EAM Lead Solution Architect 8914

About Us

Rizing a Wipro Company is a global system integrator that uses SAP solutions to help customers assess physical equipment prevent unexpected downtime improve asset lifespan and get highquality cost insights. Rizing services customers in many assetintensive industries including Utilities Oil & Gas Chemicals Transportation Mining Government Manufacturing and Construction.

Description

Utilizes advanced solution architectural expertise to support software implementation projects. Supports overall project planning by providing functional strategic guidance. Contributes to business development through leading complex discussions with clients and potential clients to promote Rizings latest offerings.

Solution Architect works with clients and plays a lead role in the support and delivery of SAP services that are designed to manage the entire asset lifecycle maximise its use and productivity and ensure adherence to enterprise and regulatory procedures. This includes but is not limited to expertise across best practices and use of the SAP solution suite for the asset life cycle. The SAP solution suite will evolve over time and is currently comprised of Project & Portfolio Management (PPM) Plant Maintenance (PM) Materials Management (MM) Project Systems (PS) Supply Chain Management (SCM) Finance (FI) and Real Estate (RE) along with related areas within the Organizational Risk Management (ORM) modules (e.g. Management of Change Work Clearance Management Incident Management Risk Management and Worker Safety) as well as niche areas such as Mobility Analytics Scheduling Linear Asset Management (LAM) Compatible Units (CU) GIS integration. All solution architecture should be undertaken within the IS55000 framework.

Essential Functions

• Develop and enforce architectural guidelines to align with clients architectural principles and project objectives ensuring cohesive direction.
• Ensure solution designs not only meet business objectives but also deliver tangible value to client while maintaining highquality standards.
• Provide strategic guidance on clean core principles advising against overly complex designs to uphold architectural integrity and longterm sustainability.
• Ensure the architecture team validates draft designs against new S/4HANA capabilities and technology advancements for futureproof solutions.
• Take direct ownership of key strategic design decisions that span multiple work streams ensuring design is consistently understood and that the overall solution will integrate successfully.
• Ensure minimum disruption to existing platforms and processes by overseeing seamless functional and technical integration efforts.
• Foster effective communication and collaboration with Rizing and clients solution and enterprise architects ensuring alignment and coordinated efforts.
• Lead architecture forums to facilitate discussions on updates challenges progress and risks fostering collaboration and informed decisionmaking among project architects and leads.
• Conduct QA reviews and change request evaluations to uphold design quality and ensure compliance with established guidelines maintaining a focus on excellence.
• Promptly communicate risks and issues providing clear direction for resolution to maintain project alignment and success ensuring proactive management of potential obstacles

Key Responsibilities

Client Delivery General

• Manage your own consulting workload.
• Ensure meaningful and relevant lines of communication are open with the client at all levels.
• Assist in embedding and making sustainable the newly implemented System Integration Processes and associated Business Systems.
• Work to ensure that customers needs and concerns are understood met and are dealt with appropriately.
• Work to ensure considerable focus is given to the people and change aspects of Process and Systems improvement.
• Work as directed to ensure consistency of approach process and performance across all clients.
• Assist in identifying qualifying and delivering business process and systems improvements.
• Support the implementation of Business Process Improvement to our clients.
• Focus on ensuring quality results are achieved for our clients.

Client Management

• Identify and develop relationships with key client personnel.
• Assist to identify and deliver possibilities for new consulting projects within the client.
• Assist in identifying opportunities to increase consultant numbers within existing projects.
• Assist to identify opportunities to increase contract duration within existing projects.

Key Responsibilities (Cont)

Quality Management

• Actively participate in and implement systems and processes to achieve excellence in service delivery and development.
• Refine systems and processes to identify and realise continuous improvement.
• Develop a customer focused approach to service delivery and development.

Working with Client and Colleagues
Ask questions to understand:

• the clients business objectives and key measures.
• what the client needs and wants to meet their business objectives it may not be what they are asking for.
• Build rapport based on honesty and integrity with the client.
• Provide information and educate the client so they know what to expect.
• Work with the client and focus on finding ways to add value to their business by helping them to increase their capability or operational effectiveness.
• Followup on requests in a timely manner.
• Ask for feedback early and often.
• Deal with team issues in private as soon as possible with support.
• Network across and outside your area of expertise.

Key Responsibilities (Cont)

Solution Architecture

• Provide onsite subjectmatter expertise and team leadership to Rizing clients and consultants for overall SAP functional system and business process design for SAP implementations.
• Responsible for successful design and implementation of SAP Solutions at a clients site.
• Provide functional knowledge guidance presentations and instruction on SAP products to clients and consultants.
• Lead clients in project scoping along with detailed business process requirements definition and project blueprint activities.
• Take direct ownership of key strategic design decisions that span multiple work streams ensuring design is consistently understood and that the overall solution will integrate successfully
• Work with clients and consultants to assess current business and systems processes and define plans for improvement.
• Lead functional project team during blueprint phase helping client evaluate different process and standard SAP system configuration options to select the best choice for their enterprise.
• Lead the functional team in developing and documenting design including process flows/narratives and functional specifications for technical objects.
• Understand and communicate standard SAP solutions to clients when necessary identify where they can extend standard solutions to meet specific client requirements.
• Partner with the Technical Team in the overall application design and architecture.
• Understand Rizing Product capability and where these tools can be used as accelerators and when they should be sold as products / services.
• Adhere to SAP standards/best practices and Rizing project methodology within the context of the clients preferred methodology.

Key Responsibilities (Cont)

• Provide leadership and guidance to functional teams during Realisation and through Golive ensuring overall solution remains intact as issues are resolved during testing and configuration.
• Work with the Rizing leadership team to support sales and business development activities as required.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for SAP best practices and advise clients on industry best practices.
• Support presales activity by developing proposals statements of work client solution demonstrations and conducting service/improvement and value realisation reviews.

Market Intelligence

• Up to date with the view on current and future trends.
• Identifies trendsetter ideas by researching industry and related events publications and announcements tracking individual contributors and their accomplishments.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organisations.
• Attends and contributes at key industry / technology events to further develop industry networks and communicate Rizings value proposition.

Overall Design and Program Content

• Expert in system design and architecture relating to SAP with reference to service delivery within assetintensive industries.
• Enhances Rizings reputation by defining costeffective client solutions ensuring that the SAP system can be implemented to meet complex and specialised business requirements.
• Assist in developing services and products through best practice technology approaches.
• Able to make recommendations and suggestions based on market knowledge and indepth understanding of industry and technology trends.
• Liaise closely with key business stakeholders to ensure that all aspects of design are understood and that stakeholders expectations are met and exceeded.
• Understanding of delivery methods and tools with the flexibility to be able to adapt project delivery process to fit with a clients preferred methods without compromising quality objectives.

Key Responsibilities (Cont)

Provide Business Value and Expand Relationships

• Manage clients to meet theirs and your deadline.
• Constantly look for ways Rizing can add value to the client.
• Be mindful about managing commercial aspects of the relationship.

Setting and Managing Expectations

• Determine and agree on next steps and deliverables.
• Set up performance measures and milestones.
• Activities and deliverables have a defined scope and schedule.
• Communicate issues or changes that put commitments at risk as soon as possible.
• Provide formal and informal updates on progress early and often.

Analysing Needs

• Develop an understanding of your clients business key objectives and measures.
• Collect data: Interview Observe Research.
• Interpret results using your expertise.
• Provide options with explanations to facilitate informed decisions.
• Provide qualified recommendations.

Key Responsibilities (Cont)

Open Lines of Communication

• Pass on information in a manner that is interesting and easy to absorb.
• Provide status reports and updates regularly.
• Present complete findings or ideas in writing and in person.
• Take opportunities to help others learn.

Dealing with Difficult Situations

• Seek immediate support from project director or manager before a situation escalates.
• Update on the client on issues and how they are being handled.
• Help the client to understand challenges or issues and provide options for addressing them effectively.
• Seek to understand through questions why a client may be resisting ideas or options.

Key Responsibilities (Cont)

Occupational Health Safety & Welfare

• Take appropriate care to protect your own health and safety at work.
• Ensure that no other person is endangered through any act or omission at work.
• To help prevent and eliminate workplace bullying and harassment.
• Ensure that correct use is made of all equipment provided for health and safety purposes.
• Obey all instructions issued to protect your own personal health and safety and the health and safety of others.
• Ensure that you are not by the consumption of alcohol or a drug in such a state to endanger your own safety at work or the safety of any other person at work.
• Keep your work area tidy.

General

• Identify and prioritise work tasks and action where required.
• Undertake project work and liaise with other employees as necessary to facilitate the success of the Managements Team to achieve Strategic and Business Plan Objectives.
• Ensure that deadlines are met by planning and prioritizing work.
• Comply with Rizing Policy and procedures.
• Actively participate in staff development and training.
• Maintain an image of efficiency and courtesy in the performance of all tasks and responsibilities.
• Undertake appropriate activities to ensure the office environment is efficient and effective.

Key Responsibilities (Cont)

Market Intelligence

• Up to date with the view on current and future trends.
• Identifies trendsetter ideas by researching industry and related events publications and announcements tracking individual contributors and their accomplishments.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organisations.
• Attends and contributes at key industry / technology events to further develop industry networks and communicate Rizings value proposition.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelors degree in information systems Engineering Business or other related field; relevant experience can be substituted for degree.
• 5 to 10 years of technical leadership experience leading technology or deployment projects.
• Possess 10 plus years industry experience.
• 10 years or more SAP implementation experience including at least five full lifecycle SAP Projects with an indepth understanding of SAP Integration and various methodologies required.
• Experience working on SAP implementations and familiarity with capital intensive industry business processes.
• Previous experience working in a project lead role within the professional services industry.
• Extensive SAP configuration experience.
• SAP accredited certifications

Required Knowledge

• S/4HANA knowledge in EAM procure to pay finance to manage and project delivery
• Good knowledge in BTP capabilities specially SAP Build Process Automation CAP and RAP technologies
• Clean core extension methodology and concepts
• SAP Integration best practices and methodology and patterns
• Knowledge in Service and Asset Manager and integration with EAM
• Knowledge of GIS and geospatial works management processes

Desired Qualifications and Experience

• Masters degree in information technology or business studies.
• Previous leadership or mentoring role.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience as SAP Solution Architect.
• Handson experience in at least five full lifecycle SAP implementation projects covering various aspects from project preparation to postimplementation support as a solution architect.
• Experience in medium to largescale industries such as utilities oil & gas aerospace & defense or transportation.
• SAP/nonSAP accredited Certifications as applicable (e.g. TOGAF SAP EA S/4HANA EAM Finance ISO55000

Desired Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs)

Solution Architecture

• Expert in SAP S/4HANA and the broader applications suite with knowledge of SAPs latest offerings including APM GEF etc.
• Thorough understanding of the Asset Management Lifecyle and associated SAP products/modules (PPM PM PS MM Finance LAM CU Service Mobility GIS etc..
• Design User Experience with knowledge of latest SAP UX strategies and guidelines.
• Design integration solutions between SAP and external systems using tools such as SAP PI/PO SAP CPI and APIs.
• Design solutions that leverage latest SAP technologies such as SAP S/4HANA SAP Fiori SAP BTP and others.
• Understanding of SAP cloud strategies and SAP cloud solutions e.g. S/4HANA cloud SuccessFactors Ariba.
• Understanding of analytics capabilities predictive analytics and data analysis. Familiar with SAP solutions e.g. SAP SAC Datasphere Embedded Analytics.
• Knowledge of architectural principles and components of enterprise architecture.
• Architect SAP solutions that are scalable to accommodate growth and optimize performance.
• Architect SAP landscapes considering system integration scalability and performance optimization.
• Develop endtoend solution blueprints covering SAP modules integration points and data flows.
• Lead the architecture assessments for ECC to S/4HANA conversions providing roadmap and recommendations for transition approaches.
• Lead the design and architecture of SAP solutions that align with business objectives and requirements.
• Ensure that proposed architecture and solutions align with the overall enterprise architecture.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders project managers and SAP functional and technical teams to gather requirements and define solution specifications.
• Extensive ability to research and evaluate possible solutions and understand their impact to the overall design including nonSAP systems.
• Establish and enforce SAP architecture governance processes to ensure adherence to SAP best practices and standa

Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs) Cont

Business Development

• Ability to work with BD team to develop the solution component of proposals to customers.
• Ability to support the presentation of solution component of proposals to customers.

Project Delivery and Time Management

• Collaborate with project managers to ensure successful of SAP solution initiatives.
• Experience managing project activities / teams and application of structured implementation project methodologies and tools.
• Ability to work in a fastpaced environment across multiple client projects prioritize and delegate as needed.
• Ability to work independently and with a team.
• Demonstrate the key behaviours skills and values that align with our organisation.
• Identify challenges and reflect on lessons learnt.
• Provide leadership and guidance to crossfunctional SAP teams throughout the solution development lifecycle.

Stakeholder Management & Leadership

• Work with stakeholders to balance risks and benefits when making architectural decisions.
• Demonstrated strong team leadership and client interfacing skills ability to work with both IT and business partners.
• Ability to build personal relationships with clients.
• Ability to assert own ideas to clients and within senior management.
• Ability to manage design workshops on multiple area of expertise.
• Ability to organise and coordinate diverse groups in complex situations.
• Manage relationships with SAP technology partners and vendors.

Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs) Cont

• Conduct regular architecture reviews to maintain alignment with organizational goals.
• Identify and assess risks associated with SAP solutions and provide mitigation strategies.
• Design SAP solutions that facilitate seamless integration and interoperability between different SAP modules and external systems.
• Conduct architecture assessments of solutions implementation and provide recommendations for improvements as needed.
• Evaluate thirdparty SAP vendors and tools making recommendations based on business requirements and technical compatibility.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for SAP solution architectures design decisions and integration points.
• Provide architectural documentations based on approved project deliverables and requirements.
• Exhibit a creative mindset with the ability to challenge the status quo to exceed customer expectations.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; ability to express ideas and information in a clear and concise manner and tailor message to fit the interests and needs of the audience.
• Must possess deep knowledge of MS Office to include Word Excel Access Visio Signavio and PowerPoint.

Technical Agility

• Attention to detail and quality with the ability to rapidly learn and apply new business concepts models techniques and new technologies.
• Knowledge of one or more industries across manufacturing transportation utilities oil and gas or mining.
  

Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs) Cont

Conflict Management

• Conflict management and negotiation skills to navigate the interests and viewpoints of multiple parties and reach a common solution.
• Values based approach when dealing with and overcoming difficult interpersonal situations.

Development of People

• Coaching and mentoring skills to develop indirect reports on a project team and the ability to gain credibility with project members.

EEO Statement

Rizing is committed to providing a workplace free from discrimination or harassment. We expect every member of the Rizing family to do their part to cultivate and maintain an environment where everyone has the opportunity to feel included and is afforded the respect and dignity they deserve. Decisions related to hiring compensating training evaluating performance or terminating are made fairly and we provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified candidates and employees. We examine our unconscious biases and take responsibility for always striving to create an inclusive environment that makes every employee and candidate feel welcome.