SAP's Young Professional Program Nigeria 2021

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Applications are invited for:

Job Position: SAP's Young Professional Program Nigeria 2021

Requisition ID: 296175
Job Location: Lagos
Work Area: Education and Training

The Young Professional Program

• The Young Professional Program is a free initiative delivered by the SAP Training and Development Institute.
• The program, which lasts for 3 months, is designed to give recent graduates the certifications and soft skills required to begin a career as an SAP Associate Consultant. At the end of the training, SAP TDI will work very closely with the YPP graduates to introduce them to a host of opportunities with SAP customers and partners to work as an SAP Consultant.

Sap Consultants

• The role of an SAP Consultant can be divided into 2 functions: Functional and Technical. This program will be training Functional Consultants within SAP. Functional Consultants work with customers to understand their business requirements and translate them to detailed technology solutions.
• The Consultant facilitates the implementation and support of SAP S/4 HANA and functionalities to enhance the clients’ business functionality and overall performance, while maintaining a high degree of customer satisfaction.
• The Consultant will contribute in blueprinting, design, implementation, operation, optimization, and upgrade phase of a S/4 HANA project, and provide business process as well as functional expertise, and project guidance to our clients to ensure their investment in SAP software and consulting services will make their business the best run business. The Consultant is also responsible for maintaining a high degree of customer satisfaction in each of their accounts in addition to growing and developing referenceable customers through their investigation, analysis, consulting, coaching, knowledge transfer, and relationship-building efforts.
• When customers want to ensure a smooth implementation for their cloud solutions, they call on these consultants. This team develops project plans and timelines for deployment and oversees the process. Understand the business requirements of the stakeholders and translate them to detailed design in alignment with Architect and Product Owner.

 What We Require From A Candidate

• Candidates must have the legal right to work in Nigeria;
• Candidates must be currently unemployed or employed in a part time/non-permanent role not related to career aspirations;
• Candidates must be educated to at least Bachelor level in a field related to Business Administration / Management Information Systems / Engineering
• Candidates will preferably have graduated within the last 3 years with a GPA in the top quartile – proof of this may be requested;
• Candidates must have a keen interest in starting an SAP-related career involving travel;
• Candidates should be fluent in English, both written and spoken;
• The program will commence Early September 2021  and full-time availability from 9am – 6pm from Monday - Friday throughout the training period is essential. The Program will last for 3 months.
• Due to the spread of Coronavirus this training will take place online in a virtual live classroom format. Please ensure you have strong enough internet at home to be able to participate in this program.

How You Benefit

• Start your journey to become an SAP Consultant;
• Gain globally-recognised associate-level SAP Certifications;
• Learn directly from SAP experts;
• Experience classroom and workshop-based training in SAP Technologies;
• Develop the soft skills needed to prepare you for successful job applications;
• Benefit from introductions to job opportunities within the SAP Ecosystem to help secure a position after the training. Please note this program does not guarantee you a job at the end of it.

Important Information / Notice

• SAP is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities.
• If you are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team (Americas: Careers.NorthAmerica@sap.com or Careers.LatinAmerica@sap.com, APJ: Careers.APJ@sap.com, EMEA: Careers@sap.com).
• Please share an English version of your resume while applying for this program
• Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.