SAP Data Migration Specialist

Lorien; Newport; On-site; GBP 92,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

Lorien is seeking a SAP Data Migration Specialist for a Newport contract role (Inside IR35). The specialist will move data from a recently acquired UK business into SAP ECC6, handling cleansing, mapping, loading and reconciliation across multiple migration cycles toward go-live.

Responsibilities include creating migration plans, supporting non-SAP data cleansing, maintaining mappings, and developing load scripts. UK SC clearance is required or pursued as part of this role.

Qualifications

• Experience migrating data from non-SAP to SAP ECC6.
• Experience developing data load programmes (LSMW).
• Strong understanding of SAP data objects.
• Experience with data conversion, mapping and transformation.
• Experience resolving data load defects and failures.
• Ability to work collaboratively with functional consultants and business stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving and organisational skills.
• Current UK SC security clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain migration plans, mapping specifications and runbooks.
• Support business teams in cleansing non-SAP data and preparing master and transactional data templates.
• Maintain source-to-target mappings and transformation rules.
• Develop migration scripts (LSMW), run test loads and resolve failures.
• Carry out dress rehearsals and reconciliations to ensure data quality.
• Support cut-over planning, production migration and post go-live hypercare.

Skills

Data migration

LSMW

SAP ECC6

Data transformation

Data cleansing

Stakeholder liaison

SC clearance

Job description

SAP Data Migration Specialist
Contract - Inside IR35
Newport

Our client is looking for an experienced data migration specialist to move data from a recently acquired UK business into their SAP ECC6 system. The work covers preparing, cleansing, converting, loading and reconciling data through repeated migration cycles, leading up to a successful go-live.

Key responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain migration plans, mapping specifications and runbooks.
• Support business teams in cleansing non-SAP data and preparing master and transactional data templates.
• Maintain source-to-target mappings and transformation rules.
• Develop migration scripts (for example, LSMW), run test loads and resolve failures.
• Carry out dress rehearsals and reconciliations to ensure data quality.
• Support cut-over planning, production migration and post go-live hypercare.

Essential skills

• Hands-on experience migrating data from non-SAP systems to SAP ECC6.
• Experience developing data load programmes (for example, LSMW).
• Strong understanding of SAP data objects.
• Experience with data conversion, mapping and transformation.
• Experience resolving data load defects and failures.
• Ability to work collaboratively with functional consultants and business stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving and organisational skills.
• Current UK SC security clearance is required.

Desirable

• SAP ECC6 functional knowledge of finance and/or logistics.

  Please note due to the nature of this role candidates must either hold current SC clearance or be willing to go through the SC clearance process.