Job Description

Job Title: Senior SAP Developer (Associate Manager)

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Location:  India

Expected travel: 10%

WHAT YOU WILL DO

This senior-level role is part of the Global Development Factory and serves as a technical anchor across multiple SAP functional domains, including Record to Report (RTR), Order to Cash (OTC), Procure to Pay (PTP), Plan to Manufacture (PTM), and Logistics Execution (LE). The Senior SAP Developer (Associate Manager) brings over 10 years of hands-on SAP development experience and is accountable for end-to-end technical delivery across both ECC and S/4HANA landscapes.

Operating within an Agile POD model, drives clean-core principles, ensures integration quality, and partners closely with functional Product teams, architects, project managers, and business stakeholders. The role requires the ability to balance deep technical delivery, stakeholder communication, and continuous improvement of development practices.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Development Leadership

• Act as a technical point of escalation for complex WRICEF objects (Workflows, Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms).
• Collaborate with project managers, business analysts, and functional leads to understand requirements, prioritize the development backlog, and manage team capacity.

• Uphold Development Factory standards: reusable patterns, coding guidelines, peer review gates, and clean-core compliance.
• Drive continuous improvement in development throughput, defect reduction, and documentation quality.

Multi-Domain SAP Solution Design & Development

• Design and deliver robust SAP technical solutions across the following functional domains:

·       Record to Report (RTR): General Ledger, Asset Accounting, Controlling, intercompany, period-end close.

·       Order to Cash (OTC): Sales Order Management, Billing, Credit Management, Customer Master, High Radius integration.

·       Procure to Pay (PTP): Requisitioning, Purchase Orders, Goods Receipt, Invoice Verification, Accounts Payable, Ariba integration.

·       Plan to Manufacture (PTM): Production Planning, MRP, Process Orders, Batch Management, Quality integration.

·       Logistics Execution (LE): Warehouse Management, Shipping, Transportation, Delivery Processing.

• Ensure all solutions comply with SAP clean-core principles, minimizing custom code footprint and leveraging BTP/extension side-car patterns where applicable.
• Apply deep knowledge of SAP table structures, IDocs, BAdIs, Business Events, and enhancement frameworks.

Integration & Customization

• Collaborate with integration architects and middleware teams (e.g., Solace, Azure Integration Services) to ensure seamless connectivity between SAP and non-SAP systems.
• Design and govern API-based integrations aligned with the enterprise integration strategy.
• Customize SAP S/4HANA and ECC functionalities to meet specific business requirements while safeguarding upgradeability.

Testing & Quality Assurance

• Oversee the full testing lifecycle for owned technical objects: unit testing, SIT, regression, and UAT support.
• Partner with QA and Test Factory teams to ensure comprehensive test coverage, early defect detection, and timely resolution.
• Enforce peer code review standards and validate adherence to development best practices prior to transport promotion.

Documentation & Governance

• Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for all WRICEF objects, integration specifications, and architectural decisions.
• Ensure traceability between business requirements, functional specifications, and technical designs.
• Support audit readiness and compliance requirements through accurate and current documentation.

WHO YOU ARE

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (required).
• 10+ years of SAP development experience, with demonstrated delivery across at least three of the following: RTR, OTC, PTP, PTM, LE.
• Proven experience in both SAP ECC and S/4HANA environments, including greenfield and brownfield transformation projects.

Technical Skills

• Expert-level ABAP programming including OO ABAP, ALV, SmartForms/Adobe Forms, BAPIs, BAdIs, User Exits, and enhancement spots.
• Strong understanding of SAP S/4HANA clean-core principles and extension model (SAP BTP, RAP, CAP).
• Hands-on experience with SAP integration technologies: IDocs, ALE, RFC, REST/SOAP APIs, and event-based architectures.
• Knowledge of SAP Fiori/UI5 development is an asset.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tooling, gCTS, and transport management in SAP landscapes.
• Experience with Ariba, High Radius, or equivalent third-party SAP-integrated platforms is a strong advantage.

Functional & Domain Knowledge

• Deep understanding of end-to-end business processes across OTC, STP/PTP, RTR, PTM, and LE, including configuration context, table relationships, and IDoc segment structures.
• Ability to read and interpret functional specifications and translate them into high-quality technical designs.
• Consumer Products or FMCG industry experience strongly preferred.

Soft Skills & Leadership

• Strong oral and written communication skills; able to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaborative team player with experience working in cross-functional environments spanning technology, business, and design.
• High degree of initiative, problem-solving ability, and resilience in navigating complex and ambiguous delivery environments.
• Structured approach to planning, task prioritization, and deadline management.

WHY US?

We're accelerating our ambition to become a best-in-class Digital leader by making data-driven investments that drive smarter business decisions. As the guardians of 200 beloved brands and the creators of innovative products, we're dedicated To Sustainably Grow by Delighting More Consumers Globally. What we build today helps bring joy to customers, consumers, and communities around the world tomorrow. Ready to build the future of food, now? Have a seat at our table and join our Digital Revolution.

Ready to help future-proof our legacy? Join our table, and Let's Make Life Delicious!

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Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.