Associate Director, SAP Solution Architect at Deloitte

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Within the Core Solutions Team, we have opportunities in the areas below

SAP Solutions Architect

• Architecting the solutions for customers SAP opportunities
• Supporting the sale of strategically important SAP deals
• Ensuring SAP engagements are successfully delivered
• Developing other solution team members
• Develop Deloitte into new industries, propositions, services, technologies

As a SAP Solution Architect (functional), your role will involve the following activities:

• To support qualification of initial leads and determine appropriate bid team
• Own bid lifecycle for smaller bids whilst contributing to larger bids
• To lead / support complex S/4HANA opportunities and customer ITT responses - leading to the client to choose Deloitte as their preferred partner for S/4HANA implementations
• Act as a quality assurance on proposals documents and presentations written by less experienced team members
• To be part of the initial programme delivery team in order to architect the solution, de-risk the transition into delivery and ensure success
• To build strong industry/partner relationships
• To develop own skill set to maintain ‘thought leadership’ status in customer’s and peers eyes

Connect to your skills and professional experience

To be successful in this role you are required to demonstrate the following competencies:

Core Competencies

• Conceptualize and communicate winning propositions – making complex ideas look simple
• Be bright, ability to rapidly pick-up new technologies, propositions and business areas
• Outcome oriented – maximizing balance of effort vs benefit to achieve objectives
• Demonstrates excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing
• Ability to work under own initiative and under tight time pressures - planning, prioritising and controlling own workload
• Precise approach to project management and procedures
• Ability to assert own ideas to clients and within Deloitte senior management
• Continuous improvement - Inquisitive – “self teaching” of relevant new business thinking and technology solutions

Role Competencies

• Broad knowledge of Deloitte’s integrated propositions, solutions, differentiation and track record
• Detailed knowledge of the full range of business requirements, processes and S/4HANA solutions in your functional areas of expertise (eg finance, supply chain)
• Broad integration knowledge of S/4HANA across the whole solution
• Experience of working with other SAP solutions such as SuccessFactors, Ariba, IBP and BTP or equivalent is desirable
• Work with the opportunity leads to conceptualise and communicate winning propositions
• Mobilise and motivate a bid team and project team
• Being the SAP Solution Architect on an S/4HANA or wider SAP solution suite delivery programme – with multiple demanding stakeholders
• Lead / support the preparation and delivery of sales proposals and presentations
• Entrepreneurial – can identify and develop opportunities within existing accounts
• Ability to organise and co-ordinate diverse groups in complex situations
• Ability to rapidly assess new technology solutions
• Lead functional / technical architecture in complex environments
• Support the delivery team to develop phasing strategy, plans, benefits case, org structures, resource plans, risks and issues
• Manages design workshops on multiple area of expertise
• Command the respect and confidence of your peers