Job Description

A Consultant is an individual who participates in implementation/upgrade/support projects and deliver them either from remote or Onsite. The Consultant focuses on ABAP development objects and coordinates with remote development team. Further, the Consultant would be liaising with 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 co-ordinate and interact with multiple teams

Support business implementations by sharing best practice development skills

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

Capable of performing technical activities beyond coding

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

Able to manage customer expectations and avoid any escalations

Ability to comprehend and envisage appropriate actions

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

The ABAP consultant is expected to help with queries relating to Reports, interfaces, enhancements, ALE/IDoc, Conversions, forms, Adobe forms, ABAP workflow, Web DynPro 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

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

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

Essential Skills

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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

Knowledge on SAP Technologies like Webdynpro, Adobe forms is essential

Experience on RAP ((RESTful Application Programming model)

Proficiency in customer relationship management is essential

Must have proficiency in ABAP ticket analysis

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

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The candidate should have a good problem solving approach

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

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

SAP Certification is preferable

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

Personal

Demonstrate proactive thinking

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

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

Should have strong interpersonal relations and business acumen