Managed Services - SAP Delivery Lead - Manager at PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPERS
San Francisco, CA 94199
About the Job
A career in our Managed Services team will provide you an opportunity to collaborate with a wide array of teams to help our clients implement and operate new capabilities, achieve operational efficiencies, and harness the power of technology. Our Application Evolution Services team will provide you with the opportunity to help organizations harness the power of their enterprise applications by optimizing the technology while driving transformation and innovation to increase business performance. We assist our clients in capitalizing on technology improvements, implementing new capabilities, and achieving operational efficiencies by managing and maintaining their application ecosystems. We help our clients maximize the value of their SAP investment by managing the support and continuous transformation of their solutions in the areas of sales, finance, supply chain, engineering, manufacturing and human capital.
To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.
As a Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:
- Develop new skills outside of comfort zone.
- Act to resolve issues which prevent the team working effectively.
- Coach others, recognise their strengths, and encourage them to take ownership of their personal development.
- Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
- Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.
- Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm's/client's expectations.
- Use data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making.
- Develop a point of view on key global trends, and how they impact clients.
- Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.
- Simplify complex messages, highlighting and summarising key points.
- Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.
Job Requirements and Preferences:
Basic Qualifications:
Minimum Degree Required: Bachelor Degree
Minimum Years of Experience: 6 year(s)
Preferred Qualifications:
Preferred Knowledge/Skills:
- Demonstrates extensive abilities and/or a proven record of success as a team leader in the following areas:
- Demonstrates extensive knowledge of SAP applications and application-based solutions, emphasizing an extensive understanding multiple SAP modules and environments. This includes a demonstration of extensive knowledge of, and/or a proven record of success directly performing in, consulting, designing, implementing and leading significant tracks on larger project or leading medium sized consulting engagements within the SAP product suite;
- Demonstrates extensive SAP consulting knowledge, including a proven record of success with assisting clients in the implementation and support of SAP-packaged solutions and improvement of SAP-related business processes;
- Demonstrates extensive knowledge of, and/or a proven record of success directly managing, the common issues facing clients who provide products and services within one or more of the following industry sectors: Aerospace and Defense, Automotive, Consumer and Retail, Energy, Industrial Products, Technology or Utilities;
- Demonstrates extensive subject matter expertise of, and/or a proven record of success performing within, the SAP product suite, specifically with leading and/or assisting the technical development efforts and off-shore development resources. This includes extensive abilities to design, implement and support complex business processes, as well as deploy the technical components required for successful solutions within an SAP environment. Related areas of specialty include RICEF - Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Extensions, Forms, design and development;
- Demonstrates a proven track record of success and extensive abilities with leading and managing business development opportunities and/or engagements from pre-sale and initial scoping through final delivery and signoff, as well as developing strategy, writing, communicating, facilitating, and presenting cogently to and/or for all levels of industry audiences, clients and internal staff and management;
- Demonstrates extensive abilities and/or a proven record of success with identifying and addressing client needs, including the following: building, maintaining, and utilizing networks of client relationships and community involvement; communicating value propositions; managing resource requirements, project workflow, budgets, billing and collections; and preparing and/or coordinating complex written and verbal materials;
- Demonstrates extensive abilities with leading engagement teams, including the following: supervising teams to create an atmosphere of trust; seeking diverse views to encourage improvement and innovation; and coaching staff including providing timely meaningful written and verbal feedback.