Future-proofing your SAP Career

The AI hype is in full swing, so how does a SAP Consultant become irreplaceable?

1. Move up the Value Chain

AI is automating routine work like basic configuration and enabling faster business transformation, so you could upskill as follows

• Support > Functional Consultant > Solution Architect
• Project > Program Manager

We believe that roles that are more People / Business focused, have a very good chance of being required for a long time

2. Understand SAP Data and Analytics

AI’s efficiency relies on Data, and in large enterprises SAP stores some of the most valuable business data, so you could upskill in these areas:

• Data Engineering
• Data Analysis

We think that skills like Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) will be in huge demand going forward

3. Learn about their AI Stack

SAP is embedding AI across its own ecosystem, which leads to a simplified User Experience and quicker Implementations, so you could upskill in

• Configuring SAP Joule (their chatbot)
• Implementing AI workflows
• Governance of AI within SAP

By becoming part of the AI revolution, you’re making yourself irreplaceable

4. Becoming an SME

The most valuable Functional consultants can translate business goals and SAP clients often aim for transformation, so you could become an SME in your specific domain:

• Finance transformation
• Supply chain management (SCM) transformation
• Manufacturing transformation

While SAP provides the tools, it cannot redesign business processes without broader context, which we believe will require SME’s to steer their efforts for a long time to come

5. Integration Skills

Enterprise clients often have vast landscapes that are multi-platform, so if you’re Technical you can grow your value by learning about

• API integration (using SAP Integration Suite)
• Cloud migration

We believe this will future-proof your SAP Technical career vastly