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Application Consultant
Description
The Application Consultant effectively designs how the required business processes and analytical/reporting requirements may be represented in the software configuration, and transfers application design and configuration knowledge to both business process team leads and other team members. The Application Consultant provides best business practices knowledge to aid the design process. He also acts as an advisor and aids the project team in all tasks, as necessary. Modifications often create significant change management issues. As a result, the Application Consultant is in a key position to provide valuable information for the organizational change management process. If legacy data is extracted, a close relationship is required with the legacy system expert.

Skills Profile
Computing Skills/Knowledge
Database know-how
Advanced

mySAP.com Workplace mySAP.com Components

Network technology
Proficient

Programming language(s)

SAP (Product) Knowledge

mySAP.com core

Operating system(s) (SAP) Interface experience

Basic

None

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Testing experience

Basic

Basic

ABAP Internet technology

Advanced Proficient Proficient Advanced

Quality management experience Change management experience Training experience Industry experience

Project management experience Business consulting knowledge

General Knowledge/Experience

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Other Related Skills
Product mySAP.com Workplace BBP Required Skills

Web Tools MiniApps SAP BBP Materials Management Catalog Setup & Maintenance Workflow experience not essential, but a plus BW Administrator Workbench InfoCubes and/or Queries Logical Models BW Process Models BW Enterprise Models BW Business Explorer Non-SAP Data Access Tools (for example Business Objects, Cognos, Crystal Reports, and other certified data access tools)

BW

Key Tasks
The primary responsibilities of the Application Consultant include: Participate in or facilitate business process definition and modeling Check the feasibility of this business model concerning the SAP products Configure the software to replicate the required business processes and analytical/reporting needs Identify the global and standardization requirements versus the local requirements Identify requirements for organizational change Manage the CTS layer Facilitate knowledge transfer to other project team members Define authorization profiles and access Evaluate statistical performance and make recommendations to basis support for optimization Design and develop data solutions and strategies to satisfy the requirements of the relevant mySAP.com Components (APO, BW, CRM, and so on) Design the process of implementing blueprints, and design system solutions For smaller projects using Business Content: Perform activities in the areas of data access and data extraction (BW)

Tasks Not Required

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The Application Consultant is not responsible for: Technical solutions Interface solutions

Long-standing data quality problems (These must be escalated to the Customer Project Manager.)

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