Senior SAP Global Sales Ops Functional Analyst

Role overview:

The SIE IT – Corporate Applications department implements, enhances and supports products and services that underpin PlayStation’s business operations. SAP is a strategic solution in this space, and the platform currently comprises SAP S/4HANA, BW, IBP and BPC. We are looking for an expert and hands-on SAP Global Sales Ops Functional Analyst to drive, manage and support the delivery of technical solutions to ensure that the platform continues to meet the sales and distribution needs of the business globally.

You will collaborate with business partners from the Sales & Operations business functions to understand business goals and to identify and communicate how technical solutions can achieve them. You will do this by gathering, analysing and prioritising business requirements, and by working with business and technical teams to design, agree and coordinate the delivery of technical solutions that align with business strategies.

What you will be doing:

Helping to design, implement and support SAP S/4 HANA capabilities that underpin sophisticated sales and distribution business processes, including (but not limited to) order management, material master, pricing, ATP, delivery processing, billing, and customer order related reporting, by:

• Translating business strategy into product strategy by:
• Identifying business partners and engaging with them to discover, understand and define business problems and opportunities.
• Understanding existing business processes, mapping out process flows and identifying areas for improvement.
• Providing guidance and recommendations to business partners, driving standardisation and adoption of SAP standard processes globally whenever possible.
• Owning the scoping, prioritisation, management and reporting of progress against identified S&O initiatives.
• Working closely with internal and third-party business and technical teams to analyse and assess the impact of change requests on the SAP platform by
• Eliciting and analysing business requirements to document and agree functional design specifications, ensuring that they receive the appropriate level of approval.
• Analysing AS-IS and TO-BE system processes and configuration to assess impact on SD, MM and integration with FI-CO activities.
• Validating the approach for delivery of system changes to ensure proper testing and documentation is completed.
• Interface design, and co-ordinating and assisting with integration testing as required.
• As required, working closely with internal and third-party technical teams to analyse and resolve production issues across the SAP platform.

What we are looking for:

• Technical SAP ERP S/4 HANA experience, with hands-on experience of product implementation and production support primarily in Sales & Distribution (SD), supplemented by experience in Material Management (MM);
• Working across the full lifecycle of technology-enabled change: from requirements definition through solution design, build, testing to transition to live operation.
• Sound understanding of the following areas:
  • Supply chain and logistics in a Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) environment.
  • Product data management including Bill of Materials.
  • Data interfaces and system integration, including EDI and other interface solutions which involve IDOC interfaces between SAP MM / SD and non-SAP third-party warehouse, carrier and master data systems.
  • Key integration points between SD/MM/Purchasing/FICO.
  • Sales and Purchase to Pay scenarios, requisition release strategies and SAP PO and inventory functionality.
  • Warehouse environments and processes.
• Working with offshore / near shore service providers
• Working with a diverse range of collaborators and audiences within a matrix organisation.
• Excellent at influencing and negotiation, comfortable dealing with senior team members and willing to challenge them based on sound reasoning.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Working within controlled/compliance-based environments (particularly Sarbanes Oxley) would be beneficial.

Your technical development and support competencies will include the following:

• ECC6 / S4 Hana
• FIORI
• Experience of designing, implementing, and supporting sophisticated ABAP and Idoc developments

Benefits:

• Discretionary bonus opportunity
• Hybrid Working (within Flexmodes)
• Private Medical Insurance
• Dental Scheme
• 25 days holiday per year
• On Site Gym
• Subsidised Café
• Free soft drinks
• On site bar
• Access to cycle garage and showers

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Last updated on Aug 22, 2024