Package Consultant – SAP SCM MM – IBM

Title of the Job: Package Consultant – SAP SCM MM

Location: Calgary, AB

Job Description: Introduction
As an Application Package Specialist, you’ll help clients in the selection, implementation, and production support of application packaged solutions. You’ll gain in-depth consulting skills, business knowledge, and packaged solution expertise to effectively integrate packaged technology into the clients’ business environment. Join us and start your path as a key player to achieve client expected business results and become the expert you want to be.Your Role and ResponsibilitiesIBM Consulting helps our clients fundamentally redesign experiences to create new sources of value, digitally reinvent their operations for great efficiency and transform their entire enterprises through cognitive. We invite you to consider joining IBM’s global reach, outcome-focused methodologies, domain skills and deep industry expertise that are helping transform the way we live and work.IBM’s state-of-the-art Client Innovation Centre (CIC) is the first of its kind in Canada. The Western Canada CIC weaves together IBM’s business insights and industry-leading software portfolio and is ideally suited for any client that needs flexible access to emerging or niche skills that may not be cost effective to grow internally.In addition, our focus on our team is unparalleled as demonstrated by the following:

• The CIC is one of IBM’s highest performing delivery centres worldwide –for retention, client satisfaction and utilization. Our employees are empowered to stay and grow within IBM.
• We are very focused on continuous skill development –staff training is one of the largest Centre investments. Employees are immersed in a culture of learning and constant growth.
• Investment in key partnership with universities, government and private sector groups which has resulted in IBM having a key influencing role to invigorate Calgary’s technology sector.

In this role, you’ll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world.​ Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.You will work as an Advisor and Business Analyst with functional responsibility across SAP MM module for clients.Responsibilities include:

• Arranging and facilitating meetings, documentation of decisions, status, and risks, collect requirements with accuracy, uphold business process and best practices, collaborate with wide range of stakeholders, and manage scope.
• Strong familiarity with SAP MM implementation methodologies
• Extensive experience designing and configuring the key integration points Materials Management module and other SAP modules.
• Stakeholder management.

Expected to be on-site in downtown Calgary 80% of the time. This is not a remote work role.Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Technical Skills
• Basic understanding of how SAP is configured for the MM module
• Able to navigate SPRO
• Skills or ability to quickly learn Service Now (incidents, stories, reporting, etc.)
• High level knowledge of Ariba and Fieldglass
• Strong skills in Microsoft products (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.)

Functional Skills:

• Strong verbal communication skills, ability to:
• Arrange and facilitate meetings/workshops
• Communicate project status, providing visibility to achievements and risk to stakeholders
• Negotiate with business to ensure adherence to SAP Applications standards
• Communicate clearly with both onshore and offshore teams
• Strong written communication skills, ability to:
• Create well written, concise, and understandable emails, decision records, process documentation
• Plan and create meeting agendas and document meeting outcomes
• Update business requirements documents
• Communicate clearly with both onshore and offshore teams
• Experience in defining scope & stakeholder management
• Strong knowledge of standard SCM business process and best practices, and have the ability to quickly pick up CVE specific processes
• In-depth experience on collecting business requirements with accuracy and completeness
• Ability to manage project scope, deliverables, milestones, and ensure team members have clarity and visibility on the process and expectations
• Collaborate with technical teams to ensure priorities are identified and managed
• Strong knowledge of standard business processes
• Applicant needs to understand standard SCM business processes and best practices and have the ability to quickly pick up CVE specific processes

Required Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
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Company Name: IBM

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