Solution Lead -Finance and Procurement (SAP)

Qualifications / Experience

Minimum: 

• Bachelor’s (or equivalent education qualifications) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related disciplines
• 8+ years of related IT experience in SAP Technical & Integration covering but not limited to: 
  • Software development 
  • System analysis 
  • Business analysis 
  • Solution definition 
  • System Testing 
• Hands-on experience working on SAP PI/PO, IDOC, ODATA, CDS & API is MUST
• Knowledge of BTP, Cloud Integration is good to have
• Good knowledge in SAB ABAP developments & Integrating with other 3rd party systems
• Working experience in S4 HANA is must
• Good understanding of ITSM & Agile practices
• Chinese speaking candidate will be advantageous
• Client facing experience with successful relationship management is a plus 
• Proven verbal and written communication skill 
• Professional, passionate, innovative, self-motivated and able to present solutions to diverse groups of stakeholders 
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, leveraging both logic and creativity 
• Proven troubleshooting skills; ability to identify patterns and generate ideas 
• Airline or travel industry knowledge is highly beneficial 

Key Responsibilities:

The Solution Lead (SL) is responsible for delivery of high quality IT product or applications to the business.  Key responsibilities may be categorised into five areas:  

Business Engagement 

• Support pre-project consulting for a portfolio pipeline of initiatives 
• Capture and communicate business direction, challenges and requirements 
• Support business process change 
• Recommends commercially and technically viable ideas to improve the business performance 

Technology Design and Implementation 

• Work closely with the developers, analyst and architects to architect and develop the best technical design.  Conceptualise and propose solution approaches 
• Planning, designing, developing, implementing, and supporting IT products and applications to meet the customer needs 
• Provide an escalation point for solution analysts in order to deliver business solutions that include technology implementations and/or adaptations 
• Recommends and implements simple continuous improvement of standard Cathay IT Practices 
• Keep abreast of latest trends in technology, industry and corresponding business domain 
• Responsible for application maintenance and striving for continuous improvements within the application lifecycle 

Project Delivery 

• Focus on small to medium scale initiatives 
• Initiate, define, plan and execute tasks / initiatives 
• Test all solution aspects including but not limited to security, performance, integration 
• Facilitate project progress through relevant gates 
• Manage the day-to-day activities of the software development team and external 3rd parties as required 

People Management 

• Contribute to team resource planning 
• Manage external 3rd parties as required 

The Solution Lead may also: 

• Be directly involved in implement solutions in an Agile development team 
• Directly manage one or more Solution Analysts 
• Perform the role of surrogate Product Owner / BU SME (generally Senior) 
• Coach Solution Analysts on any aspect of their role