for working in a team environment; problem-solving skills, creative thinking, communicating clearly and empathetically, strong time management, and ability to collaborate with all levels of staff.
  • Understands consulting “soft” skills necessary on engagements, as well as with team collaborative initiatives.
  • Ability to interpret requirements and apply SAP best practices.
  • Develop new professional peer relationships for additional business or possible new consultants.
  • Helps develop overall marketing messages.
  • Communicates project resource requirements to staffing coordinator/clients.
  • Ensures quality implementation (works with QA program).
Leadership Skills 
  • Seeks ways to increase the project team effectiveness.
  • May act as a mentor for the team.
  • Works well as a leader of the entire team (motivates team).

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