Senior SAP Solution Architect

<h2>Job Description</h2> <p><strong>About Capgemini</strong></p> <p>Capgemini is a global leader in consulting, digital transformation, technology and engineering services. The Group is at the forefront of innovation to address the entire breadth of clients’ opportunities in the evolving world of cloud, digital and platforms. Building on its strong 50-year+ heritage and deep industry-specific expertise, Capgemini enables organizations to realize their business ambitions through an array of services from strategy to operations. Capgemini is driven by the conviction that the business value of technology comes from and through people. Today, it is a multicultural company of 300,000 team members in almost 50 countries.</p> <p>As a Senior SAP Solution Architect, you will bring your SaaS - and also non-SaaS - technology capabilities to architect solutions, converting business ambitions into Multi-Pillar SaaS architectures that enable agile, flexible and end-to-end business outcomes.</p> <p>As a part of the global SAP CoE network, you will work closely with 200+ of the brightest and most knowledgeable SAP experts of Capgemini in Europe, supported by a dedicated senior offshore team, helping our target clients become stronger leaders in their markets and industries, through business value delivered via transformation to a modern ERP Business Platform centered around SAP S/4HANA as the Digital Core.</p><h2>Job Description - Grade Specific</h2> <p>Steer the client thinking on business transformation, tuned to their needs, and applying the specific SaaS Solution(s) on a global scale. As SaaS Solutions architect, one must lead pursuits, group offerings and have a broad understanding of SaaS Solutions across multiple platforms and the way they can interwork to achieve business needs of clients. At group level, one should aggregate thinking, strategy and roadmap for collaborating and driving Capgemini goals at group/SBU level. Develop trusted relationships across client stakeholder groups and key partners such as SaaS product companies and complementary services providers.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Key tasks &amp; activities</strong></p> <ul> <li>You will focus on and lead presales activities around Digital Core with SAP S/4HANA</li> <li>You will provide strategic advice to senior stakeholders of Capgemini’s clients, helping them drive business value from transformation to Digital Core with S/4HANA</li> <li>You will act as our Technology Evangelist, to leverage Capgemini’s and SAP’s strategic alliance and Capgemini SAP CoE network to stay 100% up to date with and fully connected to the latest developments and trends in the SAP world, translating the potential of modern technology into tangible business value</li> <li>You will act as Solutioning Lead of complex, multitower S/4HANA implementation programs, covering end-to-end solution definition, implementation approach, effort estimation, and implementation planning, working hand in hand with sales to define winning sales plan and unique value proposition</li> <li>You will build strong global networks, enabling you to get involved and contribute in the most interesting client problems globally, and to leverage from global network to solve local challenges</li> <li>You will be a Thought Leader and contribute to Capgemini thought leadership by creating blogs, vlogs, eBooks, white papers, proofs-of-concepts and use cases, participate in global and local events (like SAPPHIRE and SAP Now!) and seminars as a keynote speaker, presenter or SME</li> <li>You will lead, support and contribute to go-to-market and marketing strategy definition, execution planning, and execution, including campaigns, content marketing, events, client meetings and tailored offerings</li> <li>You will drive, contribute to and participate in the continuous development and localization of Capgemini offers, methodology, assets, and tools</li> </ul><h2>Expertise</h2> <p><strong>Knowledge &amp; Expertise</strong></p> <ul> <li>Bachelor’s or master’s degree, preferably in computer science, engineering, finance or business administration</li> <li>Strong experience (at least 8-10 years) in implementing SAP solutions with focus on S/4HANA preferably across various roles (business analyst, lead consultant, lead (solution) architect, project manager)</li> <li>Fluency in <strong>Dutch or French + English</strong> (other languages are a plus)</li> <li>Solid experience in driving the execution of business transformation via implementation of new processes and supporting technology</li> <li>Deep and specialized skills in at least one functional domain / process area (finance, manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, etc.)</li> <li>Strong overall holistic understanding and experience across functional domains, business processes, applications, SAP product roadmap and emerging technologies &amp; trends</li> <li>Solid experience in solutioning SAP AD and implementation services</li> <li>Solid experience in at least one ind