Mandatory Skills:

General business process and integration knowledge in MM, SD and FICO Modules.
Strong hands-on on ABAP Programming knowledge & SAP MM, SD BADI/User-Exit. Should have deep knowledge on MM specific tables and Transactions.

Soft-skills / Analytical / Leadership skills:

Should have good analytical skills and very strong interpersonal & communication skills. Should be having enthusiasm and energy to drive things in a volatile environment.
Should be able to articulate well through various means such as presentation, meeting, group discussion etc.
Should know about various types of projects in SAP: implementation, support and upgrade. Must have worked in all three types of projects.
Should be good at effort estimation by considering complexity of objects. Should be well versed with making right assumptions while estimating the efforts.
Should be having working knowledge in Planning, Scheduling, Execution and Monitoring concepts & tools (such as XL, MPP etc.).
Very good awareness of entire SDLC and processes related to SDLC. Should also be good in visualizing and formulating process flow diagrams.
Should be a proactive driver and ensure that status reports and produced in time and all development work is tracked as per expectations.
Identifying and resolving issues by analyzing programs and determining solutions.
Assisting the team when necessary in the development process. This could be by doing some R&D on technical issues, creating Proof of Concept programs etc.
This person will be responsible for forming and leading a team of 7-8 developers and managing the deliverables as well as keeping the team motivated.

Technical - ABAP

Expertise with hands on development experience in RICEF (Reports, Interfaces, Conversion, Enhancements and Forms)
Hands-on expertise in below areas of ABAP:

Reports: Classical, Interactive and ALV (preferably ALV using OO Methodology)

Interfaces: BAPI, BDC, Flat file Interfaces (handling files on both Application Server and Presentation Server)

EDI-IDoc

Enhancements:

BADI, User Exits and Customer Exits. Knowledge of Enhancement Spots would be added advantage.
Proficiency in areas like Data Dictionary and Performance Tuning.
Expertise in OO ABAP.
Knowledge on advanced ABAP areas such as Webdynpro and Workflow would be added advantage.

Development Standards/Development Process

By using project Standards and Processes, to review the technical design document to ensure the development work is in compliance with the specifications.
Hands on expertise in determining and/or validating the development effort estimates.
Assisting functional teams when necessary in the testing efforts and preparing test data.

SAP ABAP Professional