Senior SAP ABAP Technical Developer at AVI Limited

Job Specification:

Key Performance Areas:

Interaction with Users

• Communicate with users in the business units at all levels, up to and including executive level
• Purpose of communication is on the following levels:
  • To understand a business process from a user perspective, to understand the procedures followed, the nature of interaction between the users and their customers and the system, and thus to identify gaps in their process, pain-points and bottle-necks that can be closed off with the introduction of a mobile application.
    • This can involve the modification of a current business process, or the introduction of an entire new process.
    • To identify, propose, explain and get agreement on a high-level user interface design, and also the design of how the app interacts with back-end ERP functionality.
    • A collaborative approach, using an Agile methodology is applied here, and the design/build phases do not necessarily follow a waterfall flow sequence, but will frequently iterate.
    • To facilitate, expedite and guide user testing without allowing for scope creep.
• To provide training material and conduct user training where necessary 

Interaction functional consultants

• Obtain thorough understanding of current system-level processes
• Through a collaborative approach, to arrive at an interaction design whereby mobile apps interact with the back-end ERP system process in a manner that adheres to standard best-practices, with a minimum of customisation.
• To collaboratively conduct tests of back-end integration, to ensure that transactional data is captured correctly 

Trouble-shoot and debug issues on existing solutions

• Top-down binary elimination of possible causes approach 

Build solutions in ERP system, PI, GRC and mobility environment

• Programming and configuring solutions using best-practice and AVI policy 

Test and ensure excellence of solutions delivered

• Detailed pre-design of test plans that include methods to prove that ALL new requirements are met
• Test plans that ensure that ALL existing functionality is not affected 

Document (both user and technical) solutions delivered

• Word, Adobe and SAP tools
• In-line documentation 

Research, recommend and document new best practices

• Theoretical knowledge, imagination, and the ability to engage with a broader international IT community 

Minimum Requirements:

Experience:                                                                   

• 8 years’ experience working as a SAP Technical Developer
• 5 years working knowledge of SAP back-end modules and processes (including HR, FI, MM, SD, PM)
• 5 years working knowledge of ABAP, including OO, Function Modules, ALE/Idocs, Dynpro, Reports, Forms, the SAP Enhancement Framework and SAP Workflow
• Previous experience in SAP HANA S4 would be highly advantageous

 Qualifications:

• Relevant Tertiary Qualification 

Additional Requirements:

• Knowledge of “Standard” Web Technologies (HTML5, Javascript, the DOM (Document Object Model) IE, Chrome, and how to make use of the Consoles and debugging tools within the various browsers)
• Knowledge of ERP concepts
• Knowledge of User Experience Theory
• Non-ERP SAP Systems (PORTAL/GRC/SOLMAN/PO)
• Object-oriented programming concepts 

Competencies:

• Thinking Analytically
• Developing Personally
• Building Relationships
• Embracing Change
• Working Together
• Minimising Risk
• Maintaining Productivity
• Articulating Information