SAP Project and Administration Assistant

About the position

My client based in Cape Town (Northern Suburbs) is currently looking for a SAP Project and Administration Assistant to join them on an independent contract basis

IT / Finance

Responsibilities

• Undertake necessary research of SAP products to support new initiatives
• Co-ordinate and drive the exploration of new SAP products
• Support onboarding and induction of new resources
• Take accurate and comprehensive notes during workshops, including action items with follow-ups
• Co-ordinate and monitor execution of tasks to ensure deadlines are met
• Manage any administrative obstacles that may threaten efficient SAP CoE operations or deadlines
• Engage with service providers and Client to support contract administration
• Follow-up on invoices and vendor payments
• Monitor and action contract renewals
• Preparing reports and presentation slides
• Keeping team up to date and aware of events, training and non-core activities
• Filing and organising documents
• Manage travel arrangements
• Coordinating and preparing for meetings, conferences, workshops, including calendar management
• Booking venues for meetings and workshops

Experience

• Grade 12
• Project assistant, project management, office administration or related qualification
• IT related training
• At least 10 years as a project or personal assistant
• At least 5 years exposure to IT or SAP
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office products, viz. Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams
• Excellent knowledge of MS Powerpoint
• Excellent computer skills
• Intermediate functional and/or technical knowledge of SAP
• Intermediate knowledge of IT principles
• Hands-on exposure to SAP projects
• Hands on exposure to IT projects
• Good understanding of SAP development principles
• Good understanding of Jira and Confluence is advantageous
• Excellent attention to detail
• Outstanding organizational skills and ability to prioritize tasks
• Highly motivated with a strong work ethic
• Appreciate high degree of confidentiality
• Positive and encouraging personality
• Able to proactively address potential issues
• Excellent interpersonal and communication (written and verbal) skills
• Must be resilient and work effectively under pressure
• Highly responsible with ability to work independently
• Strong client focus
• Excellent time management skills
• Quick learner

If you are ready for the next exciting step in your career, and would like to apply, please send us your updated CV to review

Desired Skills:

• SAP
• MS Office
• Jira
• Confluence
• SAP Development Principles
• Word
• Excel
• Outlook
• Teams
• PowerPoint