Senior SAP Architect (P2P)

Senior SAP P2P Architect
Location: Remote
 

We at RS are looking for a Senior SAP P2P Architect to join us and work closely with Digital, Data and Technology teams and business partners to deliver solutions on our global core SAP platform and the associated technology landscape. Driven by business need, you will be the domain expert for your Line of Business ensuring all aspects of architecture, design, development, and Implementation are delivered to a high standard and align with SAP best Practices.

What you'll be doing:

• Responsible for supporting the project full development lifecycle from ideation/project initiation to development and production delivery. The scale and complexity of change will vary from large projects delivered over multiple years to small changes deployed within days.
• Providing high-level estimation during the early phases to help our business and technical teams to scope and shape project initiatives
• Produce relevant artefacts (SAP Blueprints, Functional Specifications and/or Business Process documents) to the required standard. The artefacts should be tailored to the change delivered and communicated to a range of key stakeholders, inside and outside the SAP Delivery Teams
• Providing project teams and Solution Architects with guidance/recommendations on solution options and best practices, helping to promote core SAP standard practices and capabilities.
• Creating detailed specifications for SAP developers to deliver custom SAP enhancements, which may be on-site, near and offshore teams.
• Participate in peer reviews within the SAP Delivery team to facilitate knowledge sharing and ensure alignment to SAP standards (design/processes/procedures)
• Provide technical leadership for critical issues which arise during the project lifecycle, ensuring all vital facets are covered enabling key stakeholders to make informed decisions
• Provide input to testing strategy to ensure critical scenarios are testing, and a practical risk mitigation approach is delivered
• Design, develop and carry out implementation, cutover and migrations activities (where required), which deliver business continuity and high-quality data
• Support the wider end-user community where new processes are implemented, or existing processes are impacted by the change
• Contribute to the definition and governance/application of SAP best practices, principles and standards that align with Enterprise Architecture principles and the strategic roadmap.
• Contribute to Continuous Improvement (CI) initiatives and Design Working Groups as the SME within your SAP LoB.
• Actively participate in internal governance groups, e.g. Technical Design Authority (TDA) to ensure solutions adhered to Policies, Guidelines and Best Practices. You can clearly document all outcomes and clearly communicate them to all stakeholders (e.g. technical, business, leadership) effectively.
• Review and approve functional specifications produced by Third Party Architects, ensuring that design and contents meet the required standards and fit the RS business model.
• Review and approve SAP Transports through environments for Architects and Developers, ensuring that system functionality is not compromised.
• Actively participate in internal forums, e.g. Community of Practices (CoPs) to share knowledge, learn new practices and to further improve our delivery capability
• Working within a dynamic and innovative environment, we must work in an iterative and agile manner, where priorities are evaluated continuously, and new opportunities seized
• Ready to challenge stakeholders to ensure we provide the best outcome for the organisation and technology function.

What we're looking for:

• Strong and demonstratable experience in SAP MM / WM / LE modules with an excellent understanding of P2P ERP, including integration to associated functional areas (Order-to-Cash, FI-CO etc.).
• This will include Materials Management, Procurement, Inventory Management, Warehouse Management and Logistic Execution Functions.
• Operated in an SAP P2P Delivery/Architect role for a minimum of five years with direct responsibility for the successful (full lifecycle) delivery of a suite of SAP changes within the P2P LoB, including a number a larger scale changes
• Be able to demonstrate experience of different Integration processes (for example IDoc design and development) both across SAP Landscapes and with external Third Parties · Detailed understanding of associated SAP cross application functions such as Batch Management, iDoc processing, Archiving
• Ability to communicate functional designs within the P2P area effectively to different stakeholders ensuring complete understanding of key design decisions

We are RS Group.

At RS we’ve been solving engineering problems for over 80 years: big ones, small ones, easy and difficult ones. We turn the ‘what ifs’ into the ‘why nots’, the impossible into the possible.  
Our purpose? Making amazing happen for a better world.  

We offer service and product solutions. We send out a parcel every 2 seconds, to over 130 countries. We provide over 700,000 in-stock and over 3 million unstocked products to more than 1.2 million customers.  

We want people like you, as you are curious about things, you like doing things differently and also in a human way with empathy. Because that’s exactly how we partner with people – our customers, suppliers, colleagues and communities – to solve problems.  

We’ll also invest in your development and wellbeing – because building a more diverse and inclusive culture, being ethical, responsible and committed to our Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) action plan is at the heart of everything we do. 

Come and join us and over 9000 employees worldwide – and we’ll help you to think big, do more and unleash your brilliance, so you do amazing things too.

Are you ready to explore the possibilities?

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