SAP key user to SAP trainer/consultant

[tedmus]

To start, some info on my situation.

53, have worked in the chemical industry for the last 25 years, have used SAP as an end user extensively during that time.

Have been in my current position for 16 years as a warehouse manager but was brought in to this site mainly for my SAP experience.

We had a transition to SAP HANA a couple of years ago in which myself and a few others were key members of the team and had a couple of years providing data for transfer, followed by an extensive period being trained on the new SAP and then for some of us making it work for the business with some of us then going on to training staff. My areas covered O2C. P2P and MQM mainly.

We also had a 3PL company who required training on O2C/MQM side of things for which I put together a training package for our plant and went out to them to deliver it at an end user level.

I'm now being made redundant and wondering rather than just going for a similar role is it worth pursuing something in a training/consultancy position, I have a lot of experience with SAP and seems a shame for it to go to waste.

I have had a quick look at roles out there but a lot of SAP jobs require technical training/qualifications which I don't have currently, I did apply for a place at a company called Config Team that it appears would embrace experience but wasn't successful.

Just wondering where I need to look or are there any useful qualifications regarding this type of role?

TIA

Edited by tedmus on Monday 23 June 21:16

[Dynion Araf Uchaf]

I think you need to position yourself as a SAP consultant. Work as part of a team.

There is a role working for Hyundai UK on LinkedIn as a SAP Program Manager which I think fits the profile you have.

[CHARLESBERG]

Whilst nothing to do with SAP, I deliver internal training. The qualification we do for trainers is to attend a level 3 award in education and training, if you’d like to explore that option. This is a general course, rather than industry specific.

A colleague is currently attending an online one, if you search for either Level 3 Award or PTLLS, as it was known as previously (but they all still seem to reference), there are various options if this is something you’d like to explore.

Took me a couple of months to complete with days spent on it here and there.

Hope this helps.

[Countdown]

IMHO there's a big gap between SAP Key User and Consultant.

I've been through hell SAP implementations a couple of times as a Key user. It basically involved mapping the Organisations finance processes and workflows (P2P, Fixed Assets, Debtors, Creditors, Banking, GL), letting the Consultants "build" the system and then doing UAT. Whilst I know my way around the various modules and how they're supposed to interlink if something goes wrong all I do is send a ticket to our Consultants.

In short I don't think a "Key User" from one organisation could just walk into another organisation because they would likely have different processes/workflows and in order to work for the Consultants (Edenhouse, CapGemini etc ) you would probably need to know the coding side of things