SAP BI/BW Managing Consultant

Responsibilities

- Document all technical and functional specifications for implemented solutions.

- Proficient in BW/B4H & ABAP/CDS with experience in the areas of Analysis, Design, Development

- Collaborate with clients to gather business requirements and translate them into BI/BW technical solutions.

- Extensively worked on BW user exits, start routines, end routines with expertise in ABAP/4.

- Extensively worked on standard data source enhancements and info provider enhancements.

- Interact with key stakeholders/support members in different areas of BW.

- Provide technical solutions to fulfil business requests using SAPs BW.

- Design, develop, configure, migrate, test and implement SAP BW 7.x data warehousing solutions using SAP BW, BW/4HANA, and related tools.

- Ensure data accuracy, integrity, and consistency in the SAP landscape.

- Optimize performance of queries, reports, and data models for better efficiency.

- Manage delivery of services against agreed SLAs as well as manage escalations both internal and externally.

- In-depth knowledge and understanding of SAP BI Tools such as: Web Intelligence, Analysis for Office, Query Designer.

- Understands client business requirements, processes, objectives and possesses the ability to develop necessary product adjustments to fulfil clients' needs.

- Has end-to-end experience: can independently investigate issues from Data Source/Extractor to BI Report level problem solving skills.

- Has end-to-end Development experience: can build extractors, model within SAP BW, and develop Reporting solutions, including troubleshooting development issues.

- Develop process chains to load and monitor data loading.

- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior consultants and team members.

- Interact with key stakeholders/support members in different areas of BW.

- Design and build data flows including Info Objects, Advanced Datastore Objects (ADSO),Composite Providers, Transformations, DTPs and Data Sources

- Conduct requirement gathering sessions and provide design thinking approach.

- Develop process chains to load and monitor data loading.

- Work closely with clients to understand their business needs and provide tailored solutions.

- Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring satisfaction and trust.

- Manage and mentor a team of consultants, ensuring high-quality delivery and skill development.

- Facilitate knowledge sharing and promote the adoption of new tools and methodologies within the team.

- Act as an escalation point for technical and functional challenges.

- Well experience in handling P1 and P2 situations.

Skills & Qualifications

- Bachelors/Master's Degree IT or equivalent

- 10 to 12 years of experience in one or more SAP modules.

- At least four full life cycle SAP BW implementation and at least two with BI 7.x experience (from Blueprint/Explore through Go-Live).

- Ability to use Service Marketplace to create tickets, research notes, review release notes and solution roadmaps as well as provide guidance to customers on release strategy.

- Exposure to other SAP modules and integration points.

- Strong understanding of SAP BW architecture, including BW on HANA, BW/4HANA, and SAP S/4HANA integration.

- Knowledge of SAP ECC, S/4HANA, and other SAP modules.

- Proficiency in SAP BI tools such as SAP BusinessObjects, SAP Lumira, and SAP Analytics Cloud.

- Experience with data modeling, ETL processes, and SQL.

- Certifications in SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP Business Warehouse (BW), SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP HANA.

- Should be well versed to get the data through different extraction methods.

- Flexible to work in shifts based on the project requirement.

- Strong skills in SAP BI/BW, BW/4HANA and BW on HANA development and production support experience.

- Excellent communication, client management, and stakeholder engagement abilities.