SAP Solution Lead - Procurement and Supply Chain

Babcock International Group; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense and engineering firm in the United Kingdom is seeking a SAP Solution Lead to drive digital transformation in Procurement and Supply Chain. This pivotal role involves designing and supporting SAP ECC6 and Ariba modules, leading functional support for Coupa solutions, and collaborating with stakeholders to enhance operational efficiency. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in SAP solutions and a university degree or equivalent in the relevant field. This position offers generous benefits and hybrid working arrangements.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Reservists paid leave

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience as a SAP Solutions Lead within Procurement & Supply Chain.
• Demonstrated previous Source to Contract and Requisition to Pay configuration experience.
• Excellent understanding of business processes and integrations.

Responsibilities

• Design and configure SAP ECC6 and Ariba modules for Procurement and Supply Chain.
• Lead configuration support for Coupa solutions across various functions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and blueprint solutions.

Skills

SAP Solutions Lead experience

Procurement & Supply Chain knowledge

Configuration support for SAP modules

Understanding of business processes

Integration experience

Education

University degree or relevant experience

Tools

SAP ECC6

Ariba

Coupa

Job description

Lead the Future of Digital Transformation in Defence and Engineering

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a SAP Solution Lead within Procurement and Supply Chain.

The role

As a SAP Solution Lead P&SC, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be at the heart of our digital transformation journey, shaping and enhancing the systems that power our procurement and supply chain operations. This is a pivotal role within our SAP Service and Programme organisation, where your expertise will directly impact operational efficiency, innovation, and our ability to deliver critical services to defence and

Day-to-day, you’ll be:

• Designing, configuring and supporting SAP ECC6 and Ariba modules for Procurement and Supply Chain Planning.
• Leading functional and configuration support for Coupa solutions across Source to Contract (S2C), Requisition to Pay (R2P), Analytics and Open Business Network.
• Collaborating with internal stakeholders to gather requirements and blueprint solutions.
• Creating and maintaining documentation including business processes, functional specs, test scripts and training materials.
• Driving continuous improvement and troubleshooting across SAP and Coupa platforms.

This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and can be based near our Lakeside Portsmouth site, or a key Babcock hub, including Bristol, Plymouth, London etc with hybrid working arrangements and occasional travel.

Essential experience of the SAP Solution Lead:

• Extensive hands‑on experience as a SAP Solutions Lead within Procurement & Supply Chain and able to demonstrate previous Source to Contract, Requisition to Pay, Analytics configuration, releases, and support experience.
• Previous configuration support across Materials Management, Investment management, Materials Requirement Planning, Production Planning, Supply Chain Planning, Logistics Execution and Ariba Modules.
• Excellent understanding of business processes and integrations within Procurement & Supply Chain and related solutions required to deliver the service.
• Integration experience with Finance, Logistics, Project Systems, Timesheets, HR, Asset Management and Operations.

Qualifications for the SAP Solution Lead:

• A university degree or relevant experience in Procurement & Supply Chain.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at .

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.