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FICO Functional Consultant, Global SAP Competency Center (Visit Levi Strauss & Co.) popular
Location: San Francisco, CA 94101Company Name: Levi Strauss & Co.
http://www.levistrauss.com/careers
Email resume to: a.meeker@accenture.com
Contact Phone: 720-359-5989
Contact Name: Alma Meeker
Company Description:
Levi Strauss & Co. is one of the world's largest brand-name apparel marketers. There is no other company with a comparable global presence in the jeans and casual pants markets. Our market-leading apparel products are sold under the Levi's®, Dockers® and Levi Strauss Signature™ brands. As an employer, we recognize and reward individualism and offer outstanding compensation and benefit programs. Find out more about us at www.levistrauss.com.
Job Description:
Position: FICO Functional Consultant, Global SAP Competency Center
REQ: 700584
Location: San Francisco, CA
Company: Levi Strauss & Co.
Find the perfect fit.
In over 100 countries throughout the world, Levi Strauss & Co.'s brands have become legendary for fitting into people's lives in a most comfortable way. How would working at Levi Strauss & Co. fit into your life? Is a commitment to excellence your style? Does being on a team of high achievers who constantly strive to innovate feel right to you? If so, get in touch with us today about this excellent opportunity.
As the FICO Functional Consultant, you will provide functional knowledge to the Global SAP Competency Centre’s Finance and Controlling (FICO) team for the provision of SAP solutions and associated services to Global and Regional LS&CO. business units.
You will execute SAP strategies for the implementation, expansion, development, maintenance and support of the SAP functional environment in the FICO area. You will also mitigate the risk within the FICO functional area and ensure implementation of corrective action.
Responsibilities include:
-Provide timely and effective Level 3 production support to SAP users throughout LS&CO. – issues and problems identified, responded to, resolved and escalated within agreed service level commitments.
-Contribute to the development and maintenance of global Functional SAP standards and monitoring of adherence to these by any regional SAP support hubs as well as by 3rd parties engaged to perform SAP related activities.
-Leverage best practices in SAP solution and service delivery
-Ensure that SAP Functional activities (e.g. configuration) maximize the use and adoption of standard SAP solutions and minimize the ongoing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for maintenance and upgrade of the SAP solution.
-Contribute to the provision of a robust, reliable and effective SAP system for LS&CO. users as measured by established service levels.
-Risk to the SAP functional area has been mitigated.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
-Support the FICO team in the US as well as working with 3rd party resources anticipated to be offshore (e.g. India)
-Work collaboratively with IT staff, especially via the Regional SAP Support Hubs, across the 3 Regions.
-Configure and enhance the use of the SAP application in the FICO functional area through projects and minor enhancements in response to business needs.
-Execute SAP projects that extend the functional or geographic use of the system in support of the business processes.
-Provide SAP best practice guidance and solutions to LS&CO.
Qualifications
Education:
BS or BA Degree required.
Experience:
-At least 7 years IT experience, including at least 5 years SAP experience which should include multiple implementation projects as well as exposure to an SAP support environment.
-At least 3 years experience as a functional team lead covering the whole FICO area.
-Experience in a global forum is preferred.
-SAP Certification and SAP ECC experience are preferred.
-Implementation with a single instance approach is also preferred.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
-Detailed knowledge of all the major business processes and associated functionality in the Finance and Controlling area; includes Account payable, accounts receivable, credit management, deduction management, SD billing and account determination, lockbox, fixed assets, GL, PCA, CCA, Vertex, Hyperion, etc.
-Knowledge of Financial Supply Chain Management preferred.
-Ability to understand and explain to others the cross-functional and global implications of business process decisions and their implementation in a global SAP environment.
-Ability to establish and maintain credibility with the business functional resources they will work with.
-Ability to work with diverse teams including 3rd party resources in remote locations.
-Strong written and oral communication skills and an open communication style.
-Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
-Ability to deal with ambiguity, multiple priorities and stretching goals.
-Able to work in a global organisation respecting regional and local cultural and organizational differences.
Travel Requirements
This is a Global position that will require occasional travel to Westlake, TX as well as travel to the Regions. Travel is variable, but may be increased in the short-term due to the current portfolio of implementations which includes rolling-out Europe in 2008, and potentially Asia after that.
Levi Strauss & Co. is one of the world's largest brand-name apparel marketers. There is no other company with a comparable global presence in the jeans and casual pants markets. Our market-leading apparel products are sold under the Levi's®, Dockers® and Levi Strauss Signature™ brands. As an employer, we recognize and reward individualism and offer outstanding compensation and benefit programs. Find out more about us at www.levistrauss.com.
For immediate consideration, please APPLY ONLINE at: http://levistrauss.taleo.net/servlets/CareerSection?art_ip_action=FlowDispatcher&flowTypeNo=13&pageSeq=2&reqNo=55880&art_servlet_language=en&selected_language=en&csNo=2#topOfCsPage.
Job Requirements:
See above.
FICO Functional Consultant, Global SAP Competency Center (Visit Levi Strauss & Co.) popular
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