SAP SD Order Management/Billing Consultant

Description

Merck & Co is deploying an integrated suite of SAP products in France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK to enable the standardization of business processes globally including finance, order management, procurement and manufacturing. The timetable for this project is for the year 2010 and part of 2011. A number of contractors will be hired to complement the Merck internal team. The work is focused on deploying an existing global SAP template to these countries, starting with a blueprint/localization period, followed by realization (design/build, unit/string/integration testing, cutover planning, golive and hypercare). General assignment requirements Five plus years SAP handson experience over multiple assignments deploying SAP solutions following the ASAP methodology. Candidates should have demonstrated ability to work in a team environment, yet work independently with little supervision. Strong oral/written English skills, with preference given to candidates with language skills in Dutch, French, Italian, German and/or Spanish. Specific assignment Requirements The consultant will be part of a team linking a new SAP implementation to EDI customers and internal legacy applications. The consultant will provide the SAP expertise in Order Management (customer orders, returns processing, chargebacks, consignment, pricing conditions and terms & conditions). Initially, the consultant will author the interface specifications changes for required SAP iDocs for EDI transactions (850, 812, 810, 180) or equivalent EDIFACT transactions for the EU region; subsequently the consultant will coordinate and participate in a team of testers working across SAP, the integration programs (Tibco) and EDI mapping tools. Ultimately, the consultant will ensure that all business partners and legacy applications are ready to connect when SAP is turned on. The consultant must be able to develop and execute test scripts, must have experience working with EDI and XML formats, must have knowledge of SAP IDOC processing , must have experience working EDI interface errors as well as understand other functionality i.e. testing tools, integration tools (like TIBCO), orders build, security, etc. The consultant should have experience working on a large ERP SAP projects, that had interfaces to nonERP systems. Some knowledge of ABAP programming is desired but not required. Experience with working on global implementations with multiple timezones will be a plus.