SAP Analyst

**SAP Analyst**

**Location: Malton, North Yorkshire - Office based**

**Salary: £45,000**

Do you have experience with SAP and are looking for your next challenge working for one of the UK’s leading food manufacturers? If the answer to that question is yes, then this could be the role for you

Principal IT are working with one of the UK’s biggest and more successful food manufacturers on a new and exciting SAP Analyst role. The business supplies to retail, food service and manufacturing customers across the UK, as well as export customers globally.Having full production chain visibility, their products are eaten by millions of consumers every year.

They are a well-established company with a headcount of approximately 4,000 employees and are showing no signs of slowing down.

**Job Purpose**

Working under the direction of the group business systems manager delivering SAP implementations, a role has become available for a Group SAP Business Analyst, specifically to work on SAP implementations across the group. The role will involve working aspart of the SAP implementation team developing and rolling out the SAP system across multiple sites within the Group, working closely with all sites and external parties.

**Key accountabilities**

The core tasks are analysing current business processes, determining new processes, SAP design and configuration and the roll out of and ongoing support of the system.
The main deliverables are to assist with design, specification, build, test and go live of the required SAP solution at each site.

The core tasks are analysing current business processes, determining new processes, SAP design and configuration and the roll out of and ongoing support of the system.
The main deliverables are to assist with design, specification, build, test and go live of the required SAP solution at each site.
- Ensuring that the business and user community requirements are met (using appropriate configuration, consulting, and communication skills)
- Preparing and delivering to detailed work plans and schedules.
- Maintaining close working relationships with other team members and sub-contractors
- Performing assigned tasks according to specifications
- Developing resolutions to issues
- Maintaining close working relationships with other team members and sub-contractors
- Adhering to project standards in all activities
- Obtaining assistance in solving problems in a timely and expedient manner
- Maintaining an awareness of potential risks and assist in risk management
- Assisting with the smooth and timely transition of new customers and new solutions into SAP
- Providing knowledge transfer to the client project team where applicable
- Assisting our customers in creating and delivering innovative solutions

**Skills and experience required**

As the job holder will be often working independently, the most important skills required are:

- Self-motivation and the ability to take ownership of issues.
- Good business knowledge and understanding of business processes in a food manufacturing business.
- Able to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with clients, customers, colleagues and subordinates
- Takes a structured and effective approach to their work and is able to manage their time.
- Customer focused with good presentation skills.
- Highly motivated with a proactive can-do attitude
- Team player - ability to work alone or part of a larger team.
- Demonstrate credibility at all levels.
- Shows sensitivity to political and cultural issues or changes.
- Commands respect for excellence, not only in areas of specific knowledge but also in all aspects of proposing, conducting and leading assignments and in obtaining acceptance of recommendations.
- Fully mobile in terms of assignment location.

**Desirable skills and experience**:

- SAP configuration and implementation experience gained on a broad range of support engagements or projects
- Knowledge of Hellenic