British CouncilHiring for Senior Manager SAP Materials Management at Noida, Uttar Pradesh Full Time

Location: Noida, South Asia, IN

Company: British Council

The British Council builds connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and other countries through arts and culture, education and the English language.

We work in two ways – directly with individuals to transform their lives, and with governments and partners to make a bigger difference for the longer term, creating benefit for millions of people all over the world. We help young people to gain the skills, confidence and connections they are looking for to realise their potential and to participate in strong and inclusive communities. We support them to learn English, to get a high-quality education and to gain internationally recognised qualifications. Our work in arts and culture stimulates creative expression and exchange and nurtures creative enterprise. We connect the best of the UK with the world and the best of the world with the UK.

These connections lead to an understanding of each other’s strengths and of the challenges and values that we share. This builds trust between people in the UK and other nations which endures even when official relations may be strained. We work on the ground in more than 100 countries. In 2019-20 we connected with 80 million people directly and with 791 million overall, including online and through our broadcasts and publications.

Job Title: Sr. Manager – SAP Materials Management

Purpose of job:
The Sr. Manager – SAP Materials Management is a key role within GIS that works closely with our business stakeholders to gather, analyse and translate requirements within the Business Procurement area. Building a strong relationship as a trusted partner is key and recommending existing solutions or translating requirements into a successful delivery are the primary activities within this role.

Experience areas:
Candidate must have an expert level experience and strong experience in SAP MM including few implementations in relevant areas of MM.

Expertise in SAP MM, Inventory Management, Supplier Relationship Management

Should have intermediate level understanding of Domain experience in the area of Procurement.

Experience in VIM/OCR would be added advantage

Experience in CLM would be added advantage

Knowledge of:
Essential

Exposure to SAP MM (Procure to Pay Process Cycle) implementation or solution support.

Configuration expert in SAP MM application module, Procure-to-Pay processes, Material Master, Purchase Orders, Release Procedure, Outline Agreements , Info Records, confirmations, messages/outputs, Inventory movements, physical inventory, configured products, account determination and integration points with the PS, SD, FI and PP modules.

Sound knowledge of complete lifecycle of solution implementation.

Desirable

SAP certification in one or more of the SAP modules relevant to this role.

Knowledge of P2P Cloud Solutions like SAP Ariba etc.

Accountabilities, responsibilities and main duties:
(including people management and finance)

This role assists clients in the selection, implementation, and production support of application packaged solutions. They use in-depth consulting skills, business knowledge, and packaged solution expertise to effectively integrate packaged technology into the clients’ business environment in order to achieve client expected business results

Act as the main speaking partner for Business Analyst/s and business organization stakeholders in supporting with competence of the platform functional capabilities to support business process development. Communicate with business to understand requirements and ensure that processes are aligned with the business operating model and validating process integration with other tracks

Experience integrating SAP with non-SAP Systems. Experience working with MM area experience creating AS-IS, To-Be process flows, Gap analysis and preparation of function specifications. Asses risks and challenges

Global functional support of global solution management, template management, governance, and in adherence to global standards. In addition, will influence business process related decisions, offering solution alternatives for optimization, simplification and standardization.

Build experience and competence of the usage of IS platform/application capabilities and features to be able to act as a leading functional expert. Write functional specification in close collaboration with business analyst and/or business organization stakeholders and as required support in gathering and documenting requirements

Act as the “Relationship Manager” for internal customer groups establishing strong working relationship to better serve the customer needs and facilitate collaboration

Stabilize, standardize and implement the operating model.

Experience contributing to project task prioritization, planning, estimating, work assignment, & quality assurance at every stage of a project.

Identify process improvement opportunities within the process, discuss and obtain sign off from the stakeholders and work towards implementing them.

Provide expert advice in the area of P2P to various business partners.

Ability to manage multiple, conflicting, high priority requests.

Identify resources required, assign individual responsibilities and evaluate impact on future resource requirements.

Strong problem solving skills to identify the root cause and implement the fix.

Maintain resource time, assign individual responsibilities as well as manage third party resource vendor relationships.

Provide technical assistance and cross training to other team members.

Ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical associates and vice-versa a must.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including strong presentation skills.

Qualifications:
Education – Graduate

Desirable

SAP Certification in relevant areas.

Master’s Degree

Further Information

Pay Band – 8

Contract Type – Indefinite

Department/Country – GIS/India – Noida

Closing Date – 25/Feb/2022

Other Requirements: Must have rights to work in India

A connected and trusted UK in a more connected and trusted world.

Equality , Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Statement

The British Council is committed to policies and practices of equality, diversity and inclusion across everything we do. We support all staff to make sure their behaviour is consistent with this commitment. We want to address under representation and encourage applicants from under-represented groups, in particular, but not exclusively, on grounds of ethnicity and disability. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria are guaranteed an interview and we have Disability Confident Employer Status. We welcome discussions about specific requirements or adjustments to enable participation and engagement in our work and activities.

The British Council is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults who we work with.

We believe that all children and adults everywhere in the world deserve to live in safe environments and have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse, maltreatment and exploitation as set out in article 19, UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) 1989.

Appointment to positions where there is direct involvement with vulnerable groups will be dependent on thorough checks being completed; these will include qualification checks, reference checks, identity & criminal record checks in line with legal requirements and with the British Council’s Safeguarding policies for Adults and Children.

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