Company Overview
KION SCS is a leading supplier of integrated automated technology, software and services to optimize the supply chain. KION SCS employs over 6,000 skilled logistics professionals to serve its customers globally, with engineering centers and manufacturing facilities located around the world. KION SCS is one brand under the KION Group of companies and has implemented more than 6,000 integrated systems for a customer base that includes small, medium and large companies doing business in a variety of market sectors.
Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, KION SCS is a member of KION Group, a global leader in industrial trucks, related services and supply chain solutions. Across more than 100 countries worldwide, the KION Group designs, builds and supports logistics solutions that optimize material and information flow within factories, warehouses and distribution centers. The company is the largest manufacturer of industrial trucks in Europe, the second-largest producer of forklifts globally and a leading provider of warehouse automation.
The Role
KION SCS is looking for a SAP Technical Consultant responsible for managing the Technical developments of the SAP Systems in our NA region. As the Technical Consultant / Developer, you will have the opportunity to work on the Business Transformation project for KION SCS and build / customize the SAP S/4HANA applications.What we offer:
Essential Role And Responsibilities
To be successful in this demanding role, your proven track record will enable you to deliver against the following key performance areas:
- Responsible for successful implementation of SAP Project Systems (PS), including providing functional expertise, guidance, presentation, and instruction on SAP products to users.
- Responsible for creating complex estimates inside SAP PS and Integrate project variations into your project cost forecasting, revenue, and budget reporting.
- Knowledge and experience of intercompany processes in SAP PS.
- Schedule project dates using intuitive and user-friendly Fiori Gantt Chart.
- Design and implement core functionalities of SAP PS structures, WBS, Network, Milestones, Cost Planning, Budgeting, Material Requirement planning, Project quotation, Time sheets, Goods issues.
- Facilitates the gathering of requirements, designing, implementing, and supporting SAP PS to enhance the clients’ business functionality and performance.
- Configure the SAP system in the areas of SAP PS to meet the requirements collected during blueprinting work sessions.
- Develop process models based on business requirements to determine the completeness of the information and process components.
- Analyze business requirements (e.g., functional, and technical requirements, information need, business processes) by conducting information-gathering sessions with clients, analyzing the information and being able to document an accurate understanding of their business requirements and mapping of those to SAP business processes.
- Provide support (e.g., break/fix, how to expertise, minor enhancements, monitoring, testing) for business applications or infrastructure to associates or third parties to maintain their productivity level (including international and fourth level break/fix support).
- Monitor Risks / Issues and prepare appropriate mitigation plans.
- Provide support (e.g., break/fix, how to expertise, minor enhancements, monitoring, testing) for business applications or infrastructure to associates or third parties to maintain their productivity level (including international and fourth level break/fix support). Ability to deliver basic SAP training to client end-users.
What We Are Looking For
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, MIS, Engineering, or similar field.
- 2+ years of experience in SAP Project Systems.
- 2 or more full life cycle implementations of SAP would be considered an asset.
- Desired experience with CPM.
- SAP EC&O industry experience with S/4HANA and SAP FIORI.
- Experience working in S/4HANA Implementation projects.
- Strong functional knowledge on the SAP PS, Network, WBS, and overall SAP functional knowledge (integration with other components / modules).
- Experience creating cost plans from approved estimates by dragging & dropping estimate items to project WBS or Network Activities.
- Experience Compare Estimates with Project Forecasts and Actual Costs, thus analyzing the accuracy of the estimates.
- Desired implementation experience of PPM/CPM.
- Integration knowledge with various SAP modules like MM,QM, CO, PP, PM, WM, SD, and FI.
- Proficient using Project Management tools (JIRA), preparing, and presenting project reports.
- Knowledge testing methodologies, processes, and tools for testing of functionality, including unit, integration, system, regression, and dry run testing.
- Ability to design and develop test plans (e.g., test objectives, test cases, test data, test scripts) for executing unit, integration, system, or acceptance testing to ensure the solution meets the business requirements.
- Strong communication skills (English required C1/C2).
- Resume/CV must be submitted in English.
- Willingness to travel up to 10% internationally.
Top Skills
What We Do
Looking to make your move? Then you’ve come to the right place! We are the KION Group, and the world of intralogistics is our home. Our solutions ensure the smooth flow of materials and information in production plants, warehouses, and distribution centers in over 100 countries.
We have around 41,000 employees who make a real difference, helping us to become who we are today: the biggest manufacturer of forklift trucks and warehouse handling equipment in Europe, and one of the world’s leading warehouse automation providers.
Successful? We are, but it’s all down to the motivated, highly trained, and multi-talented people that work for us. Would you like to be part of an international, diverse team? We can offer you interesting jobs and exciting career opportunities in an innovative, rapidly-growing, and forward-looking industry.
With us, you benefit from numerous development opportunities in a globally active group, including the possibility of working at one of our locations abroad on a temporary basis.
No matter which of our sites you work at, the KION values—integrity, collaboration, courage, and excellence—shape our individual action and our collaboration with colleagues, managers, customers, suppliers, and applicants both nationally and internationally.
Who makes up the KION Group? With our international brands Linde Material Handling, STILL, and Baoli, as well as regional brands Fenwick and OM, we stand for exceptional technology and service expertise for forklift trucks and warehouse handling equipment around the world. Dematic expands the portfolio with its automated material handling solutions for intralogistics processes in warehouses, production, and sales
