Job description

SAP Testing Consultant

SAP Skills

• 3-6 years of experience in one or more SAP modules.
• At least one full life-cycle implementation project (from Blueprint/Explore through Go-Live).
• Understands of SAP Activate Methodology.
• Ability to use Service Marketplace to create tickets, research notes and review release notes.
• Technical background and an understanding of the SAP Application Systems.
• Testing Methodology.
• Stages of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), and Bug Life Cycle.
• Develop, Update and Maintain Test Suites, Test Cases, Test Data.
• Map test cases with requirements, generate RTM and test results using tools such as HP ALM/Quality Center.
• Understands of Testing Metrics.

Responsibilities

• Review of software requirements.
• Support the lead in estimation and planning of testing activities.
• Prepares test cases and test data.
• Executes test cases and test data.
• Achieves organization testing metrics such as productivity, defect removal efficiency.
• Reporting of defects.
• Prepares test status reports.

Business Skills

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, the ability to clearly and concisely communicate with others.
• Experience with Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Understands business processes for focus area or multiple modules.
• Ability to do research and perform detailed tasks.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Understands business functionality related to SAP module/application as well as can identify and understand touch points between modules.
• Understands how to solve detailed SAP problems.
• Understands and can explain best business practices, especially those that SAP enables.
• Understands detailed business functionality related directly and indirectly to SAP project.
• Apply best business practices, especially those that SAP enables to meet client needs.

Consulting Skills

• Aptitude for working in a team environment; problem solving skills, creative thinking, communicating clearly and empathetically, strong time management and ability to collaborate with all levels of staff.
• Ability to explain ideas and concepts to other project team members and to client personnel.
• Has a solid foundation for consulting “soft” skills necessary on client engagements, may act as a coach for others related to these soft skills.
• Ability to interpret requirements and apply SAP best practices.
• Ability to identify upsell opportunities and assists in management of scope.
• Develop new professional peer relationships for additional business or possible new consultants.
• Helps develop overall marketing messages.
• Communicates project resource requirements to staffing coordinator/clients.
• Ensures quality implementation (works with QA program)
• May participate in Pre-Sales as part of the client pursuit team.

Supervision Skills

• Self-starter with ability to manage their own time and task in order to meet project milestones.
• Manages team task lists in order to meet project milestones.
• Monitors team status and reports variances.

Leadership Skills

• Seeks ways to increase the project team effectiveness.

General Skills/Tasks

• May lead and focus project team efforts in developing solutions for client situations.
• Evaluates and designs application and/or technical architectures.
• Leads team effort in developing solutions for projects.
• Completes assignments within budget, meets project deadlines, makes and keeps sensible commitments to client and team.
• Meets billing efficiency targets, complies with all administrative responsibilities in a timely and effective manner.
• Keeps project management appraised of project direction and client concerns.
• Understands client’s business and technical environments.
• Regularly prepares status reports.
• Effectively manage a single engagement on a detailed level.
• Define project scope.
• Direct team efforts in developing solutions for mission critical client needs.
• Manage the team responsible for the daily activities of assigned projects.