Principal Advisory Consultant

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Vacancy Name: Principal Advisory Consultant
Vacancy No: VN1187
Business Unit: AsiaPac
Job Location: Australia
Employment Type: Full Time
Job Details and Responsibilities:
At Lemongrass, we provide advisory and consulting services focused on the development and implementation of SAP and related business-critical IT architecture. We create the technology platforms and customized processes needed to support the solutions of the future for our clients.
From AI, cloud, data strategies, BTP, security, and automation, we solve challenges that companies face today using our breadth of experience and transformational IT and business models. Our team is what makes Lemongrass exceptional and why we have an excellent reputation in the market. At Lemongrass, you will work with the smartest and most motivated people in the business. We take pride in our culture of innovation and collaboration that is completely vendor-independent and allows us to deliver exceptional benefits to our clients.
Summary:
As a Principal Consultant in the Advisory practice, you will play a pivotal role in helping clients identify innovation across every industry, bringing new opportunities and helping organizations navigate the associated challenges so they can deliver on their most complex technology change projects.
We utilize technology enablement to tackle a variety of business problems from business and technology process analysis through to the design, delivery, and management of strategic solutions. We increasingly use advanced analytics, cloud platforms including SAP RISE, and modern delivery methods to provide innovative solutions to complex industry issues.
Responsibilities:
Transformation Programs:
Lead cutting-edge SAP IT transformation programs, analyzing client IT and controlling processes, and providing guidance on the design and implementation of SAP and IT operations.
Play a lead role in mapping out improvements to client working practices and articulate the value of those changes.
Understand a breadth of technologies across all major Hyperscalers and make use of specialists on the team to create compelling and comprehensive transformational roadmaps.
Lead the design and deliver end-to-end solutions utilizing the SAP BTP platform, including SAP Integration Suite, SAP Build, and SAP Business Data Cloud/Datasphere.
Collaborate with clients and internal teams to understand business requirements and translate them into scalable, secure, and efficient technical solutions.
Project Delivery:
Provide leadership to a team producing high-quality deliverables and providing crucial input to shape the strategic direction for discovery, design, and implementation projects.
Demonstrate familiarity with SRE (Site Reliability Engineering), ITIL, and TOGAF methodologies.
Leverage and maximize clients' investments in ITSM tools and frameworks.
Support clients in SAP S/4HANA projects throughout the entire lifecycle, from requirements analysis to solution design, technical concept, implementation, testing, training, go-live, and rollout from a Basis operations perspective.
Mentor junior developers and solution architects on BTP-related technologies and best practices.
Work closely with development and operations teams to ensure seamless implementation and delivery of solutions.
Conduct workshops and provide training for clients on SAP BTP technologies and solution capabilities.
Transformation Roadmaps:
Develop comprehensive roadmaps and interim states for transitioning from on-premise SAP basis operations models to SAP Cloud models for hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
Practice and Sales Support:
Support pre-sales activities by creating or contributing to proposals, statements of work, and responses to customer questions.
Demonstrations and be able to articulate the benefits of FinOps services.
Identification of existing customer sales opportunities.
Contribute to the growth and success of our advisory practice by enhancing market offers, knowledge, and overall strategic goals.
Qualifications:
We are seeking a candidate with a proven track record in business case development and SAP transformation initiatives, possessing the following experiences and qualifications:
SAP Expertise:
Proven experience in SAP application and operations management, demonstrating a broad understanding of key SAP modules and technologies both historical and present.
Strong understanding of cloud-based platforms, particularly SAP BTP, and its components (Integration Suite, Extension Suite, SAP Datasphere/Business Data Cloud).
Cloud Financial Governance and CoE Setup:
Establishing and defining Cloud FinOps Centers of Excellence (CoEs) and governance models for mid-sized to large organizations.
Collaboration with IT Procurement:
Experience collaborating with IT procurement teams to optimize cloud-related financial processes.
Vendor Management Experience:
Hands-on experience working with one or more cloud vendors, including AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Familiarity with cloud contracting models, commitment models, and licensing structures.
Familiarity with SAP licensing models.
Executive Engagement & Presentations:
Strong presentation and customer engagement skills and experience.
Experience in board-level engagement and presentation.
Proficient in stakeholder management.
Cost Optimization Techniques:
In-depth knowledge of cloud cost optimization techniques across storage, data

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