SAP Supply Chain - Extended Warehouse Management

Job description

Any UK Base Location. 100% travel mobility will be required Monday
- Friday.
About Capgemini and Technology Services With more than 115,000 people in 40 countries, Capgemini is one of the world's foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services. The Group reported 2010 global revenues of EUR 8.7 billion. Together with its clients, Capgemini creates and delivers business and technology solutions that fit their needs and drive the results they want. A deeply multicultural organization, Capgemini has developed its own way of working, the Collaborative Business ExperienceTM, and draws on Rightshore ®, its worldwide delivery model.
Rightshore® is a trademark belonging to Capgemini Learn more about us at www.capgemini.com
What’s it like to work for Capgemini Technology Services Working collaboratively is what gives us the edge. You’ll be joining other professionals, sharing ideas and using common processes and methodologies, while working on innovative technology development for our clients on a whole range of diverse and challenging assignments. Our collaborative environment ensures that you and your team can make the most of your skills.
Great client relationships come with real client intimacy and truly understanding business needs. In order to achieve this you will generally be based on a client site, often working in joint teams with members from the UK, other Capgemini operations and our offshore staff in India. Travel requirements are largely UK-based, but can also include continental Europe or further afield, depending on the type of project. At Capgemini we recognise the importance of training, and we offer extensive training opportunities covering technical skills as well as personal and leadership development. Our training solutions are tailored to cater for all our employees wherever they are, so if you are based on a client site we bring innovative training to you, using online learning and our mobile university About Technology Services From advising on technology and ensuring the success of IT programmes to designing and implementing innovative projects, Capgemini translates IT strategy into solutions that put companies ahead of the competition. Capgemini will take a project all the way from strategy and design to operational delivery, and give advice throughout. We’ll look at where the company is now and where they want to be, focusing on ROI, complete operational efficiency and getting the most from their IT assets.
With over 1200 staff in the UK, Technology Services works across all industries, in public and private organizations, delivering major IT programmes in alliance with the world’s leading providers.
The successful candidate will be a SAP Supply Chain solution lead capable of designing and implementing SAP transportation, warehousing and distribution solutions.  Specifically, the candidate will have knowledge and implementation experience of SAP’s Extended Warehouse Management solution.  Ideally they will also have knowledge of other third party Warehouse Management solutions such as Manhattan and Red Prairie.  They will also understand how these solutions integrate with SAP’s wider application suite components, specifically ECC and Transportation Management.  
Day to day activities include:
-    Speaking the language of our customers’ business, i.e. candidates will have sector specific knowledge of the Sectors we currently operate in, i.e. Consumer Products, Manufacturing, Retail, Travel and Transportation and Utilities.
-    Providing thought leadership on Warehouse Management and Logistics Solutions
-    Leading and facilitating requirements gathering, design and gap analysis workshops to identify the optimum SAP solution
-    Analysis of legacy systems, business processes and data migration
-    Leading the configuration of the SAP solution, including coordinating remote configuration and development 
-    Identification and resolution of integration issues
-    Working effectively with client and consultancy teams, including influencing key business stakeholders and other team members
-    Architecting and authoring warehouse and logistics solution content in support of sales activities.
We are looking for candidates with the following:
-    Detailed implementation experience of the SAP EWM component, ECC-WM and other ECC Logistics Execution modules. 
-    An understanding of how these solutions can be integrated to third party solutions through PI and consumed by users through one of SAP’s current User Experience offerings, e.g. Fiori/UI5, mobile, etc.
-    An ability to explain the impact HANA will have on SAP’s Warehouse and Logistics solutions.
-    Strong written and verbal communications skills that can influence at all levels including team members working remotely
-    Ability to demonstrable winning contributions to SAP related business development activity, specifically writing and presenting proposal content to prospective clients.
-    An awareness of SAP’s SCM Transportation Management component (desirable)
-    Experience of working with third party products such as Red Prairie, Manhattan or other WMS solutions (desirable).
In order to commence a role with Capgemini UK plc all candidates will be required to provide documentary proof, prior to joining the company that they are entitled to live and work in the UK.