SAP Application Specialist WM (Warehouse Management)

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SAP application consultant Warehouse management

If you like to do what you do best, you’ll enjoy being a part of our SAP team. As a SAP application consultant Warehouse Management – Extended  Warehouse Management at Marel you will be invaluable to our extensive growth and our focus of lowering our ecological footprint. Because of your solutions, the business is optimized and supported in its daily operations.

What you'll be doing

As an SAP application consultant in the Warehousing Domain, you will implement global solutions in SAP S/4 HANA and will support changes to the current SAP ECC templates. You will be an integral part of the SAP IT team translating Business Requirements into IT Solutions, which will support and optimize the business in its daily operations.. Balancing out of the box solutions versus specific business requirements minimizing customizations.

As SAP application consultant WM, you are responsible for the functional design, implementation, maintain and optimizing the software. You know a lot about complex distribution center issues and optimization and have experience in implementing the different phases of Warehouse management and extended warehouse management. One of the big challenges will be the implementing the highest standards at our new global distribution center in Eindhoven. Improving services by optimizing our current GDC’s and expanding these, will be a main focus the upcoming years. In addition, business consultants will participate in other projects and daily operations. Your daily to-do list will look a lot like this:

• Gather business needs and requirements, and translating business requirements to functional design
• Develop, test, document, deliver and optimize SAP applications
• Provide functional or technical support for users of the application by monitoring the use of the application and help users to do their work in the most optimal way
• Demonstrate, provide training, and guide testing activities and transfer to community
• Liaise with software vendors / third party specialists / third party support, technical specialists, application support and business key users

The IT SAP warehouse team supports various SAP systems and other applications. Next to the implementation of changes, projects are executed delivering innovation and standardization to Marel Business.

What will you do

• Collaborate with Business (Process owners, Process experts), other domain consultants, application architects to elaborate on the requirements.
• Build effective and productive key business stakeholder relationships.
• Early involvement in solution design and estimations.
• Understands how the IT solution supports the Business Process E2E. Has process and IT landscape expertise on Business unit level as well as functions.
• Analyze business processes and requirements and translate into IT solutions.
• Responsible to maximize the use and acceptance of standard/catalogue-based solutions to support business needs driving industry best practices processes.
• Define functional design documents
• Ongoing validation of deliverables against requirements, provide demos and workshops
• Flexibly respond to shifting business needs and priorities.
• Train business process experts and ensure availability of training and support materials.
• Prior to UAT validates that solution meets business requirements.

Who are we?

Marel is a global leader in transforming the way food is processed. We are in the business of transformation, innovation and inspiration. We provide software, machinery, systems and solutions that help food processors gain a competitive edge and make the most of cutting-edge technology such as digitization, automation and robotics. As long as there are people on earth, Marel will be present because everyone needs to eat, right? Marel will outlive us all. Because of the extensive growth of Marel and the focus of lowering our ecological footprint, we will have to invest extensively in global efficiency through IT and IT processes. Next to our MES software Innova and our machine control software, we’re heavily investing in our corporate IT. One of the enormous tasks ahead is implementing a greenfield S/4 HANA platform and standardizing our SAP ERP solution globally.  Within this implementation and continuous improvement of the SAP ERP software, there are several key focus areas like

• Finance
• Manufacturing processes  and plant maintenance
• Procurement - supply chain processes
• Sales and Services
• Warehouse management and Extended Warehouse management processes

• And last but certainly not least security

What’s in it for you?

There’s nothing like the feeling you get when you do something worthwhile for a living. That said, coming home from work knowing you made a difference is just one of the great things you can experience at Marel. You can expect: 

• Freedom to take initiative and make a real impact in a growing global business
• Recognition for your achievements
• An environment of trust and respect
• A global network of specialists
• Opportunities to build your knowledge
• Space to explore, fail and learn
• Attractive benefits
• A great culture with flexible working arrangements, career growth and development opportunities.

What kind of a person are you?

You have in depth knowledge about warehouse management in SAP and have experience in implementing full cycle SAP projects in this area (EWM or SAP LES). Understands business processes E2E (e.g., Procurement, Sales, Warehousing), organization and objectives and can translate these into IT solutions maximizing added value.

We encourage each of our 8,000 employees to bring their unique self to work and aim to make everyone feel recognized, valued and free to explore their potential. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture and welcome new colleagues from all walks of life. You will recognize in yourself that you:

• Do your best to help us thrive, take ownership of your work and stand behind your decisions
• Collaborate with others and remain open to new ideas
• Stay enthusiastic and focused on our mission
• Minimum a bachelor's degree in Business administration, computer science or equivalent

• Understanding business processes and translation into IT architecture
• Knowledge or interest in Agile- and scrum-development methods and S/4HANA is an advantage
• You have experience in solving complex issues within supply chain management processes in SAP LES and/or SAP EWM, preferably with SAP S/4 HANA and/or ECC.
• Functional knowledge about integrations between different applications
• Having Fiori experience is an advantage
• You were involved in at least one or more full lifecycle implementations
• You are an ambassador to standardization
• Strong English skills, both written and verbal
• Someone who’s conceptual thinker with analytical and decision-making skills
• Someone who’s a strong communicator with effective written and verbal skills

Interested?

So, if you would like to contribute to the goal of feeding the world, please get in touch by applying to this role. Should you have any questions about this position, don’t hesitate to reach out to our IT Talent Acquisition Specialist, Maarten Krepel: Maarten.krepel@marel.com

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