Work in Japan : Solution Architect (SAP)

Minimum Experience Level

No experience 

Minimum English Level

Fluent 

Minimum Japanese Level

Fluent 

Minimum Education Level

Post Grad Degree (PHD/MBA etc) 

Visa Status

Japanese national or permission to work in Japan required  

Responsibilities:
 Work closely with sales team in addressing sales pipeline
 Respond to RFPs/ Build Proposals
 Customer presentations on SAP capability, methodologies, SAP expertise, toolsets and differentiators.
 Active Pre-sales Support in local geography
 Provide consultation to customers in Planning SAP projects, assist customers in building business case for SAP project initiatives
 Provide consultation to customers on optimal solutions, costs, schedules and solution options
 Set and manage expectations with customer and project team at all stages of SAP project life cycle.
 Provide technical leadership to SAP technical teams involved in execution of projects
 Participation in SAP and external forums and events
 Contribution in developing White papers and building IP in SAP space
 Ability to provide technical leadership to the project teams to deliver innovative solutions to complex business situations, influence business in process reengineering and drive out-of-the box SAP solutions
 Actively participate in early stages of Project delivery lifecycle to ensure that SAP solutions and scope if properly administered
 Build and execute training programs to enable teams effectively deliver on SAP engagements.

Qualifications:
Masters Degree In Business Administration/ Graduation in Engineering or Computer Science
SAP Consultant certification ( in any module)

Experience and Skill requirements:
10 - 15 years experience with at least 10 years experience SAP projects with business domain and SAP technical expertise in either of the following functions and broad based experience across following functions:-
o Procurement and Analytics
o Sales, CRM
o Logistics including experience with 3rd Party logistics management, shipment and transportation, warehouse management
o Supply and demand planning
o Financials
o Controlling
o Production Planning and execution
 Expertise in SAP add-ons/ bolt on solutions such as SRM, CRM, BCS etc.
 Should have executed at least one End to End SAP implementation / multi- country Rollout responsibility as a module lead.
 Extensive hands on experience in methodologies and toolsets in designing and execution of solutions across heterogeneous system landscapes with SAP as core ERP application platform
 Scope and Estimation for large SAP implementations, rollout projects
 Experience in SAP ASAP and Solution Manager methodologies in managing large SAP projects- Hands on experience and familiarity with Project Management tools
 Experience to cover full life cycle of project activities including - Scoping, Estimation, GAP analysis, building business blueprints, solution construction, management of end user training, management of testing activities, user acceptance, change management, cutover activities and scheduling, management of go-live and support.
 Excellent understanding of Japan specific rules, regulations, statutory requirements and localization experience
 Expertise in any of the SAP modules as a module lead
 Preferred: Experience in managing SAP Upgrades in Japan geography
 Fluency in English and Japanese Language
 Strong communication skills and the ability to effectively facilitate communication among technical resources, cross-application partners, external partners and system users

TMC Japan is the premier executive search and recruitment company to foreign capital enterprises in Japan. We have established our reputation by having an unmatched knowledge of our clients’ industries and deep and long-standing contacts throughout the technology and finance sectors with qualified bilingual professionals.

Our Commitment
TMC Japan provides a consulting service to qualified bilingual mid- and upper-level technology, finance and consumer professionals seeking to improve their careers and working environments. We advise our candidates on how to better their careers drawing from our many years of experience dealing with foreign-capital companies in Japan.

Your decision to change your job can affect every dimension of your life. That’s why our consultants spend time to understand your needs and your future career expectations. Our consultants are career guidance specialists who often have extensive work experience within their focus areas. We help you connect with the leading companies in your industry.

We maintain relationships with our candidates that last for their entire careers. TMC prides itself on the fact that we help build successful careers.

Technology Professionals
TMC Japan started out more than 5 years ago by focusing on IT recruiting and has since established itself as the Premier Agency in Tokyo in the industry. Most of the consultants within TMC Japan’s IT consulting department are experienced IT professionals themselves, who understand your position and your needs. We have built a reputation upon our professional treatment and of our engineer, sales and marketing candidates.


Back-Office Professionals
All businesses have back offices where the numbers are crunched, the money is counted, the budgets are created and the profits are forecasted. Whether a world leader in technology with over 2000 employees or a gourmet chocolate company with a staff of 20, businesses in Japan that are part of the global economy need bilingual back office personnel to help run their operations.


Our Clients
Finding the best and the brightest bilingual IT, accounting and finance professionals is no easy task. That is why businesses from single office startups to Fortune 500 multi-national corporations have chosen TMC Japan to fulfill their hiring needs.

We work for a group of select organizations that rely on TMC Japan to identify and evaluate some of the strongest talent in the technology, consumer and finance fields in Japan. This network of select clients provides you - the candidate - with some of the best opportunities in today’s market. If you are interested in learning more about some of these companies or if you are actively making that next career move - you need to contact us!

We are committed to providing you - the candidate - with the highest level of professionalism and confidentiality. Once you get to know us, you will have the first hand experience of seeing what separates us from the rest:

A well established and respected position in our marketplace

We will share our knowledge and experience to help you reach your career objectives

Highly skilled management consultants with industry knowledge, coupled with our extensive Executive Search and Recruitment consulting experience

We are a preferred provider with exclusive assignments with the majority of the largest and most respected foreign-capital corporations in the world

We have a history of consistent and successful placements

Ultimately, our success is based on our ability to develop and maintain strong individual relationships with our candidates and clients. We help build relationships by bringing people together!

TMC History:
TMC was founded in 2003 -- in Tokyo -- by Australian and British businessmen Nick Pollock & Karl Caldeira. The founding partners had the following values in common: excellence, integrity, enthusiasm and pursuit of improvement. These core values have contributed to their success.


We maintain relationships with our candidates that last for their entire careers. TMC prides itself in that we help build successful careers.

Your search ends with us!
Nick Pollock, Karl Caldeira (Managing Partners)