SAP EHS Product Stewardship Consultant

External Job Description

SAP Product Stewardship (PS) Functional Consultant – Digital Services

ERM Digital Services is seeking a Functional Consultant in India to join our global practice. The successful candidate will have SAP Product Stewardship / Product Compliance (PS) global regulatory, business process and technical solution design / implementation experience.  They will be highly skilled in SAP PS solution functionality supporting specification database data model design (hierarchy, compositions, inheritance, value assignment, etc.), safety data sheet authoring and distribution (SDS), label authoring and generation (GLM), hazardous materials / dangerous goods classification and shipping (DG) and global product compliance / substance volume tracking (SVT).  Additional SAP PS technical skills including Word for Windows (WWI) template building and management, third party specification data loading and management (OCC / ADM), expert rules configuration and management (Expert) and PS infrastructure design, configuration and management including Generation server (GenPC) and Expert servers is highly desired.  This position will assume a pivotal role in shaping a growing technology solutions practice, and will provide technology enabled global product stewardship / product compliance business process project delivery solutions and business process outsourcing (BPO) services including specification database maintenance and management, SDS authoring and distribution, WWI template management and system run and maintain support.

As the SAP PS Functional Consultant, you will be a valuable player amongst a diverse team of professionals that are fast-paced and streamlined to address business growth, daily business operations and product stewardship / compliance issues. The primary purpose of this role is to apply strong SAP functional and technical skills and PS subject matter knowledge to effectively work with key clients by assisting them with their SAP implementations and SAP platform based PS BPO services.  It is both a hands-on role as well as leading and developing our SAP PS capability in conjunction with the global PS DS lead partner and our global PS line of service. The ideal candidate brings significant consulting experience and client relationships that will provide leadership, strategic direction, BPO provision experience and cutting-edge SAP support to help grow ERM’s Digital Services business.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Evaluate PS software systems available on the market, including assisting clients with system requirements and system selection. Provide advice on different PS software systems in response to specific data, organizational and operational requirements.

• Interact with clients on a routine basis to gather requirements and develop a full understanding of various business scenarios in order to assist with the development of appropriate proposals.

• Engage in all life cycle stages of project execution; provide support and enhancement to SAP platforms and solutions as required to meet the overall business objectives of clients.

• Lead development product stewardship / compliance business process outsourcing (BPO) solution center of excellence with focus on SAP platform and global SDS authoring and delivering.  Providing leading role in conjunction with SAP PS DS global partner lead and global PS service line to develop PS BPO opportunities and provide service delivery staffing scale-up, engagement management and quality .

• Identify and deliver solutions and integration services for SAP PS functional areas using project management and business analysis methodologies on projects of diverse complexity and scope; implement requested enhancements with appropriate testing, change management and communication processes.

• Meet with customers to gather and document effective business requirements and translates requirements into blueprint and other system design documents.

• Facilitate management of change issues with the adoption of new information systems. 

• Implement PS software solutions such as SAP for clients worldwide. Assist with SAP system configuration, integration, training, rollout, support, maintenance, and improvements.

• Lead consultant teams that configure/deploy SAP PS solutions; specific activities include publishing system design documents, configuring components within the solution, analyzing/migrating data, and developing custom reports/dashboards and automated interfaces.  

• Support consultant teams that develop environmental solutions with drafting system design documents, configure technical specifications, analyze/migrate data, and develop automated custom reporting functionality. 

• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of SAP methodology, principles, theories, concepts and techniques.

• Analyze user requirements, prepare requirements document, as-is & to-be processes and identify gaps.

• Design processes to meet requirements and prepare functional specifications.

• Collaborate with clients to develop/refine implementation strategy and on-going testing needs.

• Prepare test plans, conduct testing validation, and support user acceptance testing (UAT).

• Develop analytical reports and assist with documenting applications, data integration, and support procedures.

• Provide knowledge transfer enablement through formal documentation and end-user training. Engage in system support and training documentation teams, prepare and present training to internal consultants and client system users.

• Support pre-sales team on RFP preparation with the scope of work, timeline plan and high-level project plan.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or Management Information Systems.

• Strong chemistry and Product Stewardship / compliance knowledge and experience

• Experience with a minimum of three full life-cycle implementations including all phases such as planning, defining requirements, design, build, test, and deployment.

• Experience with product stewardship / compliance BPO services such as SDS authoring

• 2 to 5 years of relevant work experience in an related field.

• Hands on experience with SAP PS functional areas and business processes including Specification Management, SDS, GLM, DG and PC / SVT; demonstrated project delivery experience including implementation, development of test scripts, load testing, and working with technical and functional teams top perform analysis and make recommendations based on testing results.

• Hands on experience with unique SAP PS infrastructure requirements (GenPC and Expert servers) and technical tools (WWI, OCC/ADM, Expert)

• Strong experience in SAP system development lifecycle from understanding of requirements to proper design technique, configuration, writing, specifications, testing, and documentation as needed.

• Diversified information technology experience and sound knowledge of software, methodologies, domains and technology preferred. (Product Stewardship / Compliance: SDS, GLM, DG, PC/SVT)

• Ability and willingness to travel full time to client site if needed.

Candidates may be invited to complete an online assessment as part of our recruitment process. All personal information will be handled confidentially and in compliance with data protection laws.