SAP Specialist (Production Planning)
| Posting date: | 07 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £70,000 to £79,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Paid Expenses, Free Staff Parking, On-site Canteen and Convenience Shop, Access to Internal Vacancies, Weekly Pay |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 June 2025 |
| Location: | Yeovil, South West, BA20 2YB |
| Remote working: | Fully remote |
| Company: | Meridian Business Support |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 56608866 |
Summary
Our client, based across the UK, are seeking a Production Planning Consultant to take on the role of SAP Specialist to operate as the subject matter expert in SAP Production Planning. This is a full-time temporary position working 37 hours per week until October 2025 with the possibility of extension.
This is a remote, home based role, however you must be willing to travel across the UK, primarily in Yeovil, Somerset. But also to other sites in Basildon, Luton, Bristol, Edinburgh and other locations. Expenses will be covered.Main Purpose
- Operates as the subject matter expert in SAP Production Planning provides professional advice and makes recommendations to support business queries and requirements definition
- To self sufficiently, design and develop business / process enhancing solutions within SAP
- To deliver early life support for new solutions
- To support established in-house developed solutions
- To add value to existing business processes / procedures by improving efficiency and effectiveness
- Assist in the management of third party and internal suppliers
Key Accountabilities
- Deliver projects from design to completion to achieve required business outputs
- Influence and negotiate with key project stakeholders, using data and analysis to support reasoning
- May co-ordinate and supervise the activities of team members
- Take ownership of and solve more complex technical problems and issues within own specialty
- Provide support for data migration projects as and when required
- Understand the business data requirements and translate it into solution framework / architecture
- Work with business experts and technical resources to facilitate incident & problem resolution
- Ensure effective communication with business and project stakeholders
- Coordinate the development of code elements and review
- Obtain acceptance for all deliverables from the business
- Ensure adherence to internal and external standards for all solutions
Key Outputs
- Business Solutions and enhancements
- Patches / fixes for deployed Business Solutions
- Support User Acceptance Testing for new Business Solutions
- Early life support for new Business Solutions
- Technical Specifications
- Support Documentation
- Assist business user in producing User guides and training documentation
What you need
- At least 5 years experience using SAP in Production Planning
- Experience using SAP in Material/Quality management would be useful
- Excellent communication skills
- Self sufficient, able to work independently and as part of a team
- Ability and willing to travel across the UK as required.
- To be a solely UK National
- To be able to quickly complete clearance requirements if successful
Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Business for this vacancy.
This is a remote, home based role, however you must be willing to travel across the UK, primarily in Yeovil, Somerset. But also to other sites in Basildon, Luton, Bristol, Edinburgh and other locations. Expenses will be covered.Main Purpose
- Operates as the subject matter expert in SAP Production Planning provides professional advice and makes recommendations to support business queries and requirements definition
- To self sufficiently, design and develop business / process enhancing solutions within SAP
- To deliver early life support for new solutions
- To support established in-house developed solutions
- To add value to existing business processes / procedures by improving efficiency and effectiveness
- Assist in the management of third party and internal suppliers
Key Accountabilities
- Deliver projects from design to completion to achieve required business outputs
- Influence and negotiate with key project stakeholders, using data and analysis to support reasoning
- May co-ordinate and supervise the activities of team members
- Take ownership of and solve more complex technical problems and issues within own specialty
- Provide support for data migration projects as and when required
- Understand the business data requirements and translate it into solution framework / architecture
- Work with business experts and technical resources to facilitate incident & problem resolution
- Ensure effective communication with business and project stakeholders
- Coordinate the development of code elements and review
- Obtain acceptance for all deliverables from the business
- Ensure adherence to internal and external standards for all solutions
Key Outputs
- Business Solutions and enhancements
- Patches / fixes for deployed Business Solutions
- Support User Acceptance Testing for new Business Solutions
- Early life support for new Business Solutions
- Technical Specifications
- Support Documentation
- Assist business user in producing User guides and training documentation
What you need
- At least 5 years experience using SAP in Production Planning
- Experience using SAP in Material/Quality management would be useful
- Excellent communication skills
- Self sufficient, able to work independently and as part of a team
- Ability and willing to travel across the UK as required.
- To be a solely UK National
- To be able to quickly complete clearance requirements if successful
Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Business for this vacancy.
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