What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Consultant - Buying and Invoicing position at Excelerated Procurement Solutions?
As Lead Consultant you will have responsibility for assisting clients to improve their finance, supply chain and procurement functions through advisory, implementation and support activities with a focus on leveraging SAP based technologies. You will play a leading role in your area of expertise with the aim to successfully deliver and implement projects within the agreed scope to the highest level of quality. You will be leading a team of consultants within a workstream of a large project or acting as a project manager in smaller engagements. You will be responsible for coaching, mentoring and assigning activities to your project team as well as engaging with senior stakeholders.
• Act as project/functional lead and ensure project deliverables are executed on time and to budget
• Document clients process flow to capture as is/to be process
• Write requirement and specification documents capturing client needs
• Configure system in line with requirements and specification documents
• Develop testing scripts in line with configured system and client requirement
• Execute and support on client testing
• Prepare and deliver presentations to support the engagement and workshops with clients
• Work effectively with senior stake holders and project team
• Maintain application knowledge as assigned to business process areas
• Solve a company’s business requirements through the blending of people, process and technology
• Direct and assign project task to team members and providing ongoing support through coaching, mentoring
• Identify ‘deviations’ and take appropriate corrective action
• Effectively transfer design and configuration knowledge to team members and provide ‘Best Business Practice’ knowledge to aid in the design process
• Support the sales team with presales activities including demos, RFP responses and technical discovery workshops