SAP MM -The Incredible Guide to High Paying IT Consulting Jobs Series- Post 4
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In our last posts we discussed about high paying IT consulting Jobs for SAP Ariba, SAP EWM and SAP BASIS. In case you have not read it you can read it here:
The Incredible Guide to High Paying IT Consulting Jobs Series- Post 1
SAP EWM Jobs-The Incredible Guide to High Paying IT Consulting Jobs Series- Post 2
SAP BASIS Jobs-The Incredible Guide to High Paying IT Consulting Jobs Series- Post 3
SAP MM
Welcome to the High Paying IT Consulting Jobs Series on newseie.com. We will discuss IT consulting jobs for SAP MM in this blog article.
SAP Material Management (MM) is part of SAP ERP Central Component (SAP ECC). In simple words it is system that was provided by SAP in the past and clients used to host it in their environment. That is why it is also known as on premise system. It has been replaced with new version called SAP S4 HANA. However, SAP will continue to providing support for ECC by 2027. It may or may not get extended by SAP. The role of the SAP MM consultant is simplified by SAP S4 HANA but it still continues to be a rewarding career option.
If you are planning to upgrade your skills or want to uplift your career to new heights then SAP MM is something that you can consider.
What is SAP MM?
SAP MM or SAP Material Management is the module of the SAP ERP software package. It is used for handling Procurement and inventory management. It can be utilised in all areas of supply chain like planning, vendor evaluation, invoice verification, day to day procurement, shopping cart management etc.
What do SAP MM IT consultants do?
As an SAP MM consultant, you can help businesses implement, customize, and optimize SAP solutions to meet their specific needs and goals. Below are few of the roles and responsibilities of SAP MM consultant:
- Facilitate the implementation and support of SAP MM
• Perform detailed analysis of complex business process requirements and provide
appropriate system solutions; identify, interpret, validate and document customer
requirements
• Facilitate workshops to collect business requirements
• Map client business requirements, processes and objectives; develops necessary product
modifications to satisfy clients’ needs.
• Design, customize, configure and testing of MM
• Identify gaps, issues and work around solutions.
• Act as liaison with client for troubleshooting: investigate, analyse, and solve software
problems.
• Handle changes or emergency transports as needed for high priority issues;
• Document functional designs, test cases and results.
• Proactively identify and propose business process and/or system enhancements
• Provide consulting services on both new implementations and existing support projects
• Act as a liaison between the business functions and the technical team.
• Provide ad-hoc training and user support as required
• Work self-directed and independently; may act as subject matter mentor to more junior members
How much do SAP MM Consultants Earn?
It depends on various factors like your overall experience, your place, Organization you are applying for, how well you do in your interview, timing and criticality of the role. On an average an SAP Certified BASIS Consultant makes between INR 4-24 Lakh/year in India and $110K-$165K/year in USA.
Like any other technology job salary for the MM consultants also increase with time.
How to become a SAP MM Consultant?
To become eligible for IT consulting jobs in SAP MM :
- Gain knowledge about Supply Chain, procurement and inventory management etc.
- Develop problem solving attitude.
- Gain knowledge of popular SAP Modules like EWM, S4HANA, MM, Solution Manager, BI BW, PP, FICO, HCM etc so that you can talk to Consultants from these areas confidently and understand their requirements.
- Develop good understanding operating systems and Databases.
- You will find all the relevant topics at one place SAP Learning Hub.
- Complete your learning journey on SAP Learning Hub. The overall content is over 150hrs. But if you are a fresher then factor the same amount of time for second turn.
- You can also look for a good training institute in your area/ virtual learning. Do ensure to do the system practice to be hands on the SAP systems.
- Once you are done with your learning and you feel confident then you should take the SAP Certification exam.
- Once you get yourself certified then you can apply for the Jobs.
I have completed my SAP MM Certification how to find IT consulting jobs?
To find high paying IT consulting jobs related to SAP MM:
- Log on to https://www.birlasoft.com/careers and look for an opportunity and apply or it.
- You can look for SAP MM certified consultants on linked in and connect with them. They may be able to help you with a reference. I will create another blogpost on how to approach people on linked in and win a reference.
- You can connect with people on SAP MM community and try to win a referral.
- You can also browse through job portal like Naukri.com, indeed.com etc.
- You can check the career section on the websites of IT consulting companies. I will create a list of IT consulting companies with their websites and post a link here.
- You can leverage your friends who are already working with any of the IT consulting firms.
- Last but not the least if you still don’t find the opportunity then don’t feel demotivated. Don’t think that you are useless, you are used less. Take a deep breath and calm yourself. Successful people don’t do different things they just do the things differently. Pat yourself for reaching so far. Whatever, you have done so far take a learning and do things differently. It will definitely help you.
If you are a business looking to implement SAP MM or if you have any other IT consulting requirement then you may contact Birlasoft.
You can also refer to a beautiful post by Seema Iyer for more details on this subject.
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