Application Manager SAP Business One

Recruiter:

Open Source (Pty) Ltd

Job Ref:

CPT001431/JL

Date posted:

Monday, March 28, 2022

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

JOB SUMMARY:
We are recruiting for a Application Manager!!

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Job Purpose:

To bridge the gap between Business and IT in order to deliver implementation, enhancement and support for the SAP Business solution across various Company businesses within Africa.
Manage an ambitious roll-out program over the coming years, while securing the existing landscape
This Job can be based in RSA, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Ghana

Qualifications required to fulfill the role

Degree/Diploma in Computer Science, Business (Accounting) and/or Information Systems.
SAP Business Once Certification would be advantageous.
Strong Financial Accounting within ERP Environment would be advantageous.

Specific Work Experience, Knowledge and Skills required to fulfil the role

Higher education level such as Industrial Engineering and/or Finance
3 - 5 years project implementation and support experience working with SAP Business One and Crystal Reports.
Full understanding of business processes from operations to finance
Demonstrated lead experience in enterprise systems integration (finance, operations, business development, human resources, inventory, etc.)
Strong SAP Business One implementation track record.
Experience in Add-on creation using SAP B1 SDK and SAP B1 Studio.
MS SQL DB design, development, and maintenance experience
Good technical understanding of SAP Business One system integration with 3rd party systems
Experience with SOAP and REST API’s
Ability to understand complex business processes.
Ability to conducting detailed requirement gathering & define detailed Functional / Technical requirements.
Comfortable engaging with stakeholders of all levels.
Good communications skills in explaining technical information to non-technical people.
Ability to lead implementations and projects independently.
Great team working and collaboration skills
Self-motivated, self-driven, curious, open minded and flexible with the ability to learn quickly
Enjoy working in an international environment over different time zones with teams in multi-site locations
Analytical, creative, and innovative approach to solving problems
Ability to work and contribute well within a team environment and independently
Ability to see the ‘bigger’ picture
Able to prioritise and work under pressure to meet tight deadlines
Customer-centric and service minded
Can be based in South Africa, Zimbabwe, or Kenya

Key Accountabilities

Roll out
- Capitalize on past roll-outs to consolidate the deployment strategy
- Lead the new implementations (Gap Analysis/Localization, Adjustments and Unit/Integration testing, Business Simulation/Training, Data Migration/Cut-over plan, Go-live support)

Support & Maintenance
Change & Incident management
Patching, master data quality, training, workflows

To successfully lead those various tasks, the Application Manager will have to coordinate different stakeholders both externally as this initiative is done together with a leading SAP Business One partner, and as well internally at regional and country level
In addition to be business oriented and aware of the potential functional gaps that might appear, the Applications Manager will have to maintain the business process consistency over the landscape, and Internal Control compliancy, as per the Business Blue Print already defined.
Lead the team in the gathering and understanding of end-user needs, quality assurance of functional design, architecting of the solution, and supervise the detailed technical design and implementation, testing and delivery of the final solution.
Recognize and address gaps between SAP Business One solutions and the country specific business practices
Provide first-level support services to SAP Business One solutions across Africa and reach out to 3rd party for second-level support where necessary.
Ensure all users are competent by providing technical support and training.
Willingness to travel across Africa for new implementations.
Application Ownership of solution technical architecture design and security.
Supporting ongoing integrity of the Company business processes and ICRF (Internal Control Risk Framework) controls.
All such duties and/or activities assigned by management/board as and when required.

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