SAP Procurement and Logistics Consultant - Crescens Inc.

Role: SAP Procurement and Logistics Modules
Location: Harrisburg, PA (Hybrid)
Duration: 7+ Month
Type: Contract

Preferred skills include:

• Strong attention to detail
• Analytical thinking
• Good communication skills (verbal and written)
• Experience complex systems project management including planning, scheduling, monitoring, and problem solving
• Extensive knowledge and experience in inventory management, warehouse management, Barcoding applications, etc
• Extensive knowledge and experience Supplier Lifecycle Management
• Extensive knowledge and experience in billing and invoicing with AP integration
• Extensive knowledge and experience Vendor Portals for supplier management
• Extensive knowledge and experience of Purchase Requisitions/Shopping
• Carts, Approvals of Purchase Requisitions /Shopping Carts, the issuance of
• Purchase Orders, and the management of RFx's, vendors, and Contracts
• Extensive knowledge and experience with S4 Sourcing and Procurement Fiori apps
• Experience with operation and configuration of SAP S4 Sourcing and Procurement application
• Proficient technical writer

Position Duties:

For this position, candidates should have extensive experience working with SAP S4 Sourcing and Procurement. Certifications in SAP S4 Sourcing and Procurement modules will be a plus. Candidates must understand S4 Sourcing and Procurement End-to-End business processes, data, and transactions. Must be detail-oriented and have strong analytical, communication and collaboration skills.

The selected Candidate will perform the following duties:

• Serves as business point of contact and subject matter expert to the ERP Upgrade Project.
• Serve as SME on Contracting, Sourcing and Procurement business processes for the implementation of new or revised ERP enterprise software system, application, processes and related systems and procedures.
• Provides project leadership, coordination, data, testing, and support for assigned Sourcing & Procurement subsystems. Assists project team with implementation project, and communication plans. Drafts or revises related policies and procedures as impacted by the project.
• Learns existing SAP/SRM Contracting, Sourcing and Procurement business processes to facilitate mapping to new business requirements and ERP processes.
• Must have the ability to quickly adapt and learn PTC's current state end-to-end Contracting, Sourcing and Procurement businesses processes. Understanding our current state business and system processes will be vital to facilitate mapping of new business requirements in our to-be design.
• Assist in providing strategic oversight for existing and new business requirements including reporting; partnering with IT and Master Data to find efficient solutions.
• Partner with the System integrator, internal I.T., and the Contracting, Sourcing and Procurement teams to develop the department's reporting capabilities to provide flexible reporting and analysis tools for strategic analyses, operational reporting, and decision-making support.
• Support Data Profiling and Cleansing of Contracting, Sourcing and Procurement master and transactional data
• Support Data reconciliations and validations in support of project activities
• Support all Project testing activities.
• Identify and document all GAPs, risks, and mitigation strategies.
• Support Cutover and Hypercare support post-go live.
• Develops and documents workflow processes in the operation of our ERP Systems. Works with the system integrator and Information Technology staff to implement complex workflow processes.
• Assists project team in identifying training needs which includes initial training for new users, training on new processes or training to groups on specific functionality, etc. Assists in developing user procedures, guidelines, and documentation where required.
• Assures modifications and upgrades are successfully tested before implementation to the live environment.
• Supports best practices for system and process change management, documentation of system processes and business practices, and the development of standards for processes.

Required Skills:

• SAP Procurement and Logistics modules.
  Experience coordinating procurement activities for a variety of services and materials
• Experience complex systems project management including planning, scheduling, monitoring, and problem solving
• Extensive knowledge and experience in inventory management, warehouse management, Barcoding applications, etc
• Extensive knowledge and experience Supplier Lifecycle Management
• Extensive knowledge and experience in billing and invoicing with AP integration
• Extensive knowledge and experience Vendor Portals for supplier management
• Extensive knowledge and experience of Purchase Requisitions/Shopping Carts, Approvals of Purchase Requisitions /Shopping Carts
• Extensive knowledge and experience of the issuance of Purchase Orders, and the management of RFx's, vendors, and Contracts
• Extensive knowledge and experience with S4 Sourcing and Procurement Fiori apps
• Experience with operation and configuration of SAP S4 Sourcing and Procurement application
• Proficient technical writer
• Strong attention to detail
• Analytical thinking
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written)