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SAP Solution Leader

Employer
BAE Systems
Location
Preston, Lancashire
Salary
Circa £75,000
Closing date
5 Feb 2025
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Job Title: SAP Solution Leader

Location: Preston or Frimley. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Circa £75,000



What you’ll be doing:

Define and maintain the SAP S/4HANA solution aligned with business strategies, ensuring robust, scalable, and future-proof systems
Drive the execution of architectural solutions, overseeing implementation and providing expert guidance to resolve technical challenges
Define and enforce SAP architectural standards, policies, and principles to ensure consistency and quality across SAP capabilities
Ensures that appropriate action is taken to anticipate, investigate and resolve problems in SAP systems and services
Enables development of problem solutions. Coordinates the implementation of agreed remedies and preventative measures
Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

Deep understanding of SAP S/4HANA and its role in driving organisational success across varied business processes
Extensive experience in SAP S/4HANA architecture, with expertise in at least two core functional modules (must include Finance)
Good knowledge of SAP ECC6, including expertise in FI/CO as a minimum
Proficiency in integrating SAP S/4HANA with other enterprise systems and third-party applications
Deep knowledge of SAP cloud platforms, SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), and integration methodologies (e.g., APIs, OData)
Desirable:

Bachelors or Master’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field
Familiarity with enterprise architecture methodologies (e.g., TOGAF) is a plus
Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Shared Services EIT team:

A leadership position within the team, the role includes management and leadership of other SAP Solution Specialists, and overall technical accountability for up to three SAP ERPs (1 x S4H and 2 x SAP ECC6). As part of the Shared Services team, you’ll be at the heart of this endeavour – working closely with our air, maritime, land and cyber and intelligence businesses to support our customers around the world. In this role you will have great career opportunities to progress over time – upwards and side steps in ladders.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 5th February 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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Company

Whether you’re an experienced professional or just stepping out into the world of work, we’ve a wide range of career opportunities available. Whether it's engineering, technology or project management, you'll be helping our customers protect what really matters.

Our engineers are redefining global defence. From concept to completion, they innovate cutting-edge products and services across the land, air, and sea.

Digital is our future, and our IT teams are at the heart of it. Developing, implementing, and supporting the cutting-edge systems that keep the world safe and our business evolving.

Opportunities - 

Working at BAE Systems brings immense opportunity. A long and fulfilling career, with first-class training and lifelong development available to all, with all the support to help make it happen.
 
The scale at which we operate generates endless opportunities to work across diverse roles, specialisms, cultures and countries. Achieving our growth ambitions needs everyone to own their role and find their unique place. This is a place to be curious, build your network, feel empowered and motivated by your team, sharing in our purpose to protect what matters and create a safer future. 

As many of our team can demonstrate, it’s possible to have multiple careers throughout your time here. There’s always the opportunity to retrain or reskill, whether through a formal programme or exploring our on demand virtual learning platform where you can explore tailored resources aligned to each of our functions.  

Learning beyond your role - 

We provide the opportunity to get involved in projects outside of your primary remit. We encourage you to seek a stretch project in which you’ll gain different experiences. With our huge portfolio of products and our multinational presence, there are opportunities to get involved in something different around every corner. Additionally, we encourage involvement in community projects, STEM initiatives and our employee resource groups, which all provide valuable learning and development experiences that you may not have access to in your day-to-day role.

Learning and resources -  

Lifelong learning is a reality at BAE Systems, and we’re proud to be a diverse, inclusive, and supportive employer, helping everyone build a career to be proud of, delivering our purpose of protecting those that protect us all.

Our resources are accessible at any time and from any device and consider inclusive learning styles by offering these through a variety of platforms such as videos, books, guides and structured virtual learning programmes through our digital learning platform.

Discover a career with meaning, in a place where you can make a real difference.

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