SAP and Project Assistance Specialist

Description

Job Title: SAP and Project Assistance Specialist

Location: Durham, NC (RTP Office)

About the Role

• This contingent position will play a vital role in supporting high-impact projects through data accuracy, quality assurance, troubleshooting, and system optimization.
• This position is ideal for professionals with a strong foundation in SAP, data management, and workflow automation-especially self-starters that thrive in collaborative, fast-paced environments.

Key Responsibilities

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with project teams, process experts, and key users to test scripts, resolve issues, and share outcomes.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders to ensure alignment and progress.

Data Integrity & System Management

• Set up and maintain SAP master data, including inspection plans, methods, and certificate profiles.
• Prepare and execute mass data uploads with precision and consistency.

Quality & Compliance Support

• Manage data entry and reconciliation for non-conformance (NCM) and product rerelease processes across multiple SAP environments.
• Assist in aligning specifications across systems and support action planning.

Reporting & Analytics

• Support report migration and harmonization efforts, including data transformation, testing, and optimization.
• Contribute to Power BI report development and deployment.

Training & Knowledge Sharing

• Participate in training sessions and help transfer knowledge across teams to ensure project continuity and success.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, IT, Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field with relevant work experience in data management and analysis.
• Minimum 2 years of hands-on experience with SAP S4/HANA (preferably SAP QM).
• Experience with data entry, quality management, and large-scale IT project support.

Preferred Tools & Technologies

• SAP S/4HANA: Exceptional experience in Quality management, (QM), Production planning (PP) and Materials Management (MM) workflows.
• Power BI: Dataflows, datasets, Power Query, report authoring, deployment.
• Power Automate: Flow creation and integration with SharePoint, SAP, and Power BI.
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps and project management tools is a plus.

Core Competencies

• Attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Effective communicator—both written and verbal.
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Quick learner with strong problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities.
• Multilingual skills (Spanish, German, English) are a plus.

Work Environment

• Based in Durham, NC (RTP Office).
• Flexibility to collaborate with global teams across time zones is essential.