SAP Business Partner Full Time

A leading client specialising  in development, design and manufacture of large and medium – calibre ammunition is looking for a SAP Business Partner to join their team in Somerset West, WC. 

The SAP Business Partner will be responsible to manage the overall SAP solution ecosystem at RDM. The role is primarily involved in the plan and build phases. 

Responsibilities: 

Business Engagement and Relationship Management 

• Regularly communicate and engage with key business stakeholders, key users, and business leads to identify requirements, weaknesses, and opportunities relevant to business solutions.
• Understand business operational challenges and strategic priorities.
• Partner with business stakeholders to identify needs, gaps, and priorities.
• Keep stakeholders informed of progress, risks, and challenges to effectively manage expectations.
• Ensure business satisfaction and IT portfolio success through accurate communication, expectation management, and stakeholder engagement.
• Oversee governance of the business–IT relationship by establishing policies and processes for interaction and handovers.
• Act as the primary point of contact and escalation for business stakeholders, mediating service challenges and improving communication channels

Business Requirements and Change Management 

• Collect, prioritise, and structure business unit demand and requirements management processes for business applications from an IT organisational perspective.
• Collaborate with Process Owners, Key Users, and stakeholders to identify opportunities where SAP can enhance, automate, and add value to business processes.
• Evaluate proposed initiatives by conducting impact analyses and developing business cases to assess benefits, risks, and required effort.
• Translate business requirements into SAP functional requests aligned with the SAP ecosystem and architectural principles.
• Track and report on value realisation, project successes, and lessons learned through Project Implementation Reviews following project closure

SAP Portfolio and Demand Management 

• Participate in planning processes with business units and service providers to ensure long-term alignment of goals and initiatives.
• Contribute to the annual update of IT and SAP roadmaps.
• Collaborate with partner consultants and subject matter experts to define the future SAP solution architecture and roadmap, prioritising standard SAP functionality over custom development.
• Support business leaders in prioritisation and decision-making processes.
• Promote S/4HANA best-practice alignment, standardisation, and solution consistency across sites.
• Develop business cases for new SAP functionality and process improvement initiatives.
• Measure and report on service provider performance and business unit satisfaction using metrics to drive continuous improvement.
• Monitor recurring incidents, identify trends and root causes, and propose improvement initiatives while ensuring business sign-off on completed solutions.

Solution Delivery Lifesytle 

• Assist with scope definition, requirements gathering, process mapping, and project specification activities.
• Maintain a structured SAP enhancement and project pipeline.
• Ensure SAP changes comply with IT governance frameworks, change control procedures, and audit requirements.
• Participate in and oversee development, testing, and production cut-over activities for projects and system changes.
• Monitor project milestones, timelines, and progress for enhancements and issue resolution.
• Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Support go-live readiness and post-go-live stabilisation activities.
• Guide end users through process transitions and organisational change.
• Support solution adoption, training, and change awareness initiatives.
• Manage stakeholder expectations throughout the change lifecycle.
• Adhere to and implement Rheinmetall Denel Munitions policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with ISO standards relating to SHE, Quality, Environmental, and Energy requirements.

Requirements:

• NQF 6 in Information Systems or equivalent qualifications.
• NQF 7 degree in Information Systems or equivalent qualifications would be advantageous.
• At least 5 years SAP ecosystem experience including SAP S/4HANA implementations and functional enhancements.
• Experience in manufacturing or industrial environments.
• Understanding of SAP change control and audit requirements.

• Experience of managing professional relationships with internal business customers.
• Experience translating business needs into system requirements.
• Strong communication, presentation, leadership skills.
• Experience in working across multiple SAP modules / functional areas.
• ERP solution and functional knowledge relevant to an engineering and manufacturing environment, preferably in multiple functional modules e.g. FI, CO, MM, SD, PP, PM, HCM, Warehouse Management.
• Strong understanding of cross-functional business processes.
• Firm understanding of the SAP S/4HANA technology platform product capabilities and architecture.
• Ability to work under consistent pressure.
• Team Player and must be able to function individually with minimal supervision
• Mature and highly professional
• Strong commitment to meet deadlines
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to think proactively
• Willing to work overtime when required.

We will contact you telephonically in 3 days should you be suitable for this vacancy. If you are not suitable, we will put your CV on file and contact you regarding any future vacancies that arise.