Principal Consultant, SAP EHS, Product Compliance, Sustainability

Role Overview

• Lead opportunity development sales team on RFP preparation with the scope of work, level of effort estimation, timeline plan and high-level project plan.
• Define and lead sales campaigns – platform, business requirement, solution based
• Lead collateral content development and webinar preparation / delivery
• Lead pre-sale solution demos
• Evaluate EHS PS software systems available on the market, including assisting clients with system requirements and system selection.
• Provide advice on different EHS 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.
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of SAP methodology, principles, theories, concepts and techniques.
• 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.
• Analyze user requirements, prepare requirements document, as-is & to-be processes and identify gaps.
• Prepare for and lead project Blueprinting sessions with customer stakeholders to gather and document effective business requirements and translates requirements into functional and technical design specification documents.
• Design processes to meet requirements and prepare functional specifications.
• Facilitate management of change issues with the adoption of new information systems.
• 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).
• Implement SAP EHS Product Compliance 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 EHS Product Compliance solutions; specific activities include publishing system design documents, configuring components within the solution, analyzing/migrating data, and specifying custom reports/dashboards and automated interfaces.
• 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or Chemical / Environmental Engineering / Science.
• Strong chemistry and Product Stewardship / compliance knowledge and experience
• Experience with a minimum of six full life-cycle implementations including all phases
• 6 to 8 years’ experience – consulting and/or industry; consulting project sales experience a must

• = 4 Full Cycle SAP Product Compliance deployments – ECC and/or S/4HANA – including all phases such as planning, defining requirements, design, build, test, and deployment

• Strong Chemical / Pharmaceutical business and market knowledge
• Strong SAP technical knowledge of specification database, materials management materials master & procurement, Logistics shipping & delivery, customer master and overall SAP landscape functionality & integration
• Strong business process knowledge – Product Stewardship / Product Compliance, P2P, OTC, and Manufacturing
• SME in Specification database / Substance Data Model, SDS authoring/distribution, DG classification/checks, GLM, Global product compliance / SVT including checks, and Discrete Product Compliance
• Commercial acumen and drive – track record of customer relations, business development and proposal management
• Project delivery skills – track record of technical delivery success to scope and budget
• Track record of proposal preparation experience – Strong writing & estimating skills required
• Rich personal contact network expected – industry EHS&S contacts, SAP & Partner ecosphere, consultant community
• Self-motivated and driven
• People skills – project staff leadership, client stakeholder engagement, client leadership relationship.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Flexible working hours
• Professional development opportunities