Job Description
SAP IS-OIL Downstream Consultant – AMS
Experience: 7–12 years
Role: SAP IS-OIL Downstream Functional Consultant
Engagement: Application Management Services (AMS)
Role Summary
We are looking for an experienced SAP IS-OIL Downstream Functional Consultant to provide application support and continuous improvement for an SAP IS-OIL environment. The consultant should have strong hands‑on functional knowledge of downstream oil processes and be capable of independently troubleshooting production issues, handling incidents/service requests and delivering small enhancements.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide L2/L3 functional support for SAP IS-OIL Downstream applications.
- Analyze, troubleshoot and resolve production incidents and recurring functional issues.
- Perform root‑cause analysis and recommend permanent solutions for recurring problems.
- Handle service requests, configuration changes, minor enhancements and change requests.
Support Downstream Processes Including
- Hydrocarbon product procurement and sales
- Bulk product movements and inventory
- Terminal/depot operations
- Transportation and distribution
- Quantity conversions and oil‑specific units of measure
- Inventory reconciliation, gains and losses
- Oil‑specific pricing and commercial processes
- Support relevant IS‑OIL areas such as TD (Transportation & Distribution), TSW (Trader's and Scheduler's Workbench) and associated downstream functionality.
Additional Responsibilities
- Troubleshoot integration issues between IS-OIL and SAP SD, MM, FI/CO and connected systems.
- Prepare functional specifications for fixes and enhancements and coordinate with ABAP/integration teams.
- Perform functional testing and support regression testing for fixes and releases.
- Support periodic releases, transports and production deployments from the functional side.
- Maintain solution documentation, issue resolution documentation and knowledge articles.
- Work within agreed AMS processes for incident, problem and change management.
- Coordinate directly with business users and process owners for issue analysis and resolution.
Required Skills
- 7–12 years of SAP experience, with strong hands‑on experience in SAP IS-OIL Downstream.
- Strong functional understanding of downstream Oil & Gas business processes.
- Hands‑on configuration and production support experience in relevant IS‑OIL areas.
- Experience in AMS/production support, including incident, problem and change management.
- Ability to independently diagnose complex functional and integration issues.
- Good integration knowledge across IS‑OIL, SD, MM and FI/CO.
- Experience working with ABAP and integration teams for defect fixes and enhancements.
- Ability to understand existing custom developments and determine functional impact.
- Strong business‑user communication and problem‑solving skills.
- Ability to work within SLA‑driven support environments.
Preferred
- Experience supporting SAP S/4HANA Oil & Gas / IS‑OIL environments.
- Experience with TSW, TD and downstream logistics.
- Exposure to interfaces with terminals, external logistics systems or other downstream applications.
- Experience with ITIL‑based AMS operations.
- Experience supporting geographically distributed business users.
Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate is a hands‑on IS‑OIL support consultant, rather than primarily a project manager or coordinator. The person should be comfortable taking ownership of a production issue, analyzing configuration and process behavior, coordinating technical investigation where required, and driving the issue through to resolution.
For screening, I would make actual IS‑OIL production‑support experience mandatory. A generic SAP SD/MM consultant who has merely worked on an Oil & Gas customer should not qualify as an IS‑OIL consultant.
NTT DATA Business Solutions is a fast‑growing international IT company and one of the world’s leading SAP partners. We are a full service provider delivering everything from business consulting to implementation of SAP solutions, including hosting services and support.