Business Process Consultants, SAP PLM, SoCal, 18 Months+

NOTE:  Professionals applying for this job must either be a U.S. Citizen or possess a Green Card to be considered.  Neither Ace nor our client will be sponsoring anyone at this time.

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the detailed planning of IT implementations including blueprint and requirements
• Conducts customer workshops to understand and document business process requirements
• Advise customers on industry best practices in the area of PLM
• Configures the requirements in SAP PLM
• Prepares functional specifications
• Supports/conducts testing, training and data migration
• Carries out IT Process implementations across related IT components
• Provides expert consulting
• Supports system optimization
• Team lead responsibilities.

Experience Required:

• 3+ years  PLM
• 7+ years significant functional experience in one or more of PM, SCM/APO, SD, CRM, PP, BI
• SAP ERP Master data concepts and integration.
• Data Migration methodologies
• Legacy to SAP migration
• Physical and logical data modeling
• Script writing and SQL statements
• Inman and Kimbal architecture
• Consulting and client facing experience
• Project life cycle methodologies such as ASAP, Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, etc.

Skills:

• Excellent presentation skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Customer management skills
• ASAP and other methodologies
• SOLMAN experience
• several ERP implementations

Start Date:

June 24, 2013

Location:

Southern California

Contract Length:

1 year + extension

To Apply:

Email Resume/CV by clicking here.

SAP Senior BI/BW Consultants, So Cal, 1 yr+

NOTE:  Professionals applying for this job must either be a U.S. Citizen or possess a Green Card to be considered.  Neither Ace nor our client will be sponsoring anyone at this time.

Description:

The BW/BI Developer position will be responsible for the development, support & maintenance of SAP BI/BW version 7.0 connected to ECC 6.0 system including the following SAP modules: FI , MM and SD.  

BW/BI developer will be responsible for analysis, design, and development of SAP BW backend components and integration with Business Objects for front end reports and dashboards. 

Responsibilities:

• Develop and drive the implementation of BW best practices and standards for the team.
• Plan, prioritize, and execute BW/BI 7.0 Development across the team
• Analyze and configure BW/BI 7.0 data environment to facilitate custom reporting and data analytics solutions.
• Build and enhance BI objects such as InfoObjects, InfoCubes, InfoSources/Data Sources, Master Data, Transformations, Update Rules, ODS, Extractors, Infosets, Aggregates, Process Chains, User Exits.
• Interact with business to gather requirements, prioritize work, develop enhancements to the existing system, coordinate testing, and perform change management/training for BW Reporting and applications.
• Develop BW structures and support for ETL processes for data feeding in / out BW 
• Design data structures to optimize data load times and end-user data access response times
• Design processes to minimize data quality risks and proactively identify potential data issue
• Perform analysis and design; write technical specifications; configuration and programming in the SAP/BI environment, including testing and implementation.
• Monitor, communicate and troubleshoot issues with data integrity, data design, and functional and technical software issues.
• Design complex, custom BW solutions or component objects translating complex requirements into an optimal BW design.
• Perform routine program modifications, performance tuning, problem solving, debugging, and unit testing.
• Support the on boarding and training of BW Power Users. This includes providing technical training of key BW toolsets such as BeX analyzers, query designers, Business Objects.
• Adhere to good systems development methodology
• Prepare project related documentation (functional design, technical design, test scripts) during the different stages of a project.  

Start Date:

June 3, 2013

Location:

Southern California

Contract Length:

1 year + extension

To Apply:

Email Resume/CV by clicking here.

SAP Senior Business Process CRM Consultant, SoCal, 1yr+

NOTE:  Professionals applying for this job must either be a U.S. Citizen or possess a Green Card to be considered.  Neither Ace nor our client will be sponsoring anyone at this time.

Description:

A SAP CRM Consultant is responsible for participating in the planning, development, maintenance, and enhancement of SAP applications and the functional areas of an SAP package. Occupants of this position are assigned to project teams and utilize a variety of client/server platforms. Incumbents collaborate with company customers, staff, IT, and other stakeholders to identify user requirements, assess available technologies, and recommend solution options according to the customer’s activities.

Individuals in this position are competent to perform work at the highest technical level within this job family. They are familiar with SAP project management, but do not have project leadership responsibility for SAP module areas.  However, they may regularly coach other team members, or plan work for others to meet sub-project deadlines.

Responsibilities:

• Provide business analysis and process redesign expertise in one or more functional areas (finance, accounting, sales, etc.) within the enterprise specifically in the analysis, and redesign, of SAP functions and processes
• Communicate SAP capabilities/possibilities within CRM module
• Customize SAP functionality to satisfy business requirements and business process design
• Prepare business specifications for reports
• Formulate and define application scope and objectives and devise/modify procedures to solve business problems
• Develop familiarity with production operations, as well as established priorities and sequences for processes
• Develop business relationships and integrate activities with other IT areas to ensure successful implementation and support project efforts.
• Lead small sub-projects or regularly coach other project personnel to ensure business application systems are developed in away that complies with architectural standards and established methodologies and best practices.
• Foster and maintain good relationships with customers and IT colleagues to meet expected customer service levels.
• Monitor and report to management on the status of project efforts, anticipating/identifying issues that inhibit the attainment of project goals and implementing corrective actions.

Skills/Knowledge:

• Comprehensive understanding of SAP’s customizing toolset, including IMG (Implementation Management Guide).
• SAP configuration skills in CRM Module
• SAP functional skills in CRM Module
• Solid understanding of SAP data model in CRM
• Thorough business understanding of manufacturing processes in a plant environment.
• Familiarity with SAP architecture.
• Good project management skills, operating as part of a team organizing, planning, and executing large scale projects from vision through implementation.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills, with an ability to express complex business concepts in technical terms.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and conceptual skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to work well on cross functional project teams and foster team commitment to tasks.
• Conceptual knowledge of information technologies and methodologies.
• Experience in the industry or in a production/service environment similar to that of the employer is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of project management techniques and cross functional experience.
• An understanding of programming concepts and experience with structured design, development, and implementation of new computing architectures.
• Experience with software unit and integration testing.

Start Date:

June 10, 2013

Location:

Southern California

Contract Length:

1 year + extension

To Apply:

Email Resume/CV by clicking here.

SAP BASIS Administrator, SoCal, 1 year+

NOTE:  Professionals applying for this job must either be a U.S. Citizen or possess a Green Card to be considered.  Neither Ace nor our client will be sponsoring anyone at this time.

Description:

Under minimal supervision, the SAP BASIS Administrator maintains the life-cycle management of SAP systems within a SAP Landscape of BW, Solution Manager and Portal.

Applies standard SAP principles, concepts and techniques in system installation, user administration, managing system access, monitoring performance and problem diagnosis and resolution. Demonstrates excellent tactical approaches that also reflect the strategic perspective.

Work is largely self-directed and may receive general review for overall fit with the SAP and enterprise strategy.

Administers all aspects of the SAP BW, Solution Manager and Portal systems. Installs the system, performs upgrades, and applies system “patches” (OSS notes, support packages, add-ons). Supports the technical implementation of the SAP system landscape as it evolves (i.e., development, test, staging and production). Performs system refreshes; participates in the scheduling of refreshes as requested. Monitors and tunes performance and workflow

Manages the SAP system landscape, including the Transport Management System. Performs systems maintenance and upgrades as needed, including backups and restores. Solves a wide range of difficult problems independently. Identifies needed system corrections and enhancements and recommends changes. Applies advanced system management principles, concepts and techniques. Evaluates and recommends new hardware, software, tools and utilities within the SAP environment. Provides staffing for systems support consistent with Service Level Agreements. Works extensively with and has moderate influence among others within the SAP group, the IT Department and with others outside the IT Department. Provides subject matter expertise in technical and process discussions; may serve as a member of a technology advisory group. Fulfills routine communication requirements. Acts as a technical resource to other SAP support personnel and IT personnel.

Required Skills/Experience:

• Must have UNIX shell scripting experience to maintain and develop SAP monitoring scripts with email notification and integration with Remedy for ticket management.
• Must have security experience
• Must have HA clustering experience in the UNIX environment for SAP ECC and SAP Portal. Must be able to support active/active and active/passive nodes.
• Must have STMS transport configuration, setup and troubleshooting experience
• Solid understanding of relational database theory, including familiarity with Oracle database structures; solid understanding of programming concepts, including familiarity with SQL programming.

Start Date:

June 10, 2013

Location:

Southern California

Contract Length:

1 year + extension

To Apply:

Email Resume/CV by clicking here.

Item Analyst (Business Analyst), 12+ months, TX

NOTE:  U.S. Citizens, Green Card holders, EAD or H1B Sponsored only, please!  All-inclusive contract – no expenses paid.  Preference given to candidates in and around the Austin, TX metro area.

Requirements:

• Data collection and extraction
• Data cleansing
• SQL
• MS Access
• MS Excel
• Extracting data from Lawson to compare to PeopleSoft for migration

Contract Length:

12 month contract with possibility of extension

Location:

Texas

To Apply:

Email Resume/CV by clicking here.

Supply Chain Analyst, 12+ months, TX

NOTE:  U.S. Citizens, Green Card holders, EAD or H1B Sponsored only, please!  All-inclusive contract – no expenses paid.  Preference given to candidates in and around the Austin metro area.

Requirements:

• Deep Supply Chain experience
• Data validation
• Vendor relations experience
• Gap analysis
• Finance background
• Healthcare experience
• Experienced in full conversions
• Lawson or Peoplesoft

Contract Length:

12 month contract with possibility of extension

Location:

Texas

To Apply:

Email Resume/CV by clicking here.

Business Process Consultants, SAP SD, SoCal, 1 year+

NOTE:  Professionals applying for this job must either be a U.S. Citizen or possess a Green Card to be considered.  Neither Ace nor our client will be sponsoring anyone at this time.

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the detailed planning of IT implementations including blueprint and requirements
• Conducts customer workshops to understand and document business process requirements
• Advise customers on industry best practices in the area of SD
• Configures the requirements in SAP SD
• Prepares functional specifications
• Supports/conducts testing, training and data migration
• Carries out IT Process implementations across related IT components
• Provides expert consulting
• Supports system optimization
• Team lead responsibilities

Experience required:

• 5+ years SD
• significant experience in one or more of  SCM/APO, MM, PP, PM, BI
• SAP ERP Master data concepts and integration.
• Data Migration methodologies
• Legacy to SAP migration
• Physical and logical data modeling
• Script writing and SQL statements
• Inman and Kimbal architecture
• Consulting and client facing experience
• Project life cycle methodologies such as ASAP, Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, etc.
• Onsite/offsite delivery model

Skills:

• Excellent presentation skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Customer management skills
• ASAP and other methodologies
• SOLMAN experience
• several ERP implementations

Start Date:

May 20, 2013

Location:

Southern California

Contract Length:

1 year + extension

To Apply:

Email Resume/CV by clicking here.

Business Process Consultants, SAP SCM, SoCal, 1 year+

NOTE:  Professionals applying for this job must either be a U.S. Citizen or possess a Green Card to be considered.  Neither Ace nor our client will be sponsoring anyone at this time.

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the detailed planning of IT implementations including blueprint and requirements
• Conducts customer workshops to understand and document business process requirements
• Advise customers on industry best practices in the area of SCM
• Configures the requirements in SAP SCM
• Prepares functional specifications
• Supports/conducts testing, training and data migration
• Carries out IT Process implementations across related IT components
• Provides expert consulting
• Supports system optimization
• Team lead responsibilities

Experience required:

• 5+ years either  SCM/APO,  and MM
• significant experience in one or more of  SD, PP, PM, BI
• SAP ERP Master data concepts and integration.
• Data Migration methodologies
• Legacy to SAP migration
• Physical and logical data modeling
• Script writing and SQL statements
• Inman and Kimbal architecture
• Consulting and client facing experience
• Project life cycle methodologies such as ASAP, Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, etc.
• Onsite/offsite delivery model

Skills:

• Excellent presentation skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Customer management skills
• ASAP and other methodologies
• SOLMAN experience
• several ERP implementations

Start Date:

May 20, 2013

Location:

Southern California

Contract Length:

1 year + extension

To Apply:

Email Resume/CV by clicking here.

Business Process Consultants, SAP PM, SoCal, 1 year+

NOTE:  Professionals applying for this job must either be a U.S. Citizen or possess a Green Card to be considered.  Neither Ace nor our client will be sponsoring anyone at this time.

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the detailed planning of IT implementations including blueprint and requirements
• Conducts customer workshops to understand and document business process requirements
• Advise customers on industry best practices in the area of PM
• Configures the requirements in SAP PM
• Prepares functional specifications
• Supports/conducts testing, training and data migration
• Carries out IT Process implementations across related IT components
• Provides expert consulting
• Supports system optimization
• Team lead responsibilities

Experience required:

• 5+ years  MM
• significant experience in one or more of  SCM/APO, SD, PP, MM, BI
• SAP ERP Master data concepts and integration.
• Data Migration methodologies
• Legacy to SAP migration
• Physical and logical data modeling
• Script writing and SQL statements
• Inman and Kimbal architecture
• Consulting and client facing experience
• Project life cycle methodologies such as ASAP, Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, etc.
• Onsite/offsite delivery model

Skills:

• Excellent presentation skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Customer management skills
• ASAP and other methodologies
• SOLMAN experience
• several ERP implementations

Start Date:

May 20, 2013

Location:

Southern California

Contract Length:

1 year + extension

To Apply:

Email Resume/CV by clicking here.

Business Process Consultants, SAP MM, SoCal, 1 year+

NOTE:  Professionals applying for this job must either be a U.S. Citizen or possess a Green Card to be considered.  Neither Ace nor our client will be sponsoring anyone at this time.

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the detailed planning of IT implementations including blueprint and requirements
• Conducts customer workshops to understand and document business process requirements
• Advise customers on industry best practices in the area of MM
• Configures the requirements in SAP MM
• Prepares functional specifications
• Supports/conducts testing, training and data migration
• Carries out IT Process implementations across related IT components
• Provides expert consulting
• Supports system optimization
• Team lead responsibilities

Experience required:

• 5+ years  MM
• significant experience in one or more of  SCM/APO, SD, PP, PM, BI
• SAP ERP Master data concepts and integration.
• Data Migration methodologies
• Legacy to SAP migration
• Physical and logical data modeling
• Script writing and SQL statements
• Inman and Kimbal architecture
• Consulting and client facing experience
• Project life cycle methodologies such as ASAP, Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, etc.
• Onsite/offsite delivery model

Skills:

• Excellent presentation skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Customer management skills
• ASAP and other methodologies
• SOLMAN experience
• several ERP implementations

Start Date:

May 20, 2013

Location:

Southern California

Contract Length:

1 year + extension

To Apply:

Email Resume/CV by clicking here.