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Senior SAP Technical Analyst (Visit Levi Strauss & Co.)
Location: San Francisco, CACompany Name: Levi Strauss & Co.
http://www.levistrauss.com/careers
Email resume to: a.meeker@accenture.com
Contact Phone: 7203595989
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:
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 SAP Technical Lead, you will provide technical guidance, mentorship, and SAP best practices knowledge to the Global SAP Competency Centre’s SAP technical 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 Technical area.
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 SAP development 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 technical activities (e.g. ABAP development) 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. • Manage and participate in implementation projects. • Effectively work with service providers, Prioritize project deliverables, Determine implementation approaches, provide guidance to use SAP best practices,
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities • Lead and manage internal SAP technical team in the US as well as 3rd party resources who will be working in a global delivery model. • Work collaboratively with IT staff, especially via the Regional SAP Support Hubs functioning globally. • Participate, Execute, and manage SAP projects that extend the functionality or geographic use of the system in support of the business processes. • Provide SAP best practice guidance and solutions to business users, functional users,, and technical team members. • Work effectively and efficiently with upper management. •
Qualifications To qualify, you’ll need a Bachelor’s degree in a related field (or equivalent work experience) coupled with 8+ years designing, developing, testing and deploying application solutions. A minimum of 6 years of relevant experience within SAP which include multiple implementation projects as wells as expsoure to an SAP support environment and Netweaver technologies. Additionally, A minimum of 3 years experience as a SAP technical team lead that includes SDLC process knowledge, project management experience, effective team management, risk identification and mitigation. The right candidate will have the demonstrated ability to apply extensive technical expertise, and will have strong project management skills.
Experience:
• Experience with Workflow development is preferred. • Experience with Netweaver technology (like PI etc..), and xAPP would be a big plus. • Experience in a global forum is preferred. • SAP Certification and SAP ECC experience are preferred. • Experience with consolidation of regional SAP system to global instance is also preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: • Detailed knowledge of SDLC process is required. • Detailed knowledge of SAP ABAP area that includes but not limited to interface and conversion development, EDI/ALE/IDOC, ALV reporting, workflow, User-Exit, enhancement, smartform, Sapscript, BAPI, RFCs development. • Knowledge of AFS would be a plus but not mandatory. • 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 and functional resources. • Ability to work with diverse teams including 3rd party resources in remote locations. • Ability to provide strong facilitation for teams and across teams • Strong written and oral communication skills and an open communication style. • Strong analytical and problem solving skills. • Strong execution skills with the ability to work efficiently under pressure, deliver quality results within standards and meet deadlines. • Ability to deal with ambiguity, multiple priorities and stretching goals. • Ability to work independently and should be detail oriented. • Ability to effectively articulate and present complex concepts and ideas to senior IT management, functional and business teams. • Able to work in a global organization respecting regional and local cultural and organizational differences.
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=58020&art_servlet_language=en&selected_language=en&csNo=2#topOfCsPage
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Senior SAP Technical Analyst (Visit Levi Strauss & Co.)
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Added: Fri Sep 14 2007