Consulting Co-op – SAP Consulting

Job Description

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The Tone:
This is a part-time co-op position at IBM, located in State College, PA. IBM Consulting is an organization that builds long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. The company works with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. This role is vital for developing future talent within IBM, offering an exceptional opportunity to gain professional experience, build a compelling portfolio, and acquire new skills, while gaining insights into diverse industries and embracing novel challenges for a future career in consulting.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship
• Type: Part-time (up to 20 hours/week during academic year; up to 40 hours/week during academic breaks)
• Location: In-person, State College, PA

• Mission: To apply academic knowledge in real-world client projects, supporting IBM Consulting in areas such as market trend analysis, operational efficiency improvements, stakeholder requirement documentation, and cloud migration initiatives.
• Tech Stack: SAP Software, Oracle Finance Cloud, ABAP, SAP BTP JavaScript, HTML, XML, SQL

What You’ll Actually Do
• Market Dynamics: Conduct primary research and collaborate with teams to help clients navigate market trends and refine competitive strategies.
• Operational Excellence: Design models to enhance client experience, contributing to improved efficiency and effectiveness in operational processes.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Facilitate workshops, meetings, and interviews to document requirements by collaborating with diverse teams to capture and synthesize information.
• Project Exposure: Shadow product teams and enterprise-wide data integrations, contributing to data analytics assessments and participating in cloud migration and system implementations.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree from a university, with a proven track-record of academic success.
• Experience: Demonstrated leadership experience; prior interest in and knowledge or experience with SAP Software, gained through previous internships, personal projects, or academic learning.
• Skills: Strong interpersonal skills for effective collaboration and relationship building; ability to manage dynamic workloads in an agile environment; initiative to actively seek new knowledge and improve skills while embracing a growth mindset; effective communication through active listening; willingness to adapt and readiness to take ownership of tasks and challenges.
• Bonus: Foundational quantitative analysis skills and the ability to develop data-driven recommendations; an understanding of clients’ needs and challenges, applying a creative and logical approach to identify solutions; exposure to programming technologies such as ABAP, SAP BTP JavaScript, HTML, XML, or SQL.