Title: SAP Basis Specialist
Function: IT
Location: Bolton
Hours: Hybrid
Competitive + excellent benefits package
Are you an experienced SAP Basis Specialist looking for an exciting new challenge?
This is an opportunity for a SAP Basis Specialist based at our Head Office located in Bolton. Here you will find our central IT department and key business functions that enable our sites and depots to make our great quality products.
The Recipe
We are looking for a SAP Basis Specialist / Manager to join a dynamic team of over 40 IT professionals, reporting directly to the Head of IT Operations. Our SAP systems are the at the digital core of our business which we strive to keep current and continually evolve and now is an exciting time to join us as Warburtons prepares for it’s final stages of migrating to SAP S4.
You'll be leading all SAP system technical delivery - development, continuous improvement and implementation, ensuring correct operation of BAU of SAP technical operations. Through a position of technical expertise, lead and directly support the team in defining and implementing technical elements of projects and enhancements. Ensure Support and Operational activities are defined for BAU requirements. Managing the Security and User management of SAP and AD systems
The Role
- Develop a programme of SAP core systems BAU operations and security controls.
- Define a process of support, automation and resolution for any new SAP technologies.
- Provide technical expertise and guidance on IT operations and projects.
- Propose and contribute to the design & planning of future IT systems, including planning, implementation and testing to ensure support of future business requirements in terms of capacity and capability.
- Provide hands-on leadership to the Technical Analysts, SAP Basis and Security team, ensuring operations and new developments are kept on track and appropriate corrective action is taken where needed.
- Deliver, monitor and report on SAP systems operations.
- Create appropriate monitoring and alerting procedures, developing the appropriate automated recovery methods.
- To ensure timely completion of technical activities within planned cost, resource and budget.
- Ensure disaster recovery process are in-place and in line with business requirements
- Provide technical expertise in evaluating and proposing future fit solutions within our core SAP ERP platform and those peripheral systems in a post-modern SAP ERP environment.
Essential Ingredients
- 5+ years’ experience of SAP Basis admin and technical support
- With Strong technical skills to ensure stability and recoverability in a high availability environment.
- Good change control with transport, OSS and patching management across the SAP applications
- SAP Patching of ABAP and JAVA systems
- Working knowledge of common SAP databases - HANA, Sybase, MaxDB
- Knowledge as system admin of Windows / Linux
- A continuous improvement approach to the SAP applications platform including architecture, landscape design, implementation, upgrades, performance tuning, system integrations
- Experience working with ERP, PO, SolMan, Fiori
- Support of integrations to cloud systems via RFC’s and SAP Cloud Connector
- Analytical and thorough approach of technical monitoring and capacity management
- Contribute to the development and implementation of SAP roadmap for Warburtons
- Able to report on system and project status to senior stakeholders
Extra Dough
At last and by no means least you will want to know what your bread is worth.
- A slice of the annual profits
- Family time is important to us so as well as your holiday entitlement, we'll give you the opportunity to purchase up to an extra weeks annual leave
- Award winning pension scheme
- Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website
- Continued investment in your personal development
- Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you to enjoy with your daily brew!
- Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service
We respect and value difference. We look to create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Companies that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, or any other aspect which makes them unique, are proven to be better companies. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work, is the right thing to do.
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