My client based in Cape Town(North) is currently looking for a SAP Manager to join them
Cape Town based / Hybrid work model
To build, maintain and manage a team of SAP professionals to support a stable SAP
environment and maximise SAP usage while critically assessing new functionality to ensure
derives optimal benefit from their SAP investment.
- Talent Management: Manage the SAP IT team as well as the maintenance and support
team including third party support resources.
- Enforce the implementation of applicable procedures and guidelines and affect
the compliance to statutory and legislative requirements to ensure conformance to the
established Limits of Authority (LOA) to safeguard interest, image and
reputation.
- Communicate, interpret and champion the execution of policies and provisions
of the Codes of Conduct & Business Ethics (COBE), Protection of Personal Information
(POPI) and Anti-Bribery & Corruption (ABC), and undertake appropriate mitigation
and/or intervention programmes to safeguard business operations, high staff discipline
and industrial harmony.
- SAP S4 Hana Finance IT Program and Project Managers
- SAP Technical Specialist
- SAP Architecture
- Implementation/Support SAP BTP (Datasphere and Integrator)
- Azure migration specialist
- Azure costing owner
- Governance Risk compliance officer for SAP Soterion
- Manage and oversee the work planning from CAPEX to OPEX
- Oversee business needs definition, recruitment, and establishment of the capability for
delivery and provides a cost and operationally effective service.
- Construct and build sustainable contractual agreement with third parties
- Liaise with other business units, internal and external technology supplier teams.
- Deliver the technology fit, and coordinate the involvement of service providers, third
parties, and on-site project resources.
- Establish the baseline for the service catalogue.
- Identify and report/escalate to the various heads of departments and/or other
appropriate stakeholders any issues or risks that may affect the operations of the
capability, and remediate or minimise their effects.
- Identify training requirements, and work with the HR to schedule training as it relates to
enablement of the capability.
Responsibility
SAP Team Development and Capability
Build SAP team capability through attraction and retainment of skilled and efficient SAP
professionals in all functions such development and solution management within IT and
management of overall team assignments to ensure that team performance is optimal and
workload is appropriately distributed for maximum output
Solution Roadmaps & Feasibility Reporting
Manage, oversee and provide input on solution roadmap design, creation of system
landscapes, application exploitation, appropriate technology adoption, business case
compilation and to future proof SAP software investment in order to drive maximum
return and to ensure quality & alignment to organisational strategy
Innovation & Continuous Business Improvement (CBI)
Provide direction to improve inefficient business systems and operations by advising business
areas on effective usage of SAP solutions with the aim of achieving IT’s strategic
objectives, improving competitive advantage and to deliver reliable information for sound
decision making
Major Upgrades Develop and drive the plans for successful major version upgrades with the IT
team to ensure efficient operation activities
Operational Projects
Coordinate IT team leader activities on Business Projects and provide guidance in the planning
and coordination of IT activities for SAP Core, Solution Manager release, Support Pack Stack
or Enhancement Pack Upgrades
SAP Support and Maintenance
Provide support by managing and monitoring the processing of incidents and service requests,
monitoring SAP Early Watch & Enterprise Support Customer Quality Check reports and ensure
that
recommendations are reviewed and implemented to ensure SLAs are achieved.
Governance and Compliance
Lead the development of SAP standards and processes and support maintenance and security
patches, version upgrades and integration on bolt-on and 3rd-party software to ensure
consistent and secure
framework for governance
Key Understanding:
Provide sustainable IT solutions to reduce the total cost of ownership and thus reducing
operating costs with the unit identify long term impact on cost during implementation phase
Identify high risk areas within the business and ensure mitigating controls where this could be
people, process or technology to enablement of the capability.
Knowledge and understanding of the technology operations, design, and deployment, including
experience working with third party-supplied design and planning organisations
Experience in planning, managing, and delivering large technology projects
Expert-level understanding of how technology infrastructure supports and affects Service
Delivery unit requirements and employees
Ability to assess and identify issues and risks within a technical environment
People development, coaching, and leadership/team building experience, and ability to
manage multiple virtual teams
Good negotiation and relationship management skills
Customer management skills, including the ability to work and communicate with customers
and stakeholders in high-pressure environments
Expert oral and written communication and interpersonal skills
Facilitation skills
Strong awareness and commitment to our company’s quality standards
Project management skills (e.g., define detailed project scope, monitor and track project,
manage and track financial resources, develop and deliver communication materials, handover
to operational team)
Excellent analytical, organisational, and multi-tasking skills
Good financial aptitude, documentation skills, and organisation skills
Flexibility in adapting to changing requirements and priorities
Ability to organise, delegate, and leverage resources to accomplish objectives
Desired Skills:
- HANA
- SAP ERP
- SAP Implementation
- SAP support
Desired Work Experience:
- More than 10 years
Desired Qualification Level:
- Grade 12 / Matric