SAP ABAP Technical Lead (Freelance)

Position Description:

Will be responsible for providing technical leadership, designing, developing, and implementing high-quality SAP solutions, and collaborating with various teams to translate business requirements into technical specifications.

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Your future duties and responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain ABAP programs, reports, interfaces, and enhancements.

• Create and manage custom solutions within the SAP ecosystem.

• Develop and implement SAP Fiori applications and customize standard Fiori apps.

• Work closely with functional and technical teams to gather requirements, define technical specifications, and ensure solutions meet business needs.

• Optimize existing code, enhance system performance, and ensure adherence to coding standards and best practices.

• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues within SAP modules, performing root cause analysis and providing effective solutions.

• Provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentorship to junior and mid-level developers, fostering a collaborative and knowledge sharing environment.

• Lead code reviews, enforce best practices, and guide technical decision-making across development workstreams.

• Prepare and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for all developed solutions.

• Participate and conduct regular knowledge sharing sessions to members of the company.

• Address issues related to the SAP client system in a timely manner and with respect to SLA

• To administer, support and recommend improvements to the SAP system

• Accommodate project and client assignments and adhere to work schedule in accordance to business requirement

• Be able to mentor more junior resources and provide expert advice to project SMEs.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

Required qualifications to be successful in this role

• Proven leadership skills with the ability to guide development teams, drive technical deliverables, and mentor team members.

• Proven experience with at least one full lifecycle SAP implementation project.

• Proven experience with SAP Fiori applications and UI5 development, including OData services.

• Strong knowledge of ABAP programming language, ABAP Workbench, Data Dictionary, and performance tuning. Expertise in RICEFW developments (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms).

• Excellent troubleshooting, problem solving, and debugging skills.

• Familiarity with SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) module, including customizing and enhancing EWM functionalities

• SAP HANA Experience: Knowledge of SAP HANA, CDS Views, and AMDP.

• Agile Methodologies: Experience working in an Agile development environment.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment.

• Ability to document processes clearly and create user guides or training materials.

• Comfortable working in a fast paced, global, and matrixed environment.

• Detail oriented with a focus on data accuracy and consistency.

• Self-motivated and able to manage multiple tasks and priorities in a dynamic environment.

• Adaptability and willingness to learn new tools, systems, and methodologies.

Education

• Bachelor's or master’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Business, or a related field.

• Must be amenable to reporting onsite 1x a week or more if needed in McKinley, Taguig, on a mid-shift schedule.

Experience:

• 10+ years of hands-on experience in SAP ABAP development (ECC, S/4 Hana is nice to have)

• Demonstrated experience in a technical lead, team lead, or senior mentoring role.

• Experience working with various SAP modules such as SD, MM, FI, or HR.

• Experience with interface development using File, RFC, IDOC, BAPI, and web services.

Skills:

• SAP ABAP

• SAP Fiori

What you can expect from us:

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