SAP S/4 Solution Architect
Datacom, New Zealand
Job Description
Our purpose
Here at Datacom we connect people and technology in order to solve challenges, create opportunities and discover new possibilities for the communities we live in. This role is supporting a customer based in Tauranga, but the successful candidate can be based anywhere in NZ (some travel may be involved).
Our Team
The ERP Business Platforms teams build solutions for a range of customers using SAP Products and Modules. We encourage a collaborative and autonomous culture, whilst providing you with the security and support you need to do a good job. And as Datacom are kiwi-owned, you'll only answer to managers who understand the market you work in and what makes your customers tick.
Datacom’s global reputation for excellence has been shaped over the past 50+ years by investing in our people, our culture and, ultimately, our clients. We can offer the most exciting customer projects, whilst ensuring stability, opportunity and great benefits from insurance perks to flexible working.
About the Role
In order to build them up the capability of the Business Platforms team, we’re looking for someone with the technical depth and experience to define, lead and deliver to large SAP implementations across New Zealand. We are looking for a thought leader with customer focus and passion for IT enabled business change.
The key to success is thought leadership and a passion for driving our customers forward to design best in class SAP Solutions.
Your broad understanding of SAP and ability to pull together end to end solution architectures using SAP will be demonstrable as will your experience of influencing teams and senior stakeholders.
As the Solution Architect, you’ll be required to lead the solution design on opportunities and define the technical implementation of requirements into the SAP product suite.
What else will you be doing?
- Interacting with the customer - being the key driver of solution designs and fulfilling the role of project or relationship manager with the customers' technical authorities.
- Supporting sales activity - configuring demos, creating presentations, and supporting business and sales personnel within the sales process.
- Leading and supporting the wider team - enabling the SAP team members to Stay up to date through regular presentations on current and upcoming tools and products, and ensuring best practice is maintained.
- Staying up to date - upskilling, learning, and training peers on SAP application stack and related products that may relate to current, historic, and future implementations.
What you’ll bring
You’ll have plenty of experience leading the design and implementation of SAP S/4 across all modules is essential you will have an understanding pre-sales work, shaped designs, and completed full implementations of S/4 from greenfield environments or from ECC/R/3.
You’ll be comfortable with all relevant technical possibilities of SAP S/4 and have a desire to understand the customer’s problem to ultimately craft and design solutions for the many and varied challenges you’ll face.
You’ll have:
- Strong technical knowledge of SAP S/4 at Solution and Enterprise level
- Line of Business Experience with solutions such as IBP, EWM, Ariba (as examples)
- SAP Integration experience (PI/PO, CPI)
- Experience gathering technical requirements, identifying solutions and producing quality technical designs, both within SAP and in the wider context of digital business transformations
- Solid experience in driving customer facing engagements from a technical perspective
- Advanced knowledge of integration concepts
- A great track record of coaching technical staff as a team to maximise performance, satisfaction, and elevate team capability.
Why Datacom?
Here at Datacom, It's the People! We are caring and humble and foster an environment where we can bring our best selves to work. Our people make the difference.
A value we hold strong, it's our fantastic team that’s testament to the continued success of our business.
Your career and continued learning and development are front and centre of conversations in our teams. If you choose a technical career focus, or leadership and supporting people is your thing, we have a pathway that will help you achieve these goals! Not to mention an amazing team of experienced mentors to support you getting there. We have a leadership framework created for people through all stages of their career journeys.
Datacom’s reputation has been shaped by investing in our people, our culture, and ultimately, our clients. We can offer the most exciting customer opportunities, whilst ensuring stability, opportunity, and great benefits!
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