We are collaborating with a multinational FMCG company who is currently involved in one of the greatest transformation project and, at the same time, they are expanding their busines. Therefore, we are seeking a dynamic and strategic Senior SAP Basis Consultant.

Purpose The purpose of this role is based on two main functions:

- The Senior SAP Basis Consult is responsible for the technical stability, performance, security and controlled operation of the SAP S/4 HANA Private Cloud on SAP RISE landscape.
- The role combines senior SAP Basis expertise with strong governance, planning and vendor coordination capabilities. The position ensures that SAP environments are available, monitored, secure, upgrade-ready and aligned with project and operations, release and business requirements. This position plays a key role in SAP Basis operations, transport and release management, incident resolution, patching, system refreshes, connectivity, Fiori/BTP enablement, technical security support, audit readiness and coordination with SAP and external service providers, either in Operations or in the Project landscape-track.

Main Accountabilities

- Manage SAP S/4 HANA Private Cloud on SAP RISE Basis operations across all environments, ensuring system stability, availability, monitoring, security and technical readiness.
- Support core Basis activities including system restarts, client administration, refreshes, client copies, performance monitoring and incident resolution.
- Govern SAP change, transport and release activities, including cutover, deployment preparation, rollback planning and transition to operations.
- Coordinate patching, upgrades, maintenance windows and technical impact assessments for SAP S/4HANA, SAP HANA DB, OS, other databases not part of S/4 HANA, like DB2 from Solution Manager and security updates.




- Support technical security, connectivity, Fiori, BTP, integration, disaster recovery, documentation, standardisation and continuous improvement.

Work & Business Contacts (internal & external)

- Internal: SAP Basis colleagues, functional teams, security/GRC, integration, development, infrastructure, ALM/change/release teams, Group IT, project managers.
- External: SAP Enterprise Cloud Services, SAP Support, AMS providers, implementation partners, cloud or infrastructure providers, integration partners and other third-party vendors involved in SAP projects and operations.

Position Scope

- S/4HANA project team members
- S/4HANA operations team members/Group IT employees

Profile & Skills Experience & tools: 8–10+ years of

- Strong experience as SAP Basis Consultant, SAP Technical Consultant, SAP Technical Operations Specialist or similar role.
- Hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA environments, ideally SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud Edition or RISE with SAP.
- Experience in SAP system administration, monitoring, transport management, performance analysis and incident resolution.
- Experience with SAP HANA DB administration, technical operations and performance troubleshooting.
- Experience supporting SAP release upgrades, feature packs, patching, refreshes, client copies and technical cutover activities.
- Experience working with SAP and-or SAP Rise support teams, AMS partners, cloud partners or managed service providers.




- Experience in multinational, multi-country or complex SAP landscapes.
- Experience supporting project delivery, go-live, hypercare and transition to steady-state operations.
- Experience with ITSM processes and tools such as ServiceNow, Jira or equivalent.
- Experience with SAP Cloud ALM for Operations (Monitoring Capabilities) , SAP Solution Manager (Setup and Configuration of their technical scenarios & tools), ChaRM or equivalent ALM and transport governance tools is highly preferred.

Skills: Technical

- Strong SAP S/4HANA and any SAP Netweaver-based Basis administration skills, covering monitoring, performance troubleshooting, patching, upgrades, system refreshes (HSCs) and client copies.
- Solid knowledge of SAP transport, release and change management, including CTS, ChaRM, retrofit and production movement coordination.
- Good understanding of SAP Fiori, BTP, Cloud Connector, technical connectivity, certificates, RFCs, STRUST and interface operations.
- Sound knowledge of SAP security and ITSM processes, including technical users, privileged access, audit evidence, incidents, problems, changes and service requests.

Professional

- Strong analytical mindset and troubleshooting focused while analyzing incidents and prioritization skills, with a calm and structured approach during incidents, releases, cutovers and maintenance windows.
- Strong ownership, attention to detail and documentation discipline, ensuring clear follow-up, traceability, completion and transition of knowledge internally with the teammates.
- Collaborative and continuous improvement mindset, working across internal teams and external providers to drive standardization, simplification and automation.
- Other details: English & Spanish fluent.

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