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Talan

Agile IT transformation consulting and delivery

Director, Client Solutions SAP - SAP Client Solutions

Pre-Sales Solution Engineering +1Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMontreal, QC, Canada

About the Job

Requirements

  • Possess 9 to 12 years of relevant SAP experience in functional, solution-design, or process-architecture roles.
  • Have participated in at least four full-cycle SAP implementations, including at least two as a functional lead or solution owner.
  • Have deep experience in the industry targeted by the posting and mastery of its end-to-end processes.
  • Have at least three years of experience with current SAP S/4HANA versions in public or private cloud, including demonstrated fit-to-standard practice.
  • Demonstrate direct experience defining assumptions, scope, and effort estimates to be executed by a delivery team.
  • Have led oral presentations, executive workshops, and value discussions with vice-president- or general-manager-level stakeholders.
  • Hold a bachelor's degree in business administration, engineering, supply chain, information technology, or a related field.
  • Be able to travel to client sites in Canada and the United States; travel may represent 30% to 50% of the time during pursuit and design phases.
  • Have oral and written communication skills in French and English to communicate with clients throughout North America.
  • Have experience in the specific industry associated with the position, a strong understanding of its end-to-end business processes, and knowledge of its industry-specific SAP solutions.
  • For mining-industry experience: understand end-to-end mine-to-cash processes, including ore movement, production reporting, and cost per tonne; facilities maintenance, asset management, MRO, and warehouse management for asset-intensive operations; concentrate and commodity sales, including provisional pricing and settlement based on weight and assays; royalties, offtake agreements, and shipment reconciliation; and integrations with mine-planning, fleet-management, and metallurgical-accounting systems.
  • For oil-and-gas industry experience: understand end-to-end well-to-wallet processes; hydrocarbon product management, including quantity conversion and inventory valuation; joint-venture accounting and production revenue accounting; exchanges, tariffs, and netback calculation; and secondary distribution and downstream logistics.
  • For consumer-packaged-goods industry experience: understand demand planning and S&OP; trade-promotion planning, execution, and settlement, as well as deduction and claims management; revenue growth management, pricing strategies, and rebate programs; customer activity repository management and demand-database management; direct-store delivery, lot traceability, quality management, and product-recall readiness; and EDI integration with retailers, GS1 standards, and inventory allocation under supply constraints.
  • For industrial-manufacturing industry experience: understand end-to-end plan-to-produce processes; engineer-to-order and configure-to-order processes, including variant configuration; production planning, detailed scheduling, and MRP in SAP S/4HANA; quality management and nonconformance processing; service-parts, warranty, and installed-base management; and use of SAP Project Systems for capital projects and long-cycle manufacturing activities.

Responsibilities

  • Lead functional solution design for pursuits, requests for proposals, and oral presentations, translating client business problems into SAP solutions that Talan can estimate and deliver.
  • Build and defend the value case with business stakeholders, including benefit drivers, baseline measures, and operational changes needed to realize expected value.
  • Advise decision-makers and recommend not submitting a bid when industry fit or client readiness does not support a responsible proposal.
  • Define solution assumptions, scope boundaries, exclusions, and functional inputs to estimates, and challenge estimates before they are incorporated into pricing.
  • Design and present industry-specific demonstrations, accelerators, and proof-of-concept scenarios with Alliances and Presales teams.
  • Support joint pursuits, industry positioning, and discussions with SAP account teams and ecosystem partners.
  • Serve as functional design authority, decide process and fit-to-standard approaches, and chair or co-chair workshops on critical processes.
  • Provide a documented handoff of the sold solution to the delivery team, including the assumptions log, baseline scope, and design intent.
  • Act as an escalation point when scope, industry fit, or process design is compromised, and substantiate required changes.
  • Review and approve process-design deliverables before presenting them to the client for approval.
  • Validate delivered design against the initial value case during acceptance testing, go-live, and stabilization.
  • Advise the team on organizational impacts of process design in collaboration with the change-management lead.
  • Mentor functional consultants and domain leads to strengthen the team's ability to conduct credible industry discussions with clients.
  • Advance the industry intellectual-property roadmap, including process models, configuration accelerators, demonstration scenarios, and client references.
  • Use delivery learnings to better serve clients, develop packaged offerings, and improve content used by AI-integrated delivery tools.

About the Company

Talan

Agile IT transformation consulting and delivery

Talan is a European consulting and IT services group that helps organizations transform and adapt to fast-changing environments. It offers a full range of services from strategic business consultancy to packaged IT solutions, including production support, software development, business analysis, and nearshore delivery. The company works by deploying multidisciplinary teams across its global offices to guide clients through agile transformations, change programs, and IT modernization. Talan differentiates itself through its international footprint, sector focus on Major Service Operators, and a culture built on transparency, respect, teamwork, entrepreneurial spirit, and commitment. With strong organic growth and a large pool of over 3,500 consultants, its goal is to create and share value for clients while coaching and developing its people—empowering customers to transform and compete more effectively.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Late Stage VC
Total funding
$110M
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
2002

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