Senior SAP S2P Engineer - Procurement

BBC Group and Public Services; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

BBC Group and Public Services is seeking an SAP Principal Systems Engineer – Procurement for a hybrid role based in London or Cardiff. You will drive strategy for finance platforms, focusing on SAP and partner solutions, delivering complex changes, and optimising procurement systems to maximise business value.

You will lead technical change, provide governance, and mentor teams while engaging with senior stakeholders to ensure secure, scalable solutions aligned with BBC priorities.

Qualifications

• Extensive senior technical specialist in S2P platforms (SAP SCC6/S4/Hana, SAP Ariba S2P, MDG, OpenText VIM).
• Strong integrations across SAPECC6/S/4HANA, procurement, finance, and third-party systems via APIs, middleware, IDocs, and web services.
• Proven ability to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions and ensure quality artifacts.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate small/medium technical changes with BBC business users and outsourced providers, including documentation, build, testing, deployment and post-go-live support.
• Lead larger projects with technical change elements, working with PMs and stakeholders to deliver timely, high-quality outcomes.
• Build relationships with internal and external stakeholders, promoting best practices and achievable goals.
• Support incident resolution with outsourced partners and internal teams across severities.
• Define roadmaps, standards, support models and governance for enterprise procurement and supplier-management platforms; mentor engineering teams.

Skills

S2P expert

SAP ECC6

SAP S4/Hana

SAP Ariba S2P

MDG

OpenText VIM

APIs & integration

Stakeholder leadership

Job description

BBC Group and Public Services is seeking an SAP Principal Systems Engineer – Procurement for a hybrid role based in London or Cardiff. You will drive strategy for finance platforms, focusing on SAP and partner solutions, delivering complex changes, and optimising procurement systems to maximise business value.

You will lead technical change, provide governance, and mentor teams while engaging with senior stakeholders to ensure secure, scalable solutions aligned with BBC priorities.