SAP Consultant

Company Description

IKAI Technology Solutions supports businesses across various industries in harnessing the full potential of information technology. We provide IT services to clients in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific regions. Our extensive experience helps global enterprises navigate the digital landscape, addressing challenges and seizing opportunities in today's fast-paced world. At IKAI, we emphasize continuous learning, innovation, and adaptability to ensure our clients achieve success. Join our team and help shape the future of business together.

Role Description

This is a contract role for a SAP Consultant located on-site in Riyadh. The SAP Consultant will be responsible for analyzing business processes, integrating and managing master data, and consulting on system integration. Day-to-day tasks include providing expertise in SAP solutions, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring efficient operation of SAP systems for clients.

Must Have:

Strong Functional Understanding of SAP Ecosystem: Good grasp of SAP data structures (BW, HANA, S/4HANA), view structures (CDS Views, Analytical Views, Calculation & Composite Views), metadata, business processes. 

Experience with Data Integration Concepts: Understanding of how to connect and consume data from SAP Data Catalogue, Datasphere, or other enterprise data layers into SAC. 

Hands-on experience with OData requests and RESTful APIs for data integration and external system communication and ability to read, interpret, and troubleshoot API response codes for error handling and performance optimization 

Strong grasp of SAP Datasphere architecture 

Metadata & Data Governance Awareness: Understanding of metadata usage, cataloguing practices, lineage and traceability in SAP Datasphere and how they apply in enterprise reporting and data discovery. 

Excellent Communication & Collaboration Skills: Ability to work closely with technical teams, business stakeholders, and architects to drive integration discussions and alignment. 

• Documentation & Reusability Focus: Proven ability to create detailed documentation of SAC setups, reusable model patterns, and naming standards. 

Good To Have: 

Hands-on Experience with SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC): Understanding of SAC model creation, connection setup (live/import), and story building, How SAC and other reporting tools like Power BI can complement each other in hybrid landscapes/Cross-platform BI Exposure (e.g., Power BI/Tableau/BO) 

Familiarity with master data and transactional data concepts within the SAP landscape 

Familiarity with Reporting Foundation Assets – ability to interpret data to design reporting models 

Basic Scripting Knowledge 

Experience in the pharmaceutical domain 

Qualifications:

Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field 

SAP Certifications 

Qualities: 

Proactive problem solver who anticipates challenges and acts early 

Detail-oriented and follows structured, process-driven approaches 

Technically curious and adaptable to emerging SAP technologies 

Strong communicator, able to bridge technical and business teams 

Collaborative, with a team-first mindset across reporting and engineering 

Thinks at an enterprise level, ensuring scalable and reusable solutions 

Self-starter who can drive tasks independently with minimal oversight 

Aware of business context behind BRDs, BPMLs, Bus Matrix, and process flows 

Customer-centric, focused on usability and business value 

Habitual documenter and knowledge sharer for continuity and governance 

Proficient in English (read/write/speak) and communication over email.