WHY SAP? Career in SAP? good or bad?
Regional job prospects are looking good for SAP consultants, with hiring companies willing to offer attractive compensation packages just to get the best talent. Demand is "strong" in Singapore, Malaysia, China, Thailand and Australia for SAP functional skills such as financial accounting and controlling (FICO), materials management (MM), and production planning (PP).
Overall, the demand for such expertise is higher in discrete and process manufacturing industries, where the companies usually utilize a wider spectrum of SAP modules for different business areas. Although there is little difference between entry-level positions across the different technology areas, experienced SAP consultants generally command higher paychecks than the average IT professional.
SAP consultants are paid a premium for their specific SAP project experience. Career prospects and development are good since there is a demand for these skill sets and companies are willing to pay good money for the best consultants.
How much one earns depends on several factors including the specific modules of specialization, as well as market demand and supply. In Singapore, for example, an SAP HR (human resources) consultant may be in the lower payscale compared to SAP SD (Sales and Distribution) where the general demand for SAP SD is higher.
There is also a difference between working for an IT consulting company and in an end-user environment, and compensation also depends on the amount of travel required and the country of work.
A consultant can choose to continue to specialize and hone his skills as a SAP subject matter expert, take up managerial responsibilities, or even lead a team and work his way up to senior business or application management.
If you are already in an organization that implements SAP software, you can explore opportunities for internal transfers to get the relevant experience. Once you have clocked one to two full-cycle implementation projects, you can be considered as an experienced SAP consultant.
SAP consultants can hail from different walks of life; one can have functional skills or domain expertise.
A HR manager can take up a course, and find a job as a SAP HR consultant either in an end-user environment or a consulting company. As you gain project experience, say, six months to a year, you can expand into other areas.
Career advancement opportunities are also not limited to the SAP field. A consultant can take on a project lead role and later move on to become an IT head or CTO. And how important is obtaining professional certification? SAP certification is definitely nice to have, but it does not guarantee a smooth transition to a SAP career. Ultimately, companies are still looking at specific and related work experience in SAP. Strong communication skills and industry background will serve as a good foundation for an SAP consultant.
According to SAP, there are more than 8,000 SAP customer installations in the Asia-Pacific region, including Japan, and the German software giant has about 1,600 SAP consultants based in this region. The company continues to ensure it has a strong pool of consultants who can serve the market. Training is also provided at boot camps where participants pick up tips on strategy, consulting and change management
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JSH
consultant. Its worth to spend that money to
learn SAP ABAP and also they are teaching the
interview skills and assisting to get the job
through their friends who works in different
company.
If
you want to learn please call Bangalore
number: 91-9738514604.
institutes at Bangalore. SAP Certification
directly from SAP-AG, Germany can be done
through Siemens but a costly affair. You may
check with siemens at Bangalore for the fees.
I am an Inside sales professional for past 3 yrs. into Software sales and work as a business development consultant with a reputed MNC.I have done an MBA in Marketing & Finance and hold graduation degree in Science.
Since i do not have a technical background/work- experience i am a little apprehensive if SAP modules would help me.However,i am very keen on pursuing an SAP SD module,since my understanding says- being a sales professional with an MBA, SAP SD module is best suited for me.
Seek your guidance on the same.Also, would like to know if SAP SD is the best suited module for me or should i choose any different SAP module to enhance my technical skillset.I am also not very confident if there is good training provided on this, and what are the job prospects once i complete the module.
I look forward to your suggestions on this, also if you could suggest a good institue in Bagalore it would be great help.
Thanks & Regards
JSH
. do u think sap certification is only suited for persons with industry experience and not for freshers.
please answer to my questions as i m very confused whether to go for sap course as a fresher and if i do go then sap certified centre like siemens who charge a huge fees is good or course from not authorised centre who dont offer SAP AG certificate will be good . As in both the centres people find it difficult to enter the sap field and the latter finding it most difficult.
u can also send answers to my mail id tauseefshk@yahoo.co.in
please give me ur valuable suggestions
thanks in advance
You can have traning
from any institute either authorised or non
authorized. The main thing you need to get a
chance to work in a SAP environment and to
have a good experience.
Please give me your valuable & goldan suggestions.
Thanks in advance.
environment who is willing to train you and
help you gain SAP experience under their belt
before becoming a consultant. In the present
scenario, there is very little chance for a
fresher.
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I am writing to you from US- Cal.
ITs about my brother in India.
He is a electronics engineer with SAP and other IT skills but he still strugles for his day to day living.
Basically, he is staying at the moment in BAroda-Gujarat to take care of my father ( cancer patient) and since his move there he has been out of job and getting no experince in it.
I read your article about SAP and am very impressed by your views and was wondering if you can shed some light on the issue of helping my brother out some way.
Thank You
Shilpa
to train him and help to gain SAP experience
under their belt before becoming a
consultant. As you are well aware, in the
present time, there is very little chance for
a fresher.
I am a b-tech student having great interest in SAP-ABAP.
can u plz tell me Is SAP at saturation level ?? as now a days many organizations are providing technical training in SAP and becoming very common.
Thanks ...
Manav Gupt
This is kumar and i have domain experiance around 7 years in the field of Sales & Marketing and Certified in SAP (SD Module)from Siemens Information system.
How to get a break in SAP? Looking forward to hear from you.
Regards
Saravana
training in sap sd frm siemens delhi but not
sure of placement .can u help me with
tht..email me
chander.ramchandani@gmail.com.
Chander
I have zeeroed down on pursuing SAP HR (Functional Module)training. I carry almost 5.5 years of domain (HR) experience.
I have a query that if is it advisable to pursue SAP HR course from a private instituion in Chennai, or should i do from Siemens only. When it comes to placement, does it carry any weightage that wherefrom you have gathered the knowledge.
And given the current market conditions do you think its feasible to fetch a job/implementation exposure opportunuty immediately after completing the course.
Seeking your expert comments.
-monica
Any help/advice will be appricaited.
Thanks.
Environment even as End User, he/she can opt
for a career in SAP, other wise its not that
much worth to learn, since 90% of comapnies
required experienced personells and not
prefer freshers
SAP gives more experience.....
for a particular domain and sufficient
experience.
If anyone
presently working in SAP Environment even as
End User, he/she can opt for a career in SAP,
other wise its not that much worth to learn,
since 90% of comapnies required experienced
personells and not prefer freshers.
Once you qualify the above
criteria, you may choose the companies
installed SAP rather than choosing
outsourching companies.
Can you please suggest any
good organisation to persue SAP course, in
FICO in Delhi. Also, please suggest the scope
of CRM module.
Thank you in advance.
experience and qualification. All modules has
equal scope. CRM & Supply Chain Management
is good.
If you are interested
in SAP Certification- Siemens is providing
training. No Idea about other private
insitututes in Delhi.
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