SAP Business Application Consultant - Supply Chain & Manufacturing

Responsibilities / Tasks

GEA is one of the largest suppliers for the food and beverage processing industry and a wide range of other process industries. Approximately 18,000 employees in more than 50 countries contribute significantly to GEA’s success – come and join them! We offer interesting and challenging tasks, a positive working environment in international teams and opportunities for personal development and growth in a global company.

In IT Service Delivery - we are dedicated to securing the best process support for an international business in rapid growth. The vacancy is in the team, SCM and Manufacturing, where we are working with various group rollout projects as well as day-to-day support to our global GEA customers. The job may involve travel depending on the project requirements.

The position is based at our site in Den Bosch, NL. However, we are also open to hire this in Soeborg, Denmark or Oelde, Germany.

What will you be working with?

Driving and delivering end-to-end activities on assigned implementation / roll-out or other projects as an SAP consultant

Working with Application Maintenance and resolving assigned tickets as per the agreed SLAs / OLAs

Contributing actively in scoping the project requirements, estimating resources and preparing an offer for delivering the results.

Proactively ensuring that the ERP solution and progression is consistent with solutions in other tracks

Carrying out best practice project documentation related to own track

Supporting the different business applications (based on area of expertise) and resolving incidents / change requests within the agreed SLAs.

Managing escalations as per the process and coordinate between different stakeholders and team members.

Sharing knowledge within the team and helping in building up competencies and / or improving the quality of deliverables

Your Profile / Qualifications

Who are you?

You are passionate about business support and like to contribute to business optimization. You are motivated by responsibility, variety in tasks and having a high degree of exposure to the business. Your knowledge and experience on SAP, communication skills and ability to motivate and involve the right people at the right point in time are key to success in the role.

You think and plan your work in a structured way and drive projects toward the agreed milestones. You like to face the challenges at your work with a positive approach, no matter if they may be of theoretical complexity or merely demanding a practical / hands-on solution. You are flexible and know how to adapt to the changing needs of the business.

This role is part of a large international business which needs to see the objectives of the projects translated into tangible results. Hence, it is pivotal that you have strong communicative skills and understand how to navigate in a complex organization

Key competencies :

In-Depth consulting and configuration knowledge in SAP (one or more areas within PP, QM, MM, EWM)

It will be a big advantage if the candidate has knowledge on techno-functional integrations like working with interfaces, ability to debug and read customized programs

Any experience of working on MES (Manufacturing execution system) or Transport management will be a plus

Business process mapping, suggesting and explaining the best practices and confident enough to challenge business requirements when required

Ability to talk to business in a language that they understand (not using SAP terminologies and / or abbreviations for example)

Result driven – focused on targets and project plans

Flexible, adaptable and stays up to date with the latest offerings and changes within the technology

Your profile and qualifications :

Relevant degree (candidate / Master’s degree or BA plus qualifying work experience)

Proven hands-on experience of working as SAP consultant for support and projects

Previous experience of working directly as a team member / key user / manager within supply chain business would be a plus

Proficient in written and spoken English is a must, skills in German are helpful