Job title : Specialist SAP Development and Integration (ABAP) (10100) Job Location : Gauteng, Pretoria Deadline : January 17, 2025 Quick Recommended Links Jobs by Location Job by industries About the Position To provide technical expertise in custom development and contribute to strategic decisions with associated development plans, by implementing continuous improvements, to support the entire software application life cycle, providing resolutions, ensuring best practice integration and operational implementation through the achievement of SAP Development objectives.
Job Purpose Process Analyse and make recommendations about improvements to specialist systems, procedures and associated area's practice.
Develop a single practice area in alignment with operational activity and procedural frameworks and ensure tactical implementation.
Draw on own technical or professional expertise, knowledge & experience to identify & recommend tactical solutions to defined problems in practices.
Integrate business information, compare, analyse & produce reports to identify trends, discrepancies & inconsistencies for decision making purposes.
Optimise goal achievement through tactical strategy implementation and optimisation of practises, processes & systems across an internal value chain.
Plan for value-added, continuous practice & system improvements to deliver on objectives to enhance tactical implementation and excellence.
Proactively identify interconnected problems, determine its impact and use to develop best fit alternatives; best practice implementation solutions.
Recommend changes to optimise processes, systems, practice area and associated procedures and execute the implementation of change and innovation.
Translate top down policy in relation to own practice area and communicate impact to relevant stakeholders.
Perform complex tasks and guidance during implementation, maintenance and support of various SAP modules to enhance business functionality and overall performance, while maintaining customer satisfaction.
Responsible for successful implementation of SAP, providing in-depth functional knowledge, and advices on SAP products to clients.
Perform in-depth analysis of the current business processes and scenarios of the client then recommend or configure solutions to meet the client's needs.
Analyse and Review requirements , perform configuration and testing in various SAP Modules, such as Finance, Human Resources, Procurement, Security, Revenue Management, Governance and Application Lifecycle Management, Cloud Solutions, etc.
Close communication with functional teams /designers, understand the requirements from provided functional designs and transform these requirements into the technical designs.
Provide expert knowledge of industry best practices and recommend changes to optimise processes, systems, policies and procedures, and execute the implementation of change and innovation initiated by the organisation.
Acts as liaison with client for troubleshooting: investigate, analyse, and solve critical SAP functional and application problems and map client business requirements, processes and objectives; develop necessary product modifications to satisfy clients' needs.
Plan maintenance of current system solutions for various SAP Modules, such as Finance, Human Resources, Procurement, Security, Revenue Management, Governance and Application Lifecycle Management, Cloud Solutions, etc.
Contribute to high productivity and motivation of working team with the use of your communication skills and cooperation; reach and realize project aims and outputs Review documentation for approval of all work tasks (definition) based on BRS and ensure adherence to SAP Support SDLC Incident Resolution for Severity 1 and 2 issues and assist with Business escalations for issues raised Plan, Design work classes and plan production release deployments Take accountability for delivery of contracted work outputs within agreed parameters, quality standards and client service targets.
Engage in hands-on, in-depth analysis, troubleshooting, reviews and designs of the software, including technical reviews and analysis of source code.
Ensure proper testing has been completed and proper documentation exists to support new/modified applications in production and address any documentation gaps.
Ensure the development and implementation of a practice in alignment with operational policy and procedural frameworks.
Implement tactical strategy and delivery plans through the development of operational activities, ensuring the achievement of operational targets.
Plan for handling work outputs, pull together interdependent activities & specify priorities, standards & procedures to ensure tactical implementation Recommend changes to optimise processes, systems, policies and procedures, and execute the implementation of change and innovation initiated by the organisation.
Timeously communicate top down policy and associated single practice area modification, objective achievement progress and critical success factors to impacted stakeholders.
Skills and knowledge in performing data analysis to troubleshoot Ability to translate and refine customer reporting requests into actionable objectives, including identifying criteria, fields, grouping, summary options, time frames and other components required to build a successful report or dashboard Strong inter-personal communication skills, including facilitating group discussions and presenting to business and technology leaders Understanding of SAP tables and data structures desired Minimum Qualification & Experience Required: Relevant Bachelor's Degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) Fields: Information Technology, Computer Science, B-Com and Engineering AND at least 7 years' experience in SAP environment, of which a minimum of 5 years' experience as a SAP Development Technical Specialist OR Diploma NQF 6 in the following fields: Information Technology, Computer Science, B-Com, Finance, Management and Engineering and at least 8 years' experience in a SAP environment #Alternative Senior Certificate (NQF 4) AND 10 plus years related experience in a SAP environment Minimum Functional Requirements SAP development analysis, design, configuration experience SAP ABAP training or relevant certification e.g.
SAP ABAP, Workflow, SAP PO SAP workflow or ODATA or BRF+ will be added advantages.
Exposure to S4/HANA implementation, Fiori Applications, NWBC and SAP integration solutions (e.g., IDOCs, oData etc) will be added advantages.
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