[1506] in SAPr3-news
Re: What is an SAP Consultant?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derrick Day)
Thu Jun 27 09:27:14 1996
To: sapr3-news@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 13:02:55 GMT
From: staff@voicenet.com (Derrick Day)
Reply-To: staff@voicenet.com
ranger4254@aol.com (Ranger4254) wrote:
Recently a colleague of mine was offered a position with SAP as an
application consultant. Does anyone know what that is? Is it a
developer?
Is it a sales position? Is it a help/support position? My colleague
did not take the position because he couldn't get a good definition of
what it was.
Anyone have any thoughts?
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Boy, do I ever!
Application consultant is another term for functional consultant which
is another SAP-world term. In the realm of SAP, functional consultants
are the most prized. These are the individuals who configure the SAP
modules to best suit a client's business practices. They are the SAP
consultants who command the stratospheric compensation (average
$110K/year).
Now, did I read your posting correctly -- was your friend offered a
position with SAP AG or SAP America? If this was the case, this was
the ABSOLUTE BEST PLACE to learn the system. SAP makes a substantial
investment in the training of their consultants -- you CANNOT do
better than SAP for training in the system that SAP developed!
Is it a sales position? No. Rather it is a business/IT consulting
position. There is some pre-sales and post-sales support involvement.
SAP may have seemed nebulous in their explanation of the position but
that is only because their consultants wear many hats!
Your friend turning down this position may well have been THE WORST
CAREER MOVE of his or her life. I will hope and pray that it was not!
Best Regards,
Derrick
