Senior System Expert

Vattenfall GmbH; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Vattenfall GmbH is seeking a Senior System Expert to own the SAP PM/MM landscape across the Offshore portfolio. You will translate business needs into clear system requirements and partner with business and IT to deliver reliable, future‑proof solutions.

You will lead cross‑functional system implementations, define a long‑term system vision, and drive governance with senior stakeholders. Based in Amsterdam or nearby, you’ll be part of a global team supporting a sustainable energy transition.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, IT, or related field.
• 8–10 years of relevant experience in senior functional or systems roles.
• Deep knowledge of SAP PM/MM, ideally including S/4HANA.

Responsibilities

• Own the SAP PM/MM environment for offshore wind assets and lead system improvements.
• Define a clear systems vision aligned with operational strategy.
• Lead system implementation projects from scoping to go-live with business case development.
• Steer development portfolio with the Business Demand Manager and senior stakeholders.
• Contribute to configuration discussions, testing, training and readiness.
• Engage stakeholders across SCMS, Operations, Engineering, Finance and IT.
• Represent Vattenfall in international governance fora and market engagements.
• Identify improvement opportunities and raise system capability across the organization.

Skills

SAP PM/MM

S/4HANA

Stakeholder management

English proficiency

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor/Master in Engineering or IT

Job description

Do you want to use your deep SAP expertise to keep offshore wind assets running safely, efficiently and predictably?
As ourSenior System Expert, you will guide the full EAM maintenance systems landscape across BA Wind and ensure that thousands of operational decisions every day are supported by reliable, intuitive and future‑proof systems solutions.

This is your chance to combine hands-on system involvement with strategic influence — and to help accelerate Vattenfall's mission to enable a fossil freedom.

What you will do

You will be the functional and solution owner of our SAP PM/MM environment and the business lead for system improvements across the international Offshore portfolio. You translate business needs into clear system requirements, partner closely with business and IT, and make sure that what we build truly supports our people in the field.

Your core responsibilities include:

• Hold the business mandate for maintenance systems solutions across BA Wind.
• Define and communicate a clear systems vision aligned with operational and long-term strategy.
• Define and lead system implementation projects from scoping to go-live, including business case development and resource alignment, supported by systems experts and teams.
• Steer the development portfolio together with the Business Demand Manager and senior stakeholders.
• Actively contribute to configuration discussions, testing, training and readiness activities.
• Connect and align stakeholders across SCMS, Operations, Engineering, Finance, D1R and IT.
• Represent Vattenfall in international governance forums such as ILKUG and in the market.
• Identify improvement opportunities and help raise systems capability across the organisation.

Qualifications

You enjoy working closely with system users, data experts and IT partners — and you bring both expertise and curiosity to every step of the process. You like to connect perspectives, bring clarity, support decision-making and translate complexity into something practical and useful, for the business.

You bring:

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science or similar.
• 8–10 years of relevant experience, including several years in a senior functional or systems-driven role.
• Deep knowledge ofSAP PM/MM, ideally including S/4HANA.
• Experience leading cross-functional system implementations and/or portfolio governance.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-alignment skills in an international context.
• Full professional proficiency in English.

Location

Kolding, Amsterdam or Solna

Additional Information

Our offer

Looking for a career with growth?

Looking for a role where your superpowers can be leveraged to the maximum and with limitless opportunities for growth?

The scale and ambition of our wind, battery and solar business means you can really find your element with us. We'll also provide you with all the learning and development you need to expand your horizons.

We strive to be the best place to work in the industry with highly competitive pay and conditions and an open, supportive culture. A commitment to a healthy work-life balance aims to ensure everyone plays to their strengths, whatever their background and experiences.

You will be part of a growing team of 1,700+ colleagues from 50+ nationalities where our positive approach to diversity is reflected in the fact that more than a quarter of staff are women.

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to building a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be a good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation.

The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfil within Vattenfall and will be performed by a third party, Validata.

Since Vattenfall is a part of the Swedish critical infrastructure, many of our services are security classed. If this position is security classified the final candidates might be subject to a security vetting process, according to Swedish legislation.

Company Description

Vattenfall is one of the largest energy companies in Europe. We make electricity and heat and supply energy to millions of customers. We do this in Sweden, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands.

With around 21,000 employees, we are enabling a future in which we are less dependent on the use of fossil fuels for our energy. We are at the forefront of the transition to a sustainable energy system. To achieve this ambitious goal, we are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have a strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful company mission.