SAP Associate - McKinsey Digital

Do you want to work on complex and pressing challenges—the kind that bring together curious, ambitious, and determined leaders who strive to become better every day? If this sounds like you, you’ve come to the right place.

Your Impact

You will work closely in small teams with McKinsey colleagues e.g. management consultants, functional experts, sector experts, agile coaches, business case experts, solution architects, as well as clients and system integrators to create value and accelerate delivery from S/4 HANA-based business transformations.

In this role, you will intervene at each step of the lifecycle of the business transformation. You will drive value identification at the sub-process level based on new functional capabilities of the S/4 HANA solution but also on best practices in operating model for the function in your scope of expertise.

During the implementation using our Agile ERP approach, you will be a leader and challenger in business process design or fit-gap sessions as well as advisor for complex functional deliverables of the system integrator such as organization structure, master data, configuration and customization choices. You will coach and challenge the testing strategy and execution, documentation, quality assurance and more along the way.

You will have the platform to leverage your expertise on analytic projects or on technology enabled business transformation where S/4 HANA or ECC is a key element.

You'll have the opportunity to manage project stream and progress autonomously including tracking metrics, handling complex analyses and preparing communications to report back to client and internal leadership.

You will have the opportunity to build best practice S/4HANA migration playbooks and create visible impact to share knowledge and capabilities within the McKinsey community.

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Your Growth

You will be based in one of our European offices (Germany, Austria and Netherlands) as part of McKinsey Digital. This group brings together the best of McKinsey’s digital capabilities to help our clients use digital technology to transform their businesses.

As part of this group, you’ll join a global team working on everything from IT modernization and strategy to agile, cloud, cybersecurity, and digital transformation. You’ll typically work on projects across all industries and functions and will be fully integrated with the rest of our global firm.

You’ll also work with colleagues from across McKinsey & Company to help our clients deliver breakthrough products, experiences, and businesses, both on technology and non-technology topics.

Our office culture is casual and social, with an emphasis on education and innovation. We have the freedom to try new ideas, experiment and are expected to be constantly learning and growing. There is also a strong emphasis on mentoring others in the group, enabling them to grow and learn.

Your qualifications and skills

• Ability to work well in ambiguity and a highly entrepreneurial environment, consistently delivering exceptional results
• 5+ years of experience in ERP transformation programs and at least one full lifecycle of S/4HANA implementation with mastership in initial process design
• Sound knowledge of functionalities configuration from the end-to-end process; experience as (work) stream leader/functional lead would be a plus
• Work proficiency in English and German for our German locations
• Excellent communication skills and ability to explain and present complex information and influence senior business and IT executives on technology decisions
• Ability to establish yourself as a trusted and indispensable advisor
• Strong multi-tasking, detail-oriented project management abilities and excellent time management skills
• Ability to work collaboratively and effectively in an international team environment with people at all levels of the organization
• Flexibility to travel ~80% of the time

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