IT Applications Specialist

GCG Construction & Consulting Pty; Colombia; A distancia; COP 120.000.000 - 240.000.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

GCG Group busca un IT Applications Specialist remoto con amplia experiencia en SAP S/4HANA y procesos RTR para liderar implementación y gobernanza de soluciones empresariales. El rol funciona como puente entre negocio e IT y coordina con BPM/ITBPs y socios para asegurar entregas estandarizadas.

Se requiere 10+ años en IT/ERP y 6+ años en SAP S/4HANA (RTR). Oportunidades de trabajar desde múltiples países con travel limitado según proyecto.

Formación

• Título universitario en IT o afín.
• 10+ años de experiencia en aplicaciones IT/ERP.
• 6+ años de experiencia en SAP S/4HANA (RTR).

Responsabilidades

• Apoyar implementación y gobernanza de SAP S/4HANA (Atlas) en RTR.
• Actuar como puente entre negocio e IT para soluciones estandarizadas.
• Coordinación con integradores y proveedores para entregas de SAP.

Conocimientos

SAP S/4HANA

Análisis negocio

RTR

Integraciones API

Educación

Ingeniería IT

Herramientas

SAP

Integraciones ERP

Descripción del empleo

## IT Applications SpecialistSolicitar: Totalmente remoto: GCG\\_Colombia-Remoto: GCG\\_Panamá-Remoto: GCG\\_El Salvador-Remoto: Ecuador-Remoto: GCG\\_Trinidad y Tobago-Remoto: Tiempo completo: Publicado hoy: JR108112¡Bienvenido a un entorno laboral en donde todos creemos en un mismo propósito!Nuestro compromiso como empresa va más allá de las tareas; se trata de dar propósito a cada acción. Nos dedicamos a trabajar con pasión y con un enfoque al cliente únicos en cada aspecto de nuestro negocio, creando un ambiente donde tu contribución realmente importa.Con 70 años de experiencia, somos el principal socio estratégico, proporcionando soluciones especializadas para aerolíneas, aeropuertos y empresas en 21 países de todo El Caribe y América Latina.En **GCG**, creemos que la receta secreta para un equipo perfecto combina talento, enfoque y disciplina. Buscamos estas cualidades en candidatos deseosos de prosperar en un entorno diverso y multicultural.Nuestras soluciones integrales incluyen Sky Dining, Airport Dining, Aviation Support y Culinary. Con un equipo de más de 5,500 expertos dedicados a la excelencia, mantenemos los más altos estándares de calidad y servicio. Estamos comprometidos a mejorar la experiencia de todos nuestros clientes, convirtiéndonos en la opción principal en la región.**JOB PURPOSE**The IT Applications Specialist is responsible for supporting the delivery, optimization, and governance of enterprise applications across the Group, with a primary focus on the successful implementation and adoption of SAP S/4HANA under Project Atlas in the role of ITBP (IT Business Partner) for RTR (Record to Report) workstream.This role acts as a techno-functional bridge between business and IT, ensuring that business requirements are effectively translated into scalable, standardized, and high-quality solutions. The position works closely with BPOs, other ITBPs, business stakeholders, and system integrators to ensure that SAP and other enterprise applications are aligned with the Group’s To-Be processes, properly integrated, and successfully deployed across multiple countries.The role plays a critical part in strengthening execution discipline, ensuring solution quality, supporting business readiness, and enabling long-term sustainability of SAP and the broader applications landscape.**Duties & Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:****Project & Implementation Support*** Support and actively drive the execution of IT application initiatives across the Group, with priority focus on SAP S/4HANA (Project Atlas).* Participate in all phases of SAP implementation including design, build, testing (UAT), deployment, hypercare, and stabilization.* Track project progress, risks, dependencies, and timelines, ensuring proper follow-up and escalation when required.* Coordinate across business teams, IT, and system integrators to ensure alignment and timely delivery of project milestones.* Support cutover planning and execution activities, ensuring system readiness for go-live across countries.* Prepare and consolidate project status updates and reports for IT leadership.**Application Analysis & Solution Support*** Perform techno-functional analysis of business requirements, ensuring strong alignment with SAP S/4HANA capabilities and Group To-Be processes.* Translate business needs into clear functional and technical specifications across SAP and non-SAP applications.* Collaborate in solution design discussions, ensuring adherence to SAP best practices and minimizing unnecessary customization.* Validate proposed solutions from system integrators, ensuring quality, scalability, and alignment with architecture standards.* Support preparation of functional and technical documentation required for implementation.* Ensure solutions meet business needs while maintaining system integrity and standardization.**Interfaces & Integrations Support*** Analyze and support integration requirements between SAP and other enterprise systems (POS, payroll, finance tools, etc.).* Ensure proper understanding of data flows, dependencies, and end-to-end process integration across systems.* Collaborate with technical teams to review and validate interface designs, mappings, and integration approaches.* Support coordination of integration activities across all lifecycle phases (design, build, testing, deployment, hypercare).* Assist in troubleshooting and resolving integration issues, ensuring minimal disruption to operations.* Ensure integrations are properly documented, tested, and aligned with IT standards for data integrity and performance.**Vendor & Stakeholder Coordination*** Act as a key operational point of contact for system integrators and vendors, particularly for SAP implementation activities.* Work closely with BPOs, ITBPs, and business stakeholders to ensure clear understanding of requirements and solution alignment.* Coordinate and challenge vendors to ensure quality delivery, adherence to timelines, and accountability.* Facilitate communication between business and technical teams to ensure alignment and issue resolution.**Governance & Process Support*** Support the implementation and enforcement of IT governance processes, including Incident, Request, Change, and Release Management.* Ensure SAP and other applications comply with Group IT standards, architecture guidelines, and security policies.* Contribute to maintaining proper documentation, controls, and audit readiness across applications.* Support adherence to standardized processes and prevent unnecessary deviations from the SAP template.**Testing, Change & Business Readiness Support*** Support UAT activities, including test scenario definition, execution follow-up, and defect analysis.* Contribute to business readiness activities, ensuring users are prepared to operate SAP and other systems effectively.* Support change management efforts by ensuring system impacts are clearly communicated and understood.* Assist in training preparation and knowledge transfer from a system usage perspective.* Ensure alignment between system capabilities and actual business execution at the local level.**Continuous Improvement & Risk Management*** Identify risks, issues, and improvement opportunities related to SAP and other enterprise applications.* Support definition and follow-up of mitigation actions, ensuring visibility and proper escalation.* Monitor system performance and usage, identifying optimization opportunities.* Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on process standardization, automation, and better system utilization.* Contribute to strengthening execution discipline and reducing delivery bottlenecks across projects.**Qualifications & Skills****Education*** Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.* Bilingual: English and Spanish (mandatory).**Technical & Professional Skills*** Strong experience in SAP S/4HANA implementations (Finance/RTR highly preferred).* Proven experience in end-to-end SAP project lifecycle (Explore to Hypercare).* Strong understanding of business processes (RTR, MTI, PTP, QTC).* Solid knowledge of system integrations (APIs, web services, data flows).* Experience working with enterprise applications ecosystems (SAP and non-SAP).* Ability to review, validate, and challenge technical and functional solutions.* Strong understanding of data structures, master data, and transactional processes.**Analytical & Functional Skills*** Strong techno-functional mindset with the ability to bridge business and IT.* Ability to analyze cross-application dependencies and impacts.* Strong problem-solving skills in complex, multi-system environments.* Ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders simultaneously.**Soft Skills*** Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.* High sense of ownership, accountability, and execution focus.* Ability to influence without direct authority.* Strong organizational and coordination skills.* Ability to work under pressure in high-demand project environments.**Experience*** 10+ years of experience in IT applications, system implementations, or ERP environments.* 6+ years of hands-on SAP S/4HANA experience (required).* Experience in ERP transformation programs is highly preferred.* Experience working with system integrators and external vendors.* Experience in regional or multi-country environments is a plus.**Travel requirements**The position requires occasional domestic and international travel.Embarca en un viaje con nosotros, donde cada día trae nuevas oportunidades de crecimiento y éxito. Si prosperas en un entorno dinámico y quieres ser parte de un equipo que celebra logros, ven y sé parte de nuestra historia. ¡Tu aventura profesional comienza aquí!