at PwC in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Specialty/Competency: SAP
Industry/Sector: Not Applicable
Time Type: Full time
Travel Requirements: Up to 60%
A career in our SAP Source to Pay practice, within SAP Consulting services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients maximise the value of their SAP investment with offerings that address sales, finance, supply chain, engineering, and human capital. We provide comprehensive consulting, system integration and implementation services across multiple SAP applications, products and technologies. Simply put, we focus on delivering business led, technology enabled change for our clients including industry specific enterprise resource planning and the latest in mobile, analytics and cloud solutions.
In our Source to Pay team, you’ll work with our clients to transform their procurement and sourcing function and processes by leveraging SAP applications to enhance their core transaction processing and reporting competencies ultimately strengthening their ability to support management decision making and corporate strategy.
To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.
As a Director, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:
+ Support team to disrupt, improve and evolve ways of working when necessary.
+ Arrange and sponsor appropriate assignments and experiences to help people realise their potential and support their long-term aspirations.
+ Identify gaps in the market and spot opportunities to create value propositions.
+ Look for opportunities to scale efficiencies and new ways of working across multiple projects and environments.
+ Create an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
+ I promote and encourage others to value difference when working in diverse teams.
+ Drive and take ownership for developing connections that help deliver what is best for our people and stakeholders.
+ Influence and facilitate the creation of long-term relationships which add value to the firm.
+ Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.
Job Requirements and Preferences :
Basic Qualifications :
Minimum Degree Required :
Bachelor Degree
Minimum Years of Experience :
10 year(s)
Preferred Qualifications :
Preferred Knowledge/Skills :
Demonstrates thought leader-level abilities with, and/or a proven record of success directing efforts in the following areas:
+ Implementing SAP Ariba and S/4 Hana;
+ Leading a team on supply chain focused procurement, material and inventory management;
+ Configuring and implementing SAP SCC, S/4 Hana and Ariba Cloud applications such as Buying and Invoicing, Strategic Sourcing, Commerce automation and supply chain collaboration;
+ Possessing experience in digital transformation around source to pay using cloud technology;
+ Driving work to establish business requirements are met;
+ Monitoring project issues and escalations;
+ Leading SAP Ariba and S/4 Hana implementations from planning to configuration through go-live;
+ Creating a positive environment by monitoring workloads of the team while meeting client expectations and respecting the work-life quality of team members;
+ Demonstrating proven extensive abilities and success with identifying and addressing client needs, actively participating in client discussions and meetings; communicating a broad range of Firm services;
+ Demonstrating intimate-level abilities in managing engagements including preparing concise, accurate documents and balancing project economics management with the occurrence of unanticipated issues;
+ Demonstrating proven extensive abilities and success as a team leader by creating a positive environment by monitoring workloads of the team while meeting client expectations and respecting the work-life quality of team members, providing candid, meaningful feedback in a timely manner, and keeping leadership informed of progress and issues;
+ Demonstrating a proven record of success as a team leader driving work to establish business requirements are met;
+ Demonstrating a proven record of success as a project leader including monitoring project issues and escalations;
+ Demonstrating an understanding of the common issues facing clients who provide products and services within one or more of the following sectors: banking, insurance, and/or investment management, aerospace and defense, automotive, healthcare, consumer and retail, energy, industrial products, technology or utilities;
+ Demonstrating ability to identify and address client needs by: building, maintaining, and utilizing networks of client relationships and community involvement; managing resource requirements, project workflow, budgets, billing and collections; using networking, negotiation and persuasion skills to identify and sell potential new service opportunities, and communicate value propositions; preparing and presenting complex written and verbal materials; defining resource requirements, project workflow, budgets, billing and collection; and,
+ Demonstrating ability to lead teams to generate a vision, establish direction and motivate members, create an atmosphere of trust, leverage diverse views, coach staff, and encourage improvement and innovation.
Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work
PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.
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Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed, unless otherwise set forth on the following webpage. Please visit this link for information about anticipated application deadlines: https://pwc.to/us-application-deadlines
The salary range for this position is: $148,000 – $317,000, plus individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual’s skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance
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