SAP Basis Manager

Global Professional Services Firm, located in Cincinnati, is currently seeking a Sr. SAP  Basis Manager assumes overall responsibility for the SAP Basis technical application services provided.

Key responsibilities may include:
** Understand and communicate activities to each of the project(s)/client(s) under the Leads management.

** Supervise team members to ensure delivery of work.

** Ensure team members are being developed through appropriate assignments and training.

** Provide role descriptions for each individual on the team to ensure proper understanding of team objectives

** Completes performance feedback for team members

** Manage relationship with project senior executives

** Aware of tasks (i.e. upgrades, conversions, stress testing, etc.)

** Serves as escalation point for serious support issues/problems

** Oversee project and tech leads.

** Maintaining Arrangement Letters & scope of services with project team(s)

Technical Design

** Determine boundary and relationship between technical architecture and application layer.

** Assess the feasibility of an application for a given technical architecture.

** Balance quality requirements against development and maintenance costs in resolving application architecture issues.

** Specify technical design approach and standards.


Basic Qualifications:

** 7 years of experience in the following:

- Technical design

- Administration 

** 5 years of SAP Basis experience, preferably in R/3, BW and CRM environments

** 3 years experience in RDBMS management, preferably Oracle

** 2 years experience working as a lead in a **Run** environment

** Bachelor**s Degree

Preferred Skills:

** Experience implementing successful selling strategies/techniques

** Thorough understanding of process requirements related to operations management

** Financials management skills

** Experience in managing a team located in distributed geographies around the world

Professional Skill Requirements
** Proven ability to work independently and as a team member
** Ability to be flexible and work analytically in a problem-solving environment
** Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
** Strong supervisory, coaching and project management skills
** Must display professionalism and confidence
** Excellent customer service skills
** Proven global expertise and perspective; executive level presence and influence
** Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills
** Excellent negotiation, influence, mediation and conflict management skills
** Excellent business acumen and industry acumen