The SAP TPM BW-IP Engineer is responsible for supporting the SAP TPM implementation in the role of SAP BW Planning and Reporting profile.
This role is viewed as an expert in SAP BW Planning and Reporting and a good understanding of SAP reporting and application design, and SAP Architecture as a whole.
Scope/Categories
Key Interfaces: Regional Business Partners, Regional Business SMEs, Regional TPM Product Owners, Functional Consultants, Solution Engineers, Enterprise Architects and Project Managers.
External Interfaces: Consultants, 3rd Party providers. Travel may include approximately 15% of work time.
The scope is Global with all KC categories for the sales and TPM / RGM functions.
Key Accountabilities
Design TPM solutions globally ensuring solution aligns with business requirements and processes and provides enterprise information consistently
Will be responsible for the delivery of the SAP BW-IP solution
Collaborates with other Solution Engineers and Enterprise Architecture to make sure that solutions fit within enterprise context and aims for standardization of solutions across K-C s application landscape.
Translates non-functional and functional requirements into end-to-end trade promotion management solution which integrates effectively with other areas like SAP ECC - SD / Pricing / FICO, Demand Planning, Infrastructure, Platform, Security & audit / Controls
Define technical and functional standards and ensure delivered work meets technical, functional, performance and business requirements as well as best practices
Partner with product teams to help on sprint planning and PI planning to manage feature and deployment roadmaps and measure and manage market adoption based on TPM implementation and milestones
Key Qualifications and Experiences
Bachelors degree; 3-6 years of continuous experience in software engineering, software development, solution architecture with SAP technologies.
Hands on experience with implementing SAP BW Integrated Planning, building planning models using aggregation levels, Planning sequences and Planning functions.
Experience in integrating/extracting data from SAP CRM, SAP ECC/S4, BOBJ with SAP BW
Hands-on with HANA SQLScript, BW ABAP, AMDP and can design performance optimized solutions
Hands-on with building Planning queries using Bex query designer
Hands-on with HANA Data modeling, building attribute, analytical and calculation views
Experience in using mixed scenarios with SAP BW on HANA like Transient provider, Virtual provider based on HANA model, Composite provider.
Hands-on experience on ABAP with expertise on writing custom extractors, transformations using start, end & expert routines, BADIs and exits.
Experience and understanding in designing and developing reports and dashboards
Technical expert in debugging/troubleshooting issues and working with SAP support teams as necessary for resolution
Understanding/Exposure to promotion planning queries/CBP architecture to support the planning process preferred
Experience in BPC implementation or support projects preferred
SAP Customer Business Planning implementation or support experience will be an added advantage
Exposure in the Consumer Products industry and familiar with the trade promotions management process for CPG companies
Preferred to have familiarity with end-to-end testing for TPM and Volume planning across CRM, BW, ECC and Demand Planning and should be able to manage test planning & execution
Brings in best practices from prior projects to make the right recommendations for the blueprint and implementation
Guide other technical team members throughout the implementation
Will exercise judgment along with project manager in delegating or owning key technology decisions / discussions with business and SAP
End to End experience with Testing, Cutover, Go-Live, Hypercare, SAP Max attention services & Managed services preferably with TPM projects
Holistic IT background, including security, infrastructure, platform, audits & analytics.
Experience and desire to work in a consulting environment with global teams
Good analytical, logical problem solving skills with the ability to understand new tasks quickly
Outstanding organizational, communication, interpersonal, relationship-building skills conducive to collaboration at all levels