What is an SAP consultant?

There is no denying that ERP is a technology, or an idea, so the corresponding post is also a part of the technology flow. Someone once wrote on the Internet that SAP should not belong to the IT field, but to the management field, calling on everyone to do SAP, and then to supplement the management group (the other field is the marketing group), one of the two most scarce talent groups in China; In fact, SAP should still belong to the IT field. Speaking of which, don't think it's JAVA. NET, it is information technology, it also has its own management, and the development of information technology, its purpose is to let lazy people find reasonable reasons for being lazy, while ERP, especially SAP, is enough to give these increasingly lazy business managers a good excuse and reason to continue to be lazy and realize the stable development of enterprises.

The position corresponding to SAP is not an engineer, not a programmer, but a consultant. In fact, people who do technology in SAP, such as ABAP and BASIS, can actually be called technical engineers, but because any development is inseparable from business, it is respectful to call consultants, which is also a more accurate reflection of the work content of SAP employees.

The growth path of SAP consultants is from the inside out. Why? Of course, the salary will be slightly higher when you are outside, but it also means you have to travel frequently. To be honest, I'm tired, too. So some people like to be internal consultants in the company. And now some management consulting companies tend to undertake projects internally in order to save costs, so internalizing external consultants is also a side effect of the development of outsourcing industry. After all, the labor cost is high now, and it is also affected by CPI.

SAP consultants or implementation consultants refer to professionals who have mastered the software system of SAP business solutions, have certain management skills and are familiar with the characteristics of the industry. SAP consultants mainly provide solution services such as demand analysis, strategic planning and implementation supervision for users who adopt SAPERP business solutions. At present, UFIDA, Kingdee and other major ERP enterprises in China have also introduced the position of consultant. Consultants are compound talents of technology and management. A qualified implementation consultant must have financial knowledge, computer knowledge and management knowledge; From the experience point of view, it is necessary to have certain enterprise management practice and understand one or more management processes in R&D, production planning, procurement and inventory, finance, sales and human resources of an industry enterprise. Therefore, many excellent consultants have actually become senior experts in the industry. Excellent consultants are generally over 30 years old.

Generally speaking, due to the high cost (requiring expensive practice environment) and long cycle (accumulating work experience) of training a consultant, and the demand of enterprise information market, ERP consultant talents are scarce. In the world, consulting is a high-paying profession. In China, as far as external consultants are concerned, high-end talents are expensive. A few years as a senior consultant or senior consultant will pay a considerable salary. This is also determined by the enterprise environment.