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SAP Commercial Expert South African Breweries

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Job Description

  • Deliver the information management business processes and supporting systems (technical requirements – Master Data Management within the Triumph commercial scope
  • Communicate, consult, liaise with the Triumph Commercial Team ensuring information requirements are understood, designed and delivered in the Triumph Global Template
  • Deliver commercial information requirements to agreed milestones, timescales, scope, quality and budget, issues and risks and report progress to Global Solution Owner for MDM
  • Provide customer service and technical advice in a complex SAP environment i.e. SAP and CranSoft for a global solution.
  • Writes functional specifications and reviews designs for the governance of the master data and ensure that it conforms to SAP’s tables, rules and configuration to enable a workable solution which needs to align to SABMiller as a group – not only for one country.
  • Protects the integrity of the global solution ensuring that change requested follow the agreed approval process before applying them
  • Perform testing of all information management functionality developed (e.g. complex reports and security (user) profiles) comparing what has been built in CranSoft with what is in SAP and ensuring that the data is stored in SAP correctly.
  • Roll out of global systems for Commercial master data.
  • Accountable for ensuring Integration of applicable master data to other SAP modules like CRM, CAS etc.

Desired Skills & Experience

  • Demonstrates analytical ability and attention to detail.
  • Has a thorough understanding of all stages of the systems development life cycle.
  • Provides advice and guidance on technical matters. May supervise the work of others.
  • Performs work that requires the application of a significant range of fundamental principles in a variety of contexts.
  • Takes a structured and effective approach to own work and demonstrates leadership potential.
  • Is able to analyse, diagnose, design, plan, execute and evaluate work to time, cost and quality targets, exhibiting thorough familiarity with available methods, procedures, tools, equipment and standards associated in area of specialisation and making correct choices from alternatives.
  • n Is able to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with clients, management, colleagues and subordinates.
  • n Develops an understanding of the relationship of own specialisation or area of responsibility to SABMiller as a whole and takes client requirements fully into account when making proposals and/or carrying out work.
  • n Takes initiative to keep skills up to date and maintain awareness of developments in the ICT industry.
  • n Ability to see the big picture and ability to integrate between application areas.
  • n Configuration experience is SAP SD (Sales and Distribution) and preferably SAP CRM (Customer Relationship Management) as well – minimum of two SAP full cycle implementations
  • n Some experience in SAP Reporting will be advantageous as this will ensure the knowledge of what data drives which commercial reporting

Company Description

Founded in 1895, the South African Breweries Ltd (SAB) is the South African subsidiary and historical birthplace of SABMiller plc, one of the world’s largest brewers by volume with more than 200 brands and brewing interests and distribution agreements in over 60 countries across six continents. SAB is the second largest listed company on the JSE Securities Exchange, South Africa’s leading producer and distributor of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages and one of the nation’s largest manufacturing firms. The company operates seven breweries and 42 depots in South Africa with an annual brewing capacity of 3.1 billion litres. Its portfolio of beer brands meets the needs of a wide range of consumers and includes brands rich in heritage such as Castle Lager, Hansa Pilsener, Carling Black Label and the iconic Dutch beer brand Grolsch. SAB’s soft drinks division is Amalgamated Beverage Industries (ABI), the largest producer and distributor of Coca-Cola brands in Southern Africa. As SAB employs more than 9,000 people, 75% of whom are from previously disadvantaged groups. In addition SAB’s operations support an estimated 48,000 jobs at SAB’s first round suppliers. For each job offered by SAB and its first round suppliers, 5.7 additional jobs are supported in the rest of the South African economy. In all 378,000 full time jobs in South Africa can directly or indirectly be traced back to the production of SAB’s products. As South Africa’s leading brewer, SAB is committed to promoting responsible alcohol behaviour – both inside and outside the company. As a subsidiary of SABMiller plc, it subscribes to the Group’s Alcohol Framework and has a comprehensive Code of Commercial Communication in place. SAB also actively seeks to encourage collaboration across the areas of education, access to information, law enforcement and parental involvement to encourage responsible alcohol behaviour.

Additional Information

Posted:
March 27, 2012
Type:
Full-time
Experience:
Mid-Senior level
Functions:
Other
Industries:
Food & Beverages
Job ID:
2769374

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