Overview

Senior ABAP Team Lead (Manchester, Manchester, GB, M1 1AG)

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

​Information Technology & Digital​

In IT&D, you'll be a force for good, whether you're championing cyber security, defining how we harness the power of technology to improve our business, or working with data to guide the innovation of consumer loved products.

Working globally across functions, you'll own your projects and process from start to finish, with the influence and visibility to achieve what needs to be done. And if you're willing to bring your ideas to the table, you'll get the support and investment to make them happen.

Your potential will never be wasted. You'll get the space and support to take your development to the next level. Every day, there will be opportunities to learn from peers and leaders through working on exciting, varied projects with real impact. And because our work spans so many different businesses, from Research and Product Development to Sales, you'll keep learning exciting new approaches.

About the role

To work as part of the Reckitt SAP Competency Centre on the ABAP development aspects of the Reckitt SAP template. Highly technical and experienced with a sound understanding of all underlying development tools & technologies used in the SAP domain. In addition to a wealth of ABAP development experience the candidate must have held a team leadership role in SAP ABAP development for a number of years and should also have experience of the associated Business Technology Platform.​

Your responsibilities

  • Provide leadership and governance across the whole development team, being the technical champion for all things development related​
  • Ensure that the validated state of the system is kept intact with respect to technical documentation and process​
  • Ensure the system is audit compliant​
  • Ensure the ability to upgrade i.e. do not change SAP outside of the allowed rules​

 

Key Outputs/Deliverables​:

  • Providing technical expertise, design, development and implementation of ABAP.​
  • Best practice approach to system design and business processes​
  • Delivery of system documentation, ensuring this complies with regulatory requirements​
  • Liaising with support organisation and/or adoption team for ongoing issues with live operations​
  • Provide structured skills development across all team members, whether they are junior or senior​
  • Provide vision and leadership on future SAP strategies around development tools, i.e. SAP ABAP Cloud, Pro-code, No-code ​

 

Metrics​:

  • Deployment and continuous improvement change requests delivered to schedule​
  • Passing project toll gates​
  • Skills development within the team being ahead of the project requirement curve​

 

Key Interactions/Stakeholders​:

  • Works alongside the SAP Competency Centre members to govern the SAP template​
  • Coaches team members at all career levels ​
  • Coordinates with other Global Projects / Initiatives​
  • Primary contact for SI partner (IBM) with respect to technical SAP topics​
  • Works as part of cross-functional project teams both inside and outside the core SAP department​
  • Candidates must be willing to travel as part of the SAP project lifecycle when the need arises​

The experience we're looking for

Technical:​

  • Extensive, demonstrable experience in ABAP development.
  • The ability to discuss complex technical concepts with non-technical stakeholders across all functional areas​
  • A thorough understanding of user-exits/BADIs and webservices supporting the integration to non-SAP systems​
  • Practical experience of developing and supporting SAP eInvoicing solutions through DRC and non-DRC scenarios​

Functional: ​

  • Experience of working in a global organisation​
  • Ability to consult with stakeholders and subject matter experts to acquire appropriate business requirements​
  • Ability to establish meaningful business relationships both internal and external business partners​

Methodologies:​

  • Software delivery methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall)​

Behaviour: ​

  • Creative problem solving skills and ability to work on own initiative to drive and deliver results​
  • Language skills desirable​
  • Process oriented, articulate and enthusiastic, capable of confidently presenting to higher Management teams, working closely with vendor team members, Architects and Project teams with end to end responsibility​
  • Team player​
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

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