Principal Consultant in EAM Railways / MRO Airlines.

SAP; City Of London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading enterprise software company is looking for a Principal Consultant specializing in EAM Railways / MRO Airlines. The ideal candidate should possess over 15 years of SAP experience, particularly in transformation projects. Responsibilities include solution consulting, supporting escalated projects, and driving AI use cases. Strong analytical skills, excellent communication in English and Japanese, and a proven track record in customer engagement are essential. Join a company committed to your personal development and innovation in the industry.

Benefits

Constant learning and skill growth

Great benefits

Team-oriented environment

Qualifications

• A proven 15+ year SAP experience in Railways EAM / Airlines MRO transformation projects.
• Good experience in the Customer Engagement Life cycle from requirement identification to implementation.
• Years of international work experience.

Responsibilities

• Application specific solution consulting and key user training.
• Support in escalated projects and feasibility studies.
• Drive development of AI use cases and enable customer adoption.

Skills

SAP experience in Railways EAM / Airlines MRO transformation projects

Practical SAP solution skills (SAP S/4 HANA, ECC)

Experience with ML, IoT, SAP Joule and other AI tools

Strong analytical skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Japanese

Team player

Project Management skills SAP Activate and Solution Manager

Job description

Position Overview

To strengthen SAP's EMEA Service Industries Unit, we have an open position for a Principal Consultant in EAM Railways / MRO Airlines.

At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we'll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging - but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

Responsibilities

• Application specific solution consulting (for a specific application: creation of business blueprint documents, implementation based on a blue print, creation of test cases, test scheduling and execution, key user training, go-live support, and post go-live support)
• Support in escalated projects
• Performance of feasibility studies / solution reviews
• Drive development of AI use cases and enable customer adoption
• Support of pre-sales activities
• Taking over responsibility from time to time as a sub project team leader
• Taking over responsibility from time to time as team lead and supporting respective line manager(s) in people development tasks
• Enable customer program leads in short and medium term planning of their transformation roadmap
• Detailed planning of process implementation
• Define detailed specifications for development requirements
• Drive innovation by supporting SAP's product management in requirements collection and evaluation and by fostering the adaption of SAP's innovative solution at customers
• Industry / corporate process implementation across all related applications (SAP/non-SAP)
• Develop and ensure quality of process models
• Demonstrating profound knowledge of modeling standards and tools, Creative individual who can provide expert services, best industry practices and advice to strategic customers and outline to-be strategy and system architecture to successfully implement a Railways EAM or an Airline MRO system, and in a S/4HANA perspective
• Pro-actively support sales and consulting colleagues with opportunity qualifications and executions.
• Support responses to RFX and assess project risks and costs based on deep solution and industry know-how.
• Propose innovative delivery models (e.g. Integrated Service Delivery) to make an SAP difference to our customers by reducing project risks and costs.
• At any time in a project phase, capable to take over responsibility as the project and program leader for specific work packages or the entire project.
• Support escalations to resolution working with local teams.
• Be exemplar in teamwork. Support a strong growth in AI adoption.
• Collaborate closely with relevant internal SAP Practice Groups and Task Forces for optimal leverage both ways.
• Close collaboration with SAP Development, SAP CSD SAP S/4 EAM product management
• Lead the definition and delivery of an SAP predefined service, SAP Standard Content, for Railways EAM LAM and Airline MRO involving all stakeholders to deliver a true example of "best practice" as in the former Model Company.
• Run customer workshops and deliver education sessions.
• Work pro-actively with partners and the SAP Services eco-system to deliver the correct SAP Services and Support offer to ensure successful SAP projects.
• Keep abreast of industry trends and keep up to date with all industry and solution related development and ensure that such knowledge is disseminated appropriately according to the Knowledge Management framework in SAP Services.
• Directly report to the Head of the EMEA Service Industries Practice, SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.

Qualifications

• A proven 15+ year SAP experience in Railways EAM / Airlines MRO transformation projects
• Proven track records for having led the implementation of a perfect EAM / MRO system for a Railway or an airline business / service provider customer
• Practical SAP solution skills (SAP S/4 HANA, ECC, including EAM, PM/CS, A&D, PS, MM, APM, SSAM, BNAC, RSH/MSO, IBP for MRO, FSM)
• Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul processes in Aviation, Aerospace & Defense know how
• Experience with ML, IoT, SAP Joule and other AI tools, HCL's iMRO and SAP Fieldglass is a plus
• Basic knowledge of programming is a plus
• Basic knowledge of BI, SAC, Datasphere is a plus
• Practical experience with process modelling tools Signavio, LeanIX, WalkMe is a plus
• SD, CX, S/4HANA Service Management, QM, FICO and EWM integration is a plus
• Experience with competitors and Best-of-Breed solutions in airline MRO is beneficial.
• Good experience in the Customer Engagement Life cycle from requirement identification, consulting and pre-sales through to design, build and implementation.
• Fundamental know-how in the area of business process framework architecture, legacy system migration and application integration.
• Project Management and consulting methodology skills SAP Activate and Solution Manager, CALM is a plus
• Strong analytical skills, result-oriented and effectiveness in problem solving.
• Excellency in conflict management and de-escalation.
• Ease in presenting complex information to customers in a clear, well documented and trustworthy manner.
• Considered an advantage to have an established airlines industry network: internal (SAP Development) and external (customers, influencers, and partners), SUGRAIL, SUGAIR is a plus.
• Team player and ability to work successfully in culturally diverse environments.
• Strong networking and customer relationship management capabilities.
• Natural ability to coach, share, document and transfer knowledge to colleagues to rapidly increase SAP's capacity to deliver and grow the organization.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Japanese required, 15+ years' experience in SAP EAM Railways / MRO Airlines
• Years / track record of international work experience.
• Deep SAP solution / implementation experience
• Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status or disability, in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local legal requirements.
• Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.