Sap (hana4) Consultant

SAP (HANA4) CONSULTANT CONTRACT/PROJECT – 3-6 MONTHS BASED SCOTTISH BORDERS – ONSITE MIN 4 DAYS/WEEK - SALARY AND EXPENSES NEGOTIABLE DOE

Based in the beautiful Scottish Borders (circa 1 hour south of Edinburgh), Grw Talent’s client is a well established global manufacturer of pre-connectorised, blown fibre cable, and ducted network solutions and is at the forefront of the fibre-to-the-X industry. They have two sites in Scotland and form part of an international business stretching into the USA and Middle-East.

As part of their future state planning the business has taken the decision to install SAP Hana4. In order to make this transition smoother post installation the Scottish operation needs to recruit a SAP Consultant on a contract/project basis. Reporting to the Scottish General Manager and Chief Supply Chain Officer, the SAP Consultant will work closely with the extended site management team and colleagues from all levels across the business. This project is best described as a post installation efficiency / turnaround project. There is a particular emphasis on better integrating the Extended Warehouse Module (EWM) and helping the business benefit from smoother transition and to get back to steady state ASAP.

Key responsibilities will include:

• A full assessment and review of the project implementation and roll out so far.
• Work closely with supply chain, demand planning, customer support and logistics on the full order to call processes and systems.
• Coach/mentor and train colleagues across the business on how best to integrate, interrogate and execute tasks on the EWM module post installation.
• Work closely with the key site leadership team to better role out and integrate the system starting with the EWM before potentially advising on other modules.
• Help the business to understand the complexities and capability of the system and instil a culture of best practice use and adoption.
• Act as the subject matter expert in the business to support colleagues, free up their time and foster a steady state of planning and execution.
• Help build out and ensure relevant reporting tools, processes and capabilities are working and providing the right data, at the right time to the right people.

We are looking for a proven SAP Consultant / SAP Project Manager / SAP Programme Manager with experience of the Hana4 SAP system and essentially the Extended Warehouse Module / EWM. This will suit candidates who have supported clients on post installation turnaround, training, efficiency giving and saving or improvement projects. Ideally, you have worked across engineering, manufacturing, technology, FMCG, pharma or utilities SAP implementation. Candidates will need to have good soft people leadership / management experience and be able to coach, mentor, listen and train people working under pressure at this time. A good hands-on / will do supportive attitude is crucial and you need to be comfortable communicating at all levels across two busy volume manufacturing environments.

Our client envisages this project to last minimum 3-6 months but there is a very real chance it might be extended for the right person and where it is clear you are able to deliver real value. As such, daily pay rate and potential expenses are negotiable at this time. We will need the candidate to be on site four days per week with one day working from home.

To apply for this position please send your resume to our recruitment partner Katie Hydes at GRW Talent or apply via LinkedIn.