SAP Business Analyst – Procurement and Supply Chain

Your privacy is important to us* WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.* WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.* WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.* A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.* We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the **Terms and Conditions** section of this vacancy announcement).* Works with the business partner analysing the existing SAP Procurement and Supply chain configuration, interfaces, workflows, and custom developments with a particular attention to Delegation of Authority policies.* Participate in readiness and compatibility checks (e.g., Simplification List, Custom Code Analysis).* Identify potential functional impacts and dependencies for the S/4HANA conversion.* Act as primary liaison between their project team and the business functions impacted by procurement and Supply chain changes, ensuring that all the procurement and Supply chain functions and requirements are fully reflected and validated during the S/4HANA migration* Collaborate closely with business process counterparts to ensure that existing procurement and supply chain policies, including Delegation of Authority (DOA),are accurately migrated and fully supported within the S/4HANA environment.* Translate mandatory System and functional changes into clear, business understandable impacts.* Support Decision-making providing impact assessment, options and Recommendations* Work with the Key Business users during the review of the UAT test cases and during the UAT sessions ensuring test coverage across the Procurement and Supply chain scenarios and critical flows including UNHRD, FITTEST, Insurance and aviation.* Collaborate with all stakeholders to prepare and deliver tailor training sessions.* Work closely with the technical team in planning the conversion sequence for the procurement and supply Chain related functionalities (SAP MM and SD modules)* Contribute to defining cutover strategy and downtime planning for procurement and Supply Chain-related data and transactions.* Review master data consistency and support cleansing activities.* Execute functional validation in S/4HANA environment post-upgrade.* Verify end-to-end process integrity.* Identify and document conversion-related issues and coordinate resolution with technical and basis teams.* Conduct regression testing for key business scenarios.* Recommend optimization opportunities leveraging S/4HANA functionalities* Contribute to the cutover execution and validation of Procurement and Supply Chain-related data migration.* Provide go-live and hyper care support for end users.* Document lessons learned and contributed to stabilization reports* Collaborate with TEC and business stakeholders to propose and prioritize digital process improvements.* Ensure shared understanding of business goals, user needs, and process priorities across internal and external parties.* Collaborate to present roadmap for endorsement by the TEC Demand Assessment Board (DAB).* Gather and validate requirements.* Maintain a transparent and prioritized backlog of enhancements.* Coordinate with stakeholders and delivery teams to ensure clarity and feasibility of requirements.* Provide guidance on feature prioritization and release planning.* Monitor delivery progress and ensure alignment with business objectives.* Facilitate regular reviews and demonstrations of product increments.* Promote iterative development and continuous improvement.* Prepare cost estimates in collaboration with IT Solution Architects.* Track consumption of time-and-materials quotas.* Guide vendors on reporting and invoicing procedures.* Approve consumption reports and coordinate Service Entry Sheets.* Collaborate with TEC for Sourcing on Purchase Orders.* Report progress to the Project Management Office.* Escalate risks or issues affecting outcomes, timelines, or budget.* Other duties as required.* The incumbent is responsible for overseeing and validating all aspects of the procurement and supply chain transition to S/4HANA, ensuring functional accuracy, testing integrity, business alignment, and successful implementation through collaboration with the partner and support of post-go-live activities.* Ensure that all documentation, covering requirements, decisions, plans, and project progress, is consistently updated, stored in the designated repository, and accessible to relevant stakeholders.* Ensure comprehensive documentation for all assigned projects, covering project overview, milestones, timelines, budget, risks, and issues.* Maintain clear and complete records of business requirements and functional specifications.* Keep technical and non-technical documentation up to date, including release processes and related materials.* Provide regular communications and status updates to project teams and business stakeholders to ensure alignment and transparency.* Contribution to improvement of shared processes and tools.**Knowledge & Skills:** Deep knowledge of SAP Supply Chain modules, specifically Materials Management (MM) and Sales and Distribution (SD), with a strong focus on the procurement module and its associated approval workflows. Good understanding of SAP Solution Manager and related Change Request Management (Charm) processes is desirable. Proven experience across the full IT solution lifecycle—requirements gathering, design, development, and implementation. Strong business analysis skills with a focus on clear, actionable requirements* We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete, and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, language skills and UN Grade (if applicable).* Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application.* Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language* Kindly note the only documents you will need to submit at this time are your CV and Cover Letter* Additional documents such as passport, recommendation letters, academic certificates, etc. may potentially be requested at a future time* Please contact us at global.hrerecruitment@wfp.org in case you face any challenges with submitting your application* Only shortlisted candidates will be notified