SAP Product Lead

Job Description

Job Title: SAP Product Lead

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

Salary: Circa £60,000

What you’ll be doing:

• Collaborating with stakeholders to understand business processes, challenges, and objectives. This involves conducting workshops, interviews, and analysis to gather comprehensive requirements
• Translating business requirements into SAP solutions. This includes configuring SAP modules, customising functionalities, and designing processes that align with business goals while adhering to best practices
• Implementing enhancements or updates to optimise system performance and usability for Sales, Finance (AR + AP), Projects, Security, HR & Payroll, Success Factors and SAP Source Systems
• Have a general understanding of Workflows; Interface management including PI/PO; Fiori and GUI
• Support the business stakeholders by applying technical and functional SAP knowledge to guide and support their business process requirements
• Ensure that all solutions delivered support the best practise processes for compliance and IT governance
• Stay updated on SAP best practices and new features
• Input into the bidding activity such that the budget is met, consistent with business objectives

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Strong background in SAP (ECC6 / S4H), Experience essential in SAP FI, MM, PS , SD, Warehousing modules and  preferable for the HR module
• Demonstrate good knowledge of the application at a technical level supported by functional knowledge of the modules as used within Business processes
• Strong interpersonal skills to effectively liaise and collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and design SAP solutions, facilitate workshops, and articulate complex
• Analytical mind-set to identify root causes of issues, troubleshoot problems, and devise creative solutions that address business challenges
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, adhere to timelines, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver projects successfully within scope and budget

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 Enterprise IT Team:

As a Product Manager within the Enterprise IT Products and Application team, you will play a pivotal role in driving the development, deployment, and operation of software products and applications. You will be responsible for overseeing the entire product lifecycle, from conception to delivery, ensuring alignment with business objectives and technological capabilities.

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.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for 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: 14th November 2024

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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