Solution Architect (8993)

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 high-quality cost insights. Rizing services customers in many asset-intensive 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

• Provides strategic guidance for SAP project planning integration and overall solution architecture.
• Provides project leadership to Professional Services team members to implement best practice decisions that successfully impact the overall platform.
• Provides guidance in promoting designs tools and new features that take full advantage of SAP and Rizings most up-to-date offerings.
• Supports project leads in translating business goals into appropriate solutions while assessing feasibility and optimization of the solution.
• Supports strong business development initiatives by communicating with current and potential clients regarding expanded capabilities features and solutions most applicable to their needs.
• Obtains new business by collaborating with Business Development to provide workshops write RFP responses and problem-solve unique client challenges.
• Cultivates industry-specific business process knowledge and familiarity with relevant functional strategies objectives and plans through networking with product and topic-specific expert groups internally and externally.
• Provides input on training and expands upon SAP skillset and knowledge of industry trends/technologies by participating in Rizing competency centers.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

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)

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.
• Follow-up 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.

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.

Key responsibilities Cont

Solution Architecture

• Provide on-site subject-matter 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.
• Provide leadership and guidance to functional teams during Realisation and through Go-live ensuring overall solution remains intact as issues are resolved during testing and configuration.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for SAP best practices and advise clients on industry best practices.

Required Qualification 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.
• Hands-on experience in at least five full lifecycle SAP implementation projects covering various aspects from project preparation to post-implementation support as a solution architect.
• Experience in medium to large-scale industries such as utilities oil & gas aerospace & defense or transportation.
• SAP/non-SAP accredited Certifications as applicable (e.g. TOGAF SAP EA S/4HANA EAM Finance ISO55000)

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

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 end-to-end 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.

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.