SAP Operations Project Manager

Req ID: 381564

We are currently seeking a SAP Operations Project Manager to join our team in Guadalajara, Jalisco (MX-JAL), Mexico (MX).

Job Description - SAP Customer Delivery Associate

The CDM is the voice of the client within SAP and recognized as the main contact and escalation point for all questions and issues with regards to the ECS engagement

The Customer Delivery Manager (CDM) is the personal point of contact for all ECS customers, managing and coordinating all account activities with internal stakeholders and customers. The CDM cooperates closely with the Technical Service Managers (TSM) and the Project Lead (PL) during larger customer projects. The CDM builds a solid customer relationship and acts as a trusted advisor to the customer.

The CDM ensures that SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud customers receive the best possible service by focusing on customer satisfaction, contract adherence and profitability. He/She is responsible for ensuring contractually agreed services are being rendered, and that change requests are processed in a timely manner.

The CDM cooperates closely with the customers’ IT department and business stakeholders, cooperatively planning and coordinating service requests. Also he is in contact with the Management / C-Level and acts as trusted advisor who grows the business by driving the client’s digital transformation and generating higher customer value. The CDM shares monthly / quarterly reporting on the Service Level with the customer and advises on new services or other developments within SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud that increase the business value for the customer.

Day to Day job Duties: (what this person will do on a daily/weekly basis)

Actively drives the cloud transformation agenda with key client stakeholders to ensure adoption of S/4HANA and cloud standardization

Lead the customer engagement and ensures seamless alignment across multiple internal and external stakeholders such as SAP Services, SAP Product support, ECS Partners and customer’s System Integrators or other Hosting Partners

Perform administrative tasks required to manage the engagement (staffing, reporting and controlling).

Manage proactive delivery of service plans and reactive support requests

Host regular status and governance meetings with customers and other SAP stakeholders (extended account team)

Drive transformation and onboarding towards SAP Cloud Solutions

Drives end-to-end customer engagement including commercial responsibility (costs and profitability), customer expectations, delivery team success, customer reporting and invoicing

Achieve customer reference collateral and customer satisfaction responses

Deliver best through proactive mindset and de-escalate critical customer situations

Protect and grow engagement scope and manage commercial change requests

Participate in team-internal knowledge sharing and coach other team members

Basic Qualifications: (what are the skills required to this job with minimum years of experience on each)

Minimum 4+ years of experience in project management or SAP Operations

Minimum 4+ years of experience in a customer-facing role

Minimum 4 to 6 years of experience in service management capacity managing multiple clients.

Must have Knowledge of SAP’s cloud business, cloud and hybrid infrastructure and cloud operation processes

Experienced in IT service providers and managing outsourcing engagements.

SAP Basis, technology, and/or functional knowledge are very important.

Technical infrastructure know-how and technical understanding of virtualized system landscapes is critical for this role.

Strong project management skills customer-facing experience

Strong ability to translate between technical and non-technical audience with confidence

Strong engagement management, relationship building and de-escalation skills

Excellent presentation, communication and moderator skills

High competency in multi-tasking and ability to manage multiple engagements in parallel

Accustomed to working in an international and global virtual matrix organization

High proficiency in English. Additional languages are a big plus

Travel: This position requires someone to travel 20% to work from client locations.

Degree: Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred in Business Administration, Computer Science, Technical Engineering, Economics or related field

Nice to Have; (But not a must)

Knowledge and certifications in standards and methodologies for SAP IT operations (e.g. SAP CCoE, ITIL V4 Foundation or Expert Level, Run SAP standards, Solution Manager ALM) are beneficial.

Certification in project management methodology (e.g. PMP) is beneficial.

About NTT DATA

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