IBM Associate Program - SAP Consultant

Introduction
Are you about to graduate or did you graduate in the past year? Are you a forward-thinker and eager to learn? At IBM Consulting we are always looking for superstars to work on multiple exciting projects in a friendly and energetic working environment. If that is you join us as an Associate Consultant!
IBM Consulting’s Associate Programme is IBM’s world-class 2-year development programme for early professionals and about-to-graduate talents.
As an Associate you will jump-start your consulting career by combining client project work across different industries and service areas. Your projects will be combined with focused training and coaching by our network of experts and mentors. All those elements will help you develop relevant skills and gain meaningful experience while you solve our clients’ most challenging problems with future-shaping solutions.

Your Role and Responsibilities
As an Associate SAP Consultant at IBM Consulting get ready to tackle numerous mission-critical company directives. Our team takes on the challenge of understanding how our clients operate and do business – which includes some of the world’s leading organizations.
We design develop and re-engineer highly complex business processes and the application components and software that support them. You will use a mix of consultative skills business acumen and technical expertise to effectively integrate packaged technology into our clients’ business environment and help them succeed.
We foster a culture of creative innovative thinkers; people who are curious about how technology can transform businesses and impact the world. We cultivate a diverse inclusive global team of people who want to pioneer reimagine and disrupt the future.
If you see yourself as someone who believes no problem is too big to solve and who wants to unleash their potential IBM Consulting is for you.

You’re our type if you:
• Are passionate about technology and providing solutions to challenging problems. You spot solutions by setting yourself in the seat of the client
• Demonstrate leadership experience and ability to adapt with willingness to readily take ownership of tasks and problems
• Thrive at the center stage of attention and can comfortably engage with stakeholders from the shop floor to the board room
• Demonstrate a history of achievements in academics internships course work and/or work experience specifically concerning business and process development with an innovation mindset.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. Consequently we expect that you constantly develop your skills and mature your professional profile. As part of the Associate program ongoing learning development of consulting and technical skills and continuous personal growth is prioritized – all grounded in a culture of coaching. You’ll be trained to become an expert in SAP’s technologies and be well versed to speak with clients and make strategic recommendations.

Within your role as an Associate SAP Consultant you will:
• Become part of client-facing teams that generally consists of consultants subcontractors remote global resources and client employees
• Master process design planning and managing execution of the build and integration of SAP systems
• Specialize in areas and processes such as Record to Report Order to Cash Supply Chain Management Analytics
• Assist and eventually guide clients in selection implementation (design configuration and testing) and support of SAP Solutions
• Work in a client-facing manner and be expected to specialize within an industry.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise
• Bachelor’s or Master degree in Business Administration & Economics and STEM disciplines (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics).
• Italian mother-tongue and fluent in English with strong communication skills both in writing and verbally
• Excellent presentation/communication and interpersonal skills
• Enthusiasm towards information systems and client facing business consulting
• A passion for innovative ideas coupled with the ability to understand and assimilate different points of view
• Exceptional quantitative analysis skills and ability to derive recommendations informed by data and insights

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
Consulting experience and/or user experience are an advantage.