The Dangote Group is one of the most diversified business conglomerates in Africa with a hard-earned reputation for excellent business practices and products’ quality with its operational headquarters in the bustling metropolis of Lagos, Nigeria in West Africa.
SAP Functional Support Analyst – Production Planning
Location: Lagos
Department: IT
Reports To: Group Head IT
Direct Reports: SAP PP Module Lead/PP Module Members
Job Summary
- The Information Technology Department at Dangote Cement Plc is looking for motivated professionals with SAP experience in the Production Planning.
- The resource(s) would join our team of professionals to support the daily SAP operations of the business and SAP implementation projects.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Functional support for SAP PP modules.
- Manage multiple simultaneous SAP projects and Tasks from conception to completion. Requirements gathering and scope definition together with various business stakeholders.
- Plan and coordinate resources and activities to meet business requirements and project completion dates
- Work with end-users to provide system support to the business while sharing knowledge and understanding.
- Gather business requirements and convert them into development design/programming specifications.
- Perform functional testing, and creating documentation, and conducting end-user training in conjunction with other members of the SAP Core team.
- Work with both internal or external design/implementation teams and work cross-functionally between the business and IT to bridge the gap between design, content, and technology.
- Provides analysis for and directs activities of SAP PP resources as determined by and in conjunction with the senior management team.
- Manage end-to-end integration needs with the respective modules and other applications.
- Definition of innovative functional solutions to meet business process requirements in SAP and/ or other supporting application systems.
Requirements
Education and Work Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree or HND in related technical/ business areas or equivalent work experience
- 3 + years of experience with relevant SAP working as a Consultant or SAP PP Support Analyst.
- Experience in business application system development methodology and business process re-engineering.
- Minimum of 1 end-to-end implementation and hands-on experience in SAP PP support.
- Experience of S4 HANA would be an added advantage.
- Relevant experience in Product Costing, MRP, Produce to Order cycle is a must.
Skills and Behaviours:
- Strong leadership skills with customer interfacing experience.
- Strong written, verbal communication, analytical skills, and problem-solving.
- Demonstrated ability/experience in the implementation of major systems applications.
- Strong understanding of user exits would be an added advantage.
- Ability to interact with and present ideas and updates to senior or executive level management.
- Basic ABAP debugging know-how would be an added advantage
Benefits
- Private Health Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Training & Development.
Method of Application
source: https://jobcenternigeria.com/sap-functional-support-analyst-production-planning-at-dangote/