Principal Solution Architect - Supply Chain Management for Cloud Success Services EMEA South
Globalization is driving change for all our clients as global supply chains get more sophisticated and the Internet of Things help our customers to meet market demands. At the same time COVID and political crisis show the vulnerability of global supply chains. This creates an outstanding demand for our solution portfolio to help our customers to digitize their supply chain and to become an intelligent enterprise.
To support this growth also from the services side, we are looking for a Principal Architect with the ability to explain the value proposition of our products to our customers in logistics, distribution and manufacturing industries and to translate their requirements into IT specification. He/she will support our customers in the EMEA South region along the engagement life cycle, in particular during the sales and early project phases.
Take the opportunity to join an international team of logistics and industry experts, implement software in international projects and gain cultural experience, to set a serious foundation for future career steps.
Education SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
- Graduate / Post-Graduate degrees in Management, Logistics or Computer Science.
- Certification in architectural standards and methodologies (such as EA, TOGAF, FEA, Gartner
- Methodology, ITIL) and / or project management methodologies (such as ASAP, PMI/PMBOK, PRINCE2 etc.) is expected
- 10+ years working experience in leading / business facing roles implementing distribution and logistic solutions.
- Strong implementation experience with SAP Supply Chain Solutions
- Adept at handling project communications, capable of having c-level interactions and engaging with senior management stake-holders, managing expectations and proposing value-based offerings
- Strong presentation and communication skill set
- Team player and ability to work successfully in culturally diverse environments
- Fluency in Business English, additional languages spoken in Africa are a plus!
- Ability to lead on strategic RFXs and projects mixed teams in a multi-cultural environment to bring the best of One SAP to bear.
Contract Type: Competitive regular full time
Job Location: South Africa
Travel: Willing to travel internationally (60%)
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