About the position
Part of a team of 14 that will do Operation support on a rotational basis.
Based on a strong technical ABAP background, play a technical solution architect role for all change requests.
Mediate between developers and functional team members and will engage directly with product owner(s) and external partner feature team(s) for the respective projects/maintenance/operations requirements.
Technical oversight of developments on SAP systems that run global business processes spanning the material management, material supply in a automotive setup.
Technical tasks will include, but not limited to:
Reviewing proposed solutions and code changes, based on learned knowledge of existing system design and client's Global Development Guidelines.
Making sure the development solution will align with the current technical functions of the system and will fit the overall architecture.
Reviewing and approving the technical specifications.
Reviewing development, checking code quality against the client’s standards.
Reconfirming during the code review that the completed development meets the original requirement, as explained by the functional expert.
Development will also be required, where the above tasks will be conducted by peers.
The following will also be expected:
Reviewing & approving the functional specifications, make sure that it is complete, understandable and logically consistent from a development point of view.
Attending of all team meetings, including Stand-ups, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospectives, Sprint Planning meetings etc.
Understanding the release management process and keeping track of the release schedule.
Endeavour to understand the client’s SAP system landscape and be abreast of what changes are planned and how they will affect topics planned over a release.
Go-live preparation and post Go-live support.
Receiving, troubleshooting, resolving, and closing Operational and Maintenance tickets within defined SLA’s (Service Level Agreements).
Interact with consultants of other modules.
Taking a proactive approach in the software development process.
Go-Live preparation and post Go-Live Support.
Change Management – Manage changes and present to relevant CAB.
Interaction with clients through meetings, calls and emails.
Receiving, troubleshooting, resolving, and closing operational and maintenance tickets within SLA’s.
Development debugging.
Update and maintain documentation as an existing system’s functionality is changed.
Taking a proactive approach in the software development/design process.
Execution according to the Agile Methodology and attending of all team meetings, including Stand ups, Sprint.
Review, Sprint retrospectives, Sprint Planning meetings etc.
Daily use of the Agile Tool Chain, as per the updates required by the respective feature team(s).
Minimum Requirements:
Qualifications/Experience:
5-8+ years of DevOps (Operations, configuration/development) experience in user IT applications, SAP MM/PP (advantageous).
Supervision: Completely independent worker that will only escalate tasks that are complex and outside of their span of control. May need to lead individual members of a team of Entry and Advanced level experts.
Problem solving: Improve a product or a system that already exists by making conceptual changes and enhancements. Can manage the solution for complex problems that may require simple solutions but affect multiple systems.
Communication: Influence (Effect change without direct exercise of command where persuasion is required and reaching buy-in might be difficult).
Delivery: Specify new products, processes, standards based on organization strategy or set short- to mid-term operational plans. The requests are often unclear and will need substantial investigation to ensure that the specifics are well understood by all parties. Employee may be expected to provide guidance to lower-level employees.
Essential Skills Requirements:
Strong ABAP Development skills including, but not limited to:
Object Orientation (best practice, entity modelling)
WebDynpro/ALV development
BAPI/BADI
Enhancement Framework
EDI-IDOC, System Interfaces
OData Services
OSS
SPAU / SPAU_ENH
S4/Hana
Advantageous Skills Requirements:
SAP Modules Knowledge:
SAP MM (Materials Management): Understanding of the MM module, including procurement, inventory management, and material valuation.
SAP PP (Production Planning): Familiarity with production planning processes, including demand management, MRP (Material Requirements Planning), and capacity planning.
Desired Skills:
- ABAP Development skills
- Object Orientation
- WebDynpro/ALV development
