Analyst Principal – Functional SD

Westlake Management Services Houston TX seeks Analyst Principal Functional SD. Worksite: 2801 Post Oak Blvd. Houston TX 77056. May telecommute up to 2 days per week. Must put job code (R32135) on resume and on cover letter.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with SAP and other associated business applications implementation design configuration support and upgrades; gather and organize business requirements analyze data requirements perform systems analysis and design activities and support system development testing and delivery efforts.

• Support all phases of the system development life-cycle process for SAP and other associated business application.

• Modify and/or enhance SAP following an established project management methodology.

• Define interface requirements and work with system vendors on external systems interfacing with SAP.

• Define project scope and objectives.

• Develop detailed work plans process flows schedules project estimates resource plans and status reports.

• Ensure adherence to quality standards and review project deliverables.

• Conduct project meetings and provide project tracking and analysis.

• Facilitate and lead analysis and design sessions with functional users and business managers to document procedures and to gather functional requirements.

• Create/review and QA functional designs and specifications for configuration application security reports data conversions and interfaces.

• Coordinate quality assurance efforts by creating and executing unit string integration and user acceptance test plans.

• Ensure training materials and user skills are current and coordinate necessary user training. Coordinate project cutover go-live and support.

• Research and resolve SAP level 3 help desk incidents in compliance with the Business Unit and IS Management service level agreements.

• Monitor operation of critical business processes.

• Review and test software updates. Perform application controls testing for Sarbanes Oxley annual audits. Perform annual disaster recovery testing.

EDUCATION EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Education Requirements:

Bachelors Degree in computer science business administrationor related discipline.

Minimum Experience Requirements:

10 years of progressive experience in SAP functional rolesspecifically in Sales and Distribution (SD) and Logistics Execution (LE) modules with demonstrated expertise in SAP implementation methodologies and configuration techniques including: Order Management Logistics Execution Available-to-Promise (ATP) Pricing and Billing configuration; with at least 5 years experience designing SAP output forms (e.g. Order Acknowledgment Bill of Lading Proforma Invoice); with at least 3 years experience working with EDI/IDoc SAPScripts and SAP Queries experience integrating third-party logistics systems (e.g. TMS Bourque) and handling EDI 410/404 transactions.