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# Associate Director, SAP Solution Architect - Consumer (Retail), Technology & Transformation

- **Company:** Deloitte
- **Location:** Bristol, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** SuccessFactors, SAP (Applications), SAP Solution Manager, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Ariba
- **Published:** September 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=22ef2ba16cfd9d9a

## About the Role

* Conceptualize and communicate winning propositions - making complex ideas look simple
 * Be bright, ability to rapidly pick-up new technologies, propositions and business areas
 * Outcome oriented - maximizing balance of effort vs benefit to achieve objectives
 * Demonstrates excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing
 * Ability to work under own initiative and under tight time pressures - planning, prioritizing and controlling own workload
 * Precise approach to project management and procedures
 * Ability to assert own ideas to clients and within Deloitte senior management
 * Continuous improvement - Inquisitive - "self teaching" of relevant new business thinking and technology solutions.
 * A deep excitement for and experience in working in one or more of the Consumer Products, Retail, Foodservice, Distribution, and Automotive industries

Role Competencies

 * Broad knowledge of Deloitte's integrated propositions, solutions, differentiation and track record
 * Detailed knowledge of the full range of business requirements, processes and S/4HANA solutions in Consumer organizations for your functional areas of expertise (eg finance, supply chain)
 * Broad integration knowledge of S/4HANA across the whole solution
 * Experience of working with other SAP solutions such as SuccessFactors, Ariba, IBP and BTP is desirable
 * Work with the opportunity leads to conceptualize and communicate winning propositions
 * Mobilize and motivate a bid team and project team
 * Being the SAP Solution Architect on an S/4HANA or wider SAP solution suite delivery programme - with multiple demanding stakeholders and a strong understanding of the needs of Consumer clients
 * Lead / support the preparation and delivery of sales proposals and presentations
 * Entrepreneurial - can identify and develop opportunities within existing accounts
 * Ability to organize and co-ordinate diverse groups in complex situations
 * Ability to rapidly assess new technology solutions
 * Lead functional / technical architecture in complex environments
 * Support the delivery team to develop phasing strategy, plans, benefits case, org structures, resource plans, risks and issues
 * Manages design workshops on multiple area of expertise
 * Command the respect and confidence of your peers

## Description

* Architecting the solutions for market leading Consumer clients SAP opportunities
 * Supporting the sale of strategically important SAP deals across the Consumer industry
 * Ensuring SAP engagements are successfully delivered
 * Developing other solution team members
 * Develop Deloitte into new propositions, services, technologies where SAP meets Consumer

As a SAP Solution Architect (functional), your role will involve the following activities:

 * Deliver sales revenue targets through team based selling bid team
 * Own bid lifecycle for smaller bids whilst contributing to larger bids
 * To lead / support complex S/4HANA opportunities and customer ITT responses - leading to the client to choose Deloitte as their preferred partner for S/4HANA implementations
 * Act as a quality assurance on proposals documents and presentations written by less experienced team members
 * To be part of the initial programme delivery team in order to architect the solution, de-risk the transition into delivery and ensure success
 * To build strong industry/partner relationships across the Consumer Industry
 * To develop own skill set to maintain 'thought leadership' status in customer's and peers eyes