SAP Product Manager (Procurement)

We are seeking an experienced SAP Project Manager (Procurement) to own procurement solutions across our SAP landscape, acting as the Digital Solutions partner to our Procurement business function. In this role you will support the use of our existing ECC6 landscape while helping shape, and then maintain, the future S/4HANA solution.

Salary: up to £70,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2-3 days per week on-site due to workload classification, as we approach S/4HANA go-live this will likely increase. The role will require regular travel to France and, on occasion, Italy.

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship.

Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

What we can offer you:

• Company Bonus: Bonus of up to 21% of base salary
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more…

The opportunity:

MBDA is undergoing a major transformation programme migrating from a legacy SAP ECC6 system to SAP S/4HANA. The programme is taking place across MBDA UK, France and Italy presenting a unique opportunity to look at our processes and ways of working. This role will directly influence the future Procurement solution employed by MBDA UK.

In the UK, we are growing our SAP team and you will occupy a key position in this. The role will involve close collaboration with the multinational Procurement team as well as third party system integrators.

In this role you can expect to:

• Own MM configuration and design across the Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process.
• Challenge custom development requests in MM, encouraging standard SAP capability where possible.
• Troubleshoot and resolve P2P issues.
• Work closely with other streams on integration topics, in particular, Manufacturing and Finance.

What we're looking for from you:

Essential Skills and Experience

• Demonstrable experience across both SAP ECC and S/4HANA.
• Experience on ECC to S/4HANA migrations and able to pre-empt issues proactively.
• Deep understanding on integration topics of MM with areas such as FI, EWM, TM and GTS.
• Ability to run your own projects and changes end-to-end.
• Ability to act as a business partner to Procurement, reviewing solution proposals.
• Able to operate within a formal change control process.

Desirable

• Experience of SAP Global Trade Services
• SAP Solution Architect experience
• Experience with data migration (with particular focus on Procurement data – both Master and Transactional)

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