SAP Data Migration Lead

SAP Data Migration Lead

Visa: USC or GC only

Contract length: 1 year

Location: Plano, TX/ Dallas, TX/ Boston, MA (Should be local to any of these locations, work will be on hybrid model/ fully remote based out of the need)

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with the client in Data Quality, Profiling and Cleansing, Data harmonization
• Collaborating with the client on Address cleansing for Customer and Vendor
• Design and develop de-duplication mechanism.
• Designing an appropriate data migration solution, Create data migration strategy and Technical Specification documents.
• Building, testing, executing, and managing data migration solution utilizing tools such SAP Data Services, Information steward, IDOCS, BAPI, LSMW and SAP Migration cockpit.
• Build data quality scorecards.
• Preload and post load report preparation and validation and advise on data cleansing requirements.
• Providing advisory services to the business to understand their data management issues and advising on appropriate data management strategies and techniques.
• Perform data migration dress rehearsals (mock loads), migration cutover tasks and post go-live support.
• A wide experience across a range of SAP ERP in Consumer Products and Retail is a plus.
• Experience in data analysis and reconciliation, Experience with mock loads and cutover planning and preparation of data migration tasks.
• Working with SAP functional consultants analyzing data migration requirements
• Able to follow, track and manage a plan provided to them, work with data migration practice and offshore team.
• Able to speak to client management team and present the status and escalate delays as identified

Skills and Experience

• 15+ years of SAP Experience.
• 10 years of SAP Data migration experience (At least 5-10 full SAP Data Migration cycles)
• Knowledge of SAP & Back office Associates Information Steward Components like Data Insight and Cleansing, Package Builder to create data quality rules and dictionaries to standardize the data.
• Strong experience in SAP Data Services, Information steward, IDOCS, BAPI, LSMW and SAP Migration cockpit, Excel, Data Services and SQL tools & Transformations.
• Knowledge of Data Quality, Profiling and Cleansing, Data harmonization
• Basics of SAP ABAP programming (ability to read code and debug). Experience with ABAP programming to include logic/validations in LSMWs is a plus.
• Knowledge on the SAP and Non-SAP Best Practices for Data Migrations
• Experience on performance optimizations
• Should be able to work independently and analyze problems and provide solutions.
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, good consulting skills are a pre-requisite, with business facing consulting capability.
• Exposure to SAP HANA. Understanding of Structure difference between SAP ECC and S4 HANA

Desirable

• Well-rounded background in databases, application security, and networks.
• Professional IT Accreditations in business analysis.

Competences and Behaviors

• Customer orientated.
• Working within an international environment
• Builds networks with customers, other team members and other relevant teams is essential.
• Keeps all relevant people appropriately informed.
• Exceptionally good communications, presentation and negotiations skills
• Technically innovative
• Able to express technical and non-technical concepts in clear verbal and written English.
• Exceptionally good written skills to document complex concepts in a comprehensive, yet readable manner
• Encourages people to be open and share their views.
• Considers a range of options that meet the needs of all stakeholders.
• Ability to use own initiative and Delivery Focused
• Takes responsibility for targets.
• Drive efficacy into all solutions delivered, demonstration clear and measurable results through the development of KPIs.
• Ambitious and competitive
• Drive innovation and best practice
• Strive for standardization and simplification in all aspects of work.