39 Sap Functional jobs in South Africa

Job Title: SAP Functional Lead (MTD & LE)

Job Type: Contract (Long term)

Location: South Africa (Remote)

Start Date: 01/12/2025 (Flexible)

Key Accountabilities

• Define and communicate a clear product vision, strategy, and roadmap for MTD that aligns with business goals and drive business value and growth.
• Act as the primary liaison between logistics, manufacturing, planning, technology, operations, and executive teams to ensure alignment on goals, timelines, and resource allocation, updating on product development, performance metrics, and strategic impacts to senior management and stakeholders.
• Act as the owner of the Global Template
• Lead the end-to-end product lifecycle
• Establish key product and business metrics to understand product and business performance, identify areas for improvement, and drive data-informed decision-making.
• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of business analysts, functional experts and other relevant team members involved in product development.

Experience Required

• Experience in SAP design, build & test and deployment, having been involved in multiple full lifecycle implementations.
• Proven experience in delivering business transformation programs.
• Deep hands-on experience in SAP S/4HANA Logistics Execution and Manufacturing Modules with demonstrable solution design and delivery.
• Specific SAP S/4HANA process and configuration experience in LE and MTD processes.

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Role Description

This is a full-time on-site role for a SAP Functional Consultant located in Parow. The SAP Functional Consultant will be responsible for analyzing business processes, configuring SAP FICO and SAP MM modules, and providing consulting support to clients. The role will involve working with clients to understand their requirements, designing solutions, and ensuring successful implementation and integration of SAP systems. The consultant will also be involved in troubleshooting and providing training to end-users to ensure operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills to assess and evaluate business processes
• Experience and knowledge in SAP FICO, SAP S.4HANA Cloud, SAP Ariba Snap and Materials Management (SAP MM) modules
• Consulting skills to effectively communicate with clients and understand their needs
• Background in business process analysis and improvement
• Excellent problem-solving abilities
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field
• Previous experience in a similar role within the IT or finance industry is advantageous

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From R800,00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Work Location: In person

Company Description

Disruptive IT (PTY) LTD is a 100% black female owned and managed company that focuses on innovative and cost-effective IT solutions. With 15 years of IT and Finance experience, we empower our clients to build new business models and improve operational efficiency. Our mission is to help clients thrive in the digital world through a creative and disruptive perspective on everyday issues. Based in this approach, we provide solutions that enhance customer satisfaction and deliver competitive advantages.

Role Description

This is a full-time on-site role for a SAP Functional Consultant located in Parow. The SAP Functional Consultant will be responsible for analyzing business processes, configuring SAP FICO and SAP MM modules, and providing consulting support to clients. The role will involve working with clients to understand their requirements, designing solutions, and ensuring successful implementation and integration of SAP systems. The consultant will also be involved in troubleshooting and providing training to end-users to ensure operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills to assess and evaluate business processes
• Experience and knowledge in SAP FICO, SAP S.4HANA Cloud, SAP Ariba Snap and Materials Management (SAP MM) modules
• Consulting skills to effectively communicate with clients and understand their needs
• Background in business process analysis and improvement
• Excellent problem-solving abilities
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field
• Previous experience in a similar role within the IT or finance industry is advantageous

Senior SAP SuccessFactors Functional Consultant – (Recruitment & Onboarding essential)

Location:
Stellenbosch (Candidates open to relocation considered)

We are seeking a senior
functional consultant specialising in SAP SuccessFactors
, with a focus on
Recruitment and Onboarding
within the
banking/financial services sector
.

Key Requirements:

• Relevant tertiary qualification in
  Information Technology
• SAP certifications
• 3–5 years' hands-on experience
  with SAP SuccessFactors Recruitment & Onboarding
• Strong understanding of
  data concepts
  and proficiency in
  MS Office

About the Role:

You will join a growing
HR Technology team
recently expanding its scope, including
HR data migration to AWS for analytics
. You will help
redesign and optimise the recruiting and onboarding experience
, unlocking the full potential of the SuccessFactors system.

Understand/workshop the business requirements, preparing AS-IS, and TO-BE documents and get sign-off.

from users for Business Blueprint document.

Basic understanding of ABAP debugging (Workbench related knowledge of new development / enhancements).

SAP Configuration EWM, WM and MM.

Planning, preparation, documentation and execution of Tests.

Integration testing with other modules (PP, PM, SD, MM).

Understand interfaces, IDOC and RFC's processing.

Preparing and assisting with the migration and cut over for MM and EWM objects.

Preparing User manuals and conducting training to business process owners.

Go-live preparation and post Go-live support.

Interaction with clients through meetings, calls and emails.

Handling Tickets and Tasks with the responsibility for closing the same within defined SLA's (Service Level Agreements).

Responsible for troubleshooting issues for the system and providing support.

Executing the required changes through configuration.

Executing the analysis and resolution of Production Support calls.

Raising Change Requests (CR's) and writing Functional Specifications for them.

Preparing test data for testing of CR's (Change Requests).

Testing CR's (Change Requests) and preparing test results.

Carrying out regression testing.

Interact with consultants of other modules.

User interface transactional solutions.

Qualifications/Experience:

Relevant IT degree or 3+ years industry working experience.

Essential Skills Requirements:

SAP S4/HANA

SAP EWM

SAP ECC/R3

SAP WM

Motivated self-starter who can drive results.

SAP WM & EWM Module Configuration.

Strong ability to understand and interpret business needs and requirements with an aptitude to move concepts.

through to proposal and successful implementation.

Ability to work under pressure.

Sound Conflict Management skills.

Ability to plan, organise and prioritise work, this includes concurrent running initiatives, with varying priorities.

Ability to work interdependently as well as independently and to submit deliverables on time and with excellent quality.

Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills with the ability to communicate effectively (both verbally and in.

writing) with both technical and non-technical colleagues / users / business representatives.

Strong presentation skills.

Above-board work ethics.

Flexibility to take up different tasks in the project.

Advantageous Skills Requirements:

Test Automation experience (using Tosca for example).

Development documentation.

Analyse and solve SAP Module issues.

Conduct SAP Module process configuration.

Update and maintain all SAP Module functional documentation.

Analyse and scope End-user authorisation roles.

Conduct Unit tests, Integration tests and System Integration security tests.

Proactively propose solutions to improve the support of (new) business processes.

Support the functional team with issues and provide a solutions-based approach.

Working knowledge of AWM and Agile Tool Chain.

Work to conform to the client's Group IT Security Instructions.

Work to conform to SAP Development guidelines.

Problem solving capabilities.

Ability to work as part of a team.

Ability and willingness to coach and give training to fellow colleagues and users when required.

Willing and able to travel internationally.

Willing to align work hours to needs (example after hours OPS support).

Between 1 - 3 Years

Applications maintenance support for: Automated Claim Process, Claim Validation, Claim searching functionality, Pricing –different dealer conditions, Technical campaigns, Reporting, Online Authorization Request (DWP), BSI, Local Packages, DMS Batch interfaces, (Credits/Debits), Local processes, Blacklist, Claim split –different vendors (CKD), Local content check (CKD).

Reacting to and taking appropriate action to resolve problems and change requests with respect to Design and Build.

Recording, routing and monitoring all reported problems and change requests.

Liaising with other fix groups and other plant based or central support organisations within the client.

Taking ownership of problems and change requests reported by users, through to resolution.

Adhering to documented the clientescalation processes.

In the course of normal duties, identify and report discrepancies in documented processes and manage general queries in a timely and professional.

Daily use of the Agile Tool Chain, as per the updates required by the respective feature team(s).

Qualifications/Experience:

IT Degree and/or relevant qualifications / 5+ years of experience.

Deep ITSM knowledge.

Experience in at least one of the following Technologies:

SAP Warranty, SD, MM, WM, EWM, APO, BW.

SAP ABAP debugging will be advantageous.

SAP Analytics.

Change Request Management (SAP Transports).

Solution Manager Configuration & Diagnostics.

Essential Skills Requirements:

Warranty Application Operations Support background.

Warranty Authorisations experience.

Extensive experience in Warranty Applications Operations.

Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter.

Advantageous Skills Requirements:

SAP Sales and Distribution.

SAP HANA Advantageous.

Between 5 - 7 Years

Analyse business requirements and prepare AS-IS and TO-BE documentation.

Obtain user sign-off for Business Blueprint documents.

Configure organisation structures (e.g., Purchase Organisation, Plants, Storage Locations).

Prepare master data templates for Material Master, Vendor Master, and other objects.

Conduct integration testing with other SAP modules.

Execute cutover strategies and provide go-live and post-go-live support.

System Configuration & Troubleshooting.

Execute system changes through configuration.

Perform ABAP debugging to support issue resolution.

Handle tickets, troubleshoot issues, and resolve incidents within SLA timelines.

Raise Change Requests (CRs) and draft functional specifications.

Conduct testing of CRs, including regression testing and preparing test results.

Support release preparation, sanity checks, and rollout processes.

Understand and manage system interfaces, IDOCs, RFCs, and Kafka integrations.

Set up and manage application monitoring tools like Splunk, SmartOps, and SAP Health.

Create IDOC monitoring rules and alerting systems.

Prepare user manuals and training materials for business process owners.

Provide training sessions and onboarding for new team members.

Liaise with cross-functional teams and stakeholders through meetings, calls, and emails.

Participate in daily stand-ups, grooming sessions, backlog refinement, and sprint reviews.

Manage Confluence and JIRA for team collaboration.

Administer mail tools, mailing lists, and key user lists.

Oversee tools such as TOSCA (automated testing), Tableau, and SAP Basis Info Portal.

Incident and Problem Management.

Handle major incident escalations and reporting.

Execute ITSM processes, including ticket creation and management.

Follow Operations best practices.

Quality Assurance and Testing.

Conduct automated and manual testing using tools like TOSCA.

Manage testing for SAP release upgrades and retrofitting processes.

Perform SAP system health checks and troubleshoot identified issues.

Monitor job scheduling through tools like ESAS and OPC-Job Scheduling.

Support master data validation using tools like Master Data Checker.

Generate reports and dashboards using Power BI and Tableau.

Provide support for existing solutions (DevOps) even outside of business hours.

Willing and able to travel extensively, for up to 2 weeks at a time (international).

Qualifications/Experience:

Relevant IT degree or 10+ years industry working experience.

Essential Skills Requirements:

SAP ECC/R3

SAP WM & MM

SAP EWM

Business requirements analysis.

Analyse and solve SAP Module issues.

Conduct SAP Module process configuration.

Strong ability to understand and interpret business needs and requirements with an aptitude to move concepts through to proposal and successful implementation.

Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter.

Advantageous Skills Requirements :

SAP Module Configuration

SAP MM/EWM, Knowledge of ABAP Debugging, IDOCs, RFCs

Splunk, SmartOps, Kafka

Confluence, JIRA, Power BI, TOSCA, Tableau

Operations experience:

Release Management, Change Management, Test Management.

Application Monitoring and Incident Handling.

SAP S4/HANA

Development documentation.

Analyse and scope End-user authorisation roles.

Conduct Unit tests, Integration tests and System Integration security tests.

Work to conform to client's Group IT Security Instructions.

Problem solving capabilities.

Ability to work interdependently as well as independently and to submit deliverables on time and with excellent quality.

Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills with the ability to communicate effectively (both verbally and in writing) with both technical and non-technical colleagues / users.

Strong presentation skills.

Above-board work ethics.

Flexibility to take up different tasks in the project.

More than 10 Years

Understand/workshop the business requirements, preparing AS-IS, and TO-BE documents and get sign-off from users for Business Blueprint document.

Basic understanding of ABAP debugging (Workbench related knowledge of new development/enhancements).

SAP Configuration EWM, WM and MM.

Planning, preparation, documentation and execution of Tests.

Integration testing with other modules (PP, PM, SD, MM).

Understand interfaces, IDOC and RFC's processing.

Preparing and assisting with the migration and cut over for MM and EWM objects.

Preparing User manuals and conducting training to business process owners.

Go-live preparation and post Go-live support.

Interaction with clients through meetings, calls and emails.

Handling Tickets and Tasks with the responsibility for closing the same within defined SLA's (Service Level Agreements).

Responsible for troubleshooting issues for the system and providing support.

Executing the required changes through configuration.

Executing the analysis and resolution of Production Support calls.

Raising Change Requests (CR's) and writing Functional Specifications for them.

Preparing test data for testing of CR's (Change Requests).

Testing CR's (Change Requests) and preparing test results.

Carrying out regression testing.

Interact with consultants of other modules.

User interface transactional solutions.

Relevant IT degree or 10+ years industry working experience.

Essential Skills Requirements:

SAP ECC/R3

SAP S4/HANA

SAP EWM

SAP WM

Any additional responsibilities assigned in the Agile Working Model (AWM) Charter.

Advantageous Skills Requirements:

SAP WM & EWM Module Configuration.

Test Automation experience (using Tosca for example).

Development documentation.

Analyse and solve SAP Module issues.

Conduct SAP Module process configuration.

Update and maintain all SAP Module functional documentation.

Analyse and scope End-user authorisation roles.

Conduct Unit tests, Integration tests and System Integration security tests.

Proactively propose solutions to improve the support of (new) business processes.

Support the functional team with issues and provide a solutions-based approach.

Working knowledge of AWM and Agile Tool Chain.

Work to conform to client's Group IT Security Instructions.

Work to conform to SAP Development guidelines.

Problem solving capabilities.

Ability to work as part of a team.

Ability to work interdependently as well as independently and to submit deliverables on time and with excellent quality.

Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills with the ability to communicate effectively (both verbally and in writing) with both technical and non-technical colleagues / users / business representatives.

Strong ability to understand and interpret business needs and requirements with an aptitude to move concepts through to proposal and successful implementation.

Strong presentation skills.

Above-board work ethics.

Ability to work under pressure.

Sound Conflict Management skills.

Flexibility to take up different tasks in the project.

Ability and willingness to coach and give training to fellow colleagues and users when required.

Willing and able to travel internationally.

More than 10 Years

Functional Analyst - Lark & Stern

Location:
Pretoria, South Africa (In-office)

Experience:
2+ years

Employment Type:
Full-time

Lark & Stern is looking for applicants interested in working in a forward-thinking, fast-paced, and dynamic environment, where they will be exposed to a diverse range of applications and software products.

Successful applicants can expect to be part of an intimate network of talented developers, functional experts, and software innovators, where they will learn new skills and find value in their contributions to a variety of industries including Life Sciences, Biologics, and Pharmaceuticals.

Our clients usually have an established and validated enterprise resource planning (ERP) system using SAP software (the "ERP System"). As part of our usual scope, there are requirements for enhancing business operations and streamlining drug formulation processes. Our involvement extends to enabling business growth within the drug manufacturing area, which includes designing formulation, bio-harvesting, mixing, and filling processes.

We are looking for functional analysts to assist with requirements gathering, process mapping, system configuration, functional design, testing, and client support. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring that technical solutions align with business needs and regulatory standards. Lark & Stern's head office is located in Pretoria, South Africa. This position will be an in-office role based in Pretoria.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business users to understand and document functional requirements.
• Translate business and process needs into detailed functional specifications and design documents.
• Configure and test ERP (SAP) system functionalities to support manufacturing and formulation processes.
• Develop and maintain process flows, mapping definitions, and system documentation.
• Support workshops, functional testing, and validation activities with clients and internal teams.
• Identify opportunities for process optimization and system improvement.
• Provide end-user support, training, and troubleshooting during and after implementation.
• Work closely with technical teams to ensure functional requirements are accurately implemented.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
• 2+ years of relevant experience as a Functional Analyst or similar role.
• Industry experience in pharmaceuticals, biologics, or life sciences (a plus).
• Strong understanding of process design, analysis, and system configuration.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills with attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills with experience in client-facing or workshop facilitation roles (a plus).
• Familiarity with SAP ERP systems or related enterprise applications (a plus).

What we offer

• A collaborative and intellectually stimulating work environment.
• Exposure to innovative ERP and MES solutions in the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries.
• Opportunities to deepen your functional and technical expertise.
• Professional mentorship and clear growth opportunities within a global consulting environment.
• Competitive remuneration package.
• A culture that values initiative, teamwork, and continuous learning.