SAP FI Engineering Manager

Ad/01; Netherlands; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Yearly bonus

Benefit platform budget

Job summary

AD/01 is seeking an SAP FI Lead to lead and empower engineering teams, driving technical excellence while aligning with the product backlog and business objectives.

You will balance people leadership, technical strategy, and execution, ensuring reliable, scalable SAP solutions and a strong engineering culture within a hybrid work environment across borders.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of SAP experience.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience leading a team.
• Experience mentoring tech talent.
• Know the desired growth pathways for engineers and how to help them progress
• Great communication skills
• Comfortable with presenting and public speaking
• Clearly articulate vision and strategy for team to execute
• Manage expectations both up and down the organization
• Manage conflict
• Experience working in an international company
• Fluent in English
• Good at managing budget
• Negotiation of products and services needed for the team
• Agile mentality

Responsibilities

• Build and mentor high-performing engineering teams.
• Drive adherence to engineering standards and best practices.
• Align technical delivery with product vision and business objectives.
• Ensure system reliability, scalability, and performance through robust architecture and operational excellence.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Architects, and cross-functional teams.
• Support agile delivery models and continuous improvement.
• Act as a bridge between technology execution and business priorities.

Skills

SAP leadership

People management

Mentoring

Growth coaching

Excellent communication

Public speaking

Vision & strategy

Expectation management

Conflict management

International experience

Fluent English

Budget management

Negotiation

Agile mindset

Tools

SAP

Job description

SAP FI Lead

We're AD/01, the tech studio that builds the future of food retail. Whether it's in-store aisles, online baskets, or behind-the-scenes operations, we innovate the daily food experiences for farmers and families, grandmas and greengrocers, and pickers and packers alike.

We're part of the Ahold Delhaize network, one of the world’s largest global food retail groups and a leader in both supermarkets and e-commerce. With 19 strong local brands in Europe, the United States, and Indonesia, we create a meaningful difference for our customers, our people, and the world around us. And we're looking for the freshest minds excited to create the recipe for change.

Your new role and environment.

The role focuses on people management, technology leadership, and engineering excellence. You will be responsible for building, nurturing, and empowering high-functioning engineering teams while ensuring technical excellence and delivery.

The SAP FI Lead is a leadership role within technology with the dual focus: people and tech.

You will be primarily responsible for supporting the growth and development of a team while still remaining up to date technically and delivering against the product backlog.

You will ensure technical excellence and delivery across its scope. This role combines people leadership, technical strategy, and execution oversight.

You will be accountable for:

• Building and mentoring high-performing engineering teams.
• Driving adherence to engineering standards and best practices.
• Aligning technical delivery with product vision and business objectives.
• Ensuring system reliability, scalability, and performance through robust architecture and operational excellence.

The role operates within its domain, collaborating closely with Product Managers, Architects, and cross-functional teams. The role is pivotal in:

• Managing complex technology landscapes.
• Supporting agile delivery models and continuous improvement.
• Acting as a bridge between technology execution and business priorities.

Key responsibilities of your role.

Technical focus

• All team deliverables are aligned and implemented to the Tech Radar, OKRs, and Engineering Excellence Principles
• Accountable as code owner and responsible for technical performance of said domain.
• Majority of time is spent on enabling team members to build autonomously though limited time is spent on day-to-day coding.
• Builds a team which welcomes technical discussions and challenges, ensuring the product or application is built fit for purpose.

Leadership & People management

• Teams are fully empowered, autonomous and correctly "T" shaped
• Internal and external team members are held to the same standard
• Ensure there is a healthy culture in the team and that team members can bring their full self to work
• Play active role in facilitating growth, mentorship and learning for team members
• Actively remove non-technical overhead for the team (unblock team) Manage vendor contracts and statements of work

Vision, strategy and alignment

• Teams are aligned to the mission and vision of the Tech department and understand their role in the delivery
• Balance technical and product roadmap goals and priorities for owned applications.
• Translate the business value and/or risk from technical problems and decisions made.

General

• The team's cost (RTA and capacity) remain in budget

What’s in it for you?

We ask a lot. (We're looking for the best, after all). But we offer a lot, too.

So, what do we have in store for you? We offer flexible hours and a hybrid working model, allowing you to work both from home and at the office.We provide competitive benefitsto support health, well-being and your professional growth. This includes: a significant budget on the benefit platform and a yearly bonus. At AD01 we welcome everyone, just the way you are, and encourage individual growth with valuable opportunities and a worldwide across-brand network.

Requirements.

• 6+ years of SAP experience
• 2+ year of hands-on experience leading a team
• Experience mentoring tech talent
• Know the desired growth pathways for engineers and how to help them progress
• Great communication skills
• Comfortable with presenting and public speaking
• Clearly articulate vision and strategy for team to execute
• Manage expectations both up and down the organization
• Manage conflict
• Experience working in an international company
• Fluent in English
• Good at managing budget
• Negotiation of products and services needed for the team
• Agile mentality

For us, diversity means being inclusive of thoughts and skills, generational differences, LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disabilities, nationalities and more. We accept everyone for who they are.