Consultant - ABAP (US Shifts)

A Consultant is an individual who participates in implementation/upgrade/support projects and deliver them either from remote or Onsite. The Consultant focuses on ABAP development objects and coordinates with remote development team. Further, the Consultant would be liaising with Project Manager for tracking and implementation of projects.

Responsibilities

• Understand the values and vision of the organization and align the activities accordingly
• Protect the Intellectual Property
• Adhere to all the policies and procedures
• Work with other line functions to collect or provide relevant data
• Ability to co-ordinate and interact with multiple teams
• Support business implementations by sharing best practice development skills
• Ability to set up the development guidelines and methodologies
• Support the onsite consulting team of experts for all relevant aspects of development work and coordination with remote development teams
• Capable of performing technical activities beyond coding
• Capable of building trust and acting as trusted adviser to the customer
• Able to manage customer expectations and avoid any escalations
• Ability to comprehend and envisage appropriate actions
• Participate in practice initiatives, showing innovation, sharing knowledge and enhancing reusability
• Prepare the Technical Specification, build the code, review the code and finally to prepare the Unit Test Cases and conduct technical research for an optimal solution
• The ABAP consultant is expected to help with queries relating to Reports, interfaces, enhancements, ALE/IDoc, Conversions, forms, Adobe forms, ABAP workflow, Web DynPro etc.
• Work with Functional team to assess operational & quality related issues, identify gaps, and manage closure of gaps, including effective Error Trend Analysis and Problem Management
• Proposal for ABAP redesign for performance improvement / tuning of ABAP objects as appropriate
• Ensure appropriate assessment of SAP OSS notes regarding relevance for ABAP Operations
• Working closely with our SAP Functional Specialists to deliver, maintain, troubleshoot and enhance SAP functionality

Essential Skills

Job 

• Excellent communication skills are essential
• Must be dynamic, flexible and possess perseverance skills
• Excellent coding skills are essential
• Knowledge on SAP Technologies like Webdynpro, Adobe forms is essential
• ABAP developer with good knowledge on WRICEF.
• Expertise on Workflow, ADOBE FORMS, Smartforms, OData Services.
• Knowledge on developing API using BAPI, IDOC, XML, OData Services.
• Knowledge on CPI development will be an added advantage.
• Proficiency in customer relationship management is essential
• Must have proficiency in ABAP ticket analysis

Personal 

• Should have understanding of business objectives and organization structure
• The candidate must have strong work ethics, trustworthiness and self-confidence 
• The candidate should work accurately with good attention to detail by maintaining confidentiality and integrity
• Must be highly collaborative and team oriented with commitment to excellence
• Ability to work under pressure to achieve the multiple daily deadlines for client deliverables, with a mature approach

Preferred Skills

Job

• The candidate should have a good problem solving approach
• Self-motivated, fast learner with the ability to operate independently
• Ability to thrive in a cross-functional team on business-critical projects
• SAP Certification is preferable
• Should have expert knowledge in ABAP technologies i.e. Interactive Reporting, Dialog Programming, BAPI, RFC, SAP Scripts, Smartforms, ALE/IDocs, Interface Programming, BDC, Workflow and Data Conversions

Personal 

• Demonstrate proactive thinking
• Negotiation and persuasion skills are required to work with partners and implement changes
• Have the ability to work under stringent deadlines and demanding client conditions 
• Should have strong interpersonal relations and business acumen