Principal, SAP

Boston Consulting Group (BCG); Madrid; Presencial; EUR 80.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A global management consulting firm in Madrid is seeking a Principal to lead IT strategy initiatives. The role involves collaborating with client leadership, deploying customized technology solutions, and managing diverse teams. A minimum of 12 years in IT strategy and strong expertise in SAP S / 4HANA are essential for success. This position requires leadership skills and the ability to solve complex challenges while ensuring client satisfaction.

Formación

• At least 12 years of experience in IT strategy and consulting.
• Experience in strategic ERP / SAP projects is a must.
• Strong technical expertise in SAP solutions.

Responsabilidades

• Work with client leadership to define IT strategies.
• Deploy customized IT strategies and digital platforms.
• Manage diverse teams and facilitate project execution.

Conocimientos

IT strategy

SAP S / 4HANA

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Customer focus

Leadership

Educación

University degree in STEM or business management

Descripción del empleo

Overview

Who We Are

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation—inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.

To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.

About BCG Platinion

BCG Platinion\'s presence spans across the globe, with offices in Asia, Europe, and South and North America. We achieve digital excellence for clients with sustained solutions to the most complex and time-sensitive challenge. We guide clients into the future to push the status quo, overcome tech limitations, and enable our clients to go further in their digital journeys than what has ever been possible in the past. At BCG Platinion, we deliver business value through the innovative use of technology at a rapid pace. We roll up our sleeves to transform business, revolutionize approaches, satisfy customers, and change the game through Architecture, Cybersecurity, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Application and Risk functions. We balance vision with a pragmatic path to change transforming strategies into leading-edge tech platforms, at scale.

Practice Area

BCG Platinion launched in Germany in 2000 to add deep technical expertise to the Boston Consulting Group\'s existing capabilities. Today, our presence spans across the globe, with offices in Asia, Europe, and South and North America. Our New York-based North American team began in 2014 and in 2017 acquired MAYA Design, a Pittsburgh-based digital design and innovation lab, to grow our capabilities around technology and design.

We support our clients\' total digital transformation through technology, design, cybersecurity, and risk management & financial engineering capabilities. And together with BCG, BCG Platinion\'s interdisciplinary team of technical experts enable customized technical solutions and accelerate delivery value through new business platforms, application consolidations, and major system implementations.

What You\'ll Do

As a Principal, you will work closely with our client\'s leadership teams to understand their key challenges, define IT strategies, win buy-in for your recommendations and lead fellow BCG case team members to transform client potential into performance.

You will deploy customized IT strategies, digital platforms and architecture in order to leverage the digital potential of our customers with state of the art tools such as cloud computing, AI, blockchain, microservices and containerization.

You will evaluate and coach our clients\' technology teams, manage quality and risk while maintaining client expectations and escalations. Besides the functional guidance of the project team you will also be operationally responsible for the execution and management of the solution. Together with our clients you will develop convincing IT strategies, concepts and solutions, applying your sound technical know-how along with your analytical and conceptual skills.

You will manage diverse teams of consulting talent. Your role will be to help those teams flourish through thought leadership, team mentoring, knowledge sharing, giving frequent feedback and creating opportunities for team members to learn and grow.

You will also personally develop and grow by being exposed to new and complex challenges daily. Clients will also seek your advice as a thought leader on business issues that extend beyond the immediate scope of your project work.

Finally as a Principal you will contribute to the Practice Area development and help to build the BCG brand as a digital leader.

What You\'ll Bring

• At least 12 years of experience in IT strategy and consulting, professional software development or IT project management in the context of strategic ERP / SAP projects.
• You will have relevant experience from a top consulting firm (focused on technology, digital initiatives) and have led the design and management of ERP strategy and implementation projects.
• A strategic thinker, entrepreneurial, able to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment.
• Outstanding analytical and conceptual skills, strong customer focus and mental agility with a results orientation.

Strong technical expertise in SAP S / 4HANA products, particularly in at least 3 of the following areas :

• SAP S / 4HANA architecture and solutions
• SAP Data & Analytics strategy, products and roadmap
• SAP latest products and innovations (SAP BDC, SAP AI for Business, SAP BTP, etc.)
• SAP Hosting alternatives (RISE with SAP, Grow with SAP, SAP PCE in private cloud, SAP on-premise)
• Vertical SAP Solutions for specific industries (Oil & Gas, Life Sciences, CPG)

Experience with the management of decision process at C-Level

• Able to present different architecture models to clients, develop MVP architecture and IT landscape modernisation roadmaps
• Know-how to drive operational and client service excellence, presenting project results to C-Level
• Experience of writing white papers on your areas of expertise
• Proven practice development: Hiring mentoring and developing both individuals & teams
• Managing requirements and configuration of large-scale system implementations
• Leading and running workshops at peer level and facilitating client meetings
• Delivering IT due diligence, assessments, recommendations and future-state designs with focus on SAP and ERP solutions
• Strong business acumen; can frame complex problems in appropriate business contexts
• Have the power of presence to network and build internal and external trusted relationships and new business development
• Ability to work under pressure and willingness to travel to clients world-wide
• Highly professional and rigorous, results-oriented, driven and hard-working
• Spanish is mandatory. Have excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• A University degree with above average academic performance in a STEM related field or business management

Who You\'ll Work With

• BCG Managing Directors and Partners (MDP\'s)
• PLA Managing Directors (MD\'s)
• BCG Consultants at all levels
• PLA Consultants at all levels
• Clients, vendors, partners

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.

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