Senior SAP Basis Consultant | Reliability & Performance

Pepkor Lifestyle; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Pepkor Lifestyle is seeking a SAP Basis Consultant to manage and optimise SAP environments, ensuring stability, security and high performance across SAP instances. The role emphasizes administration, system configuration, and continuous improvement within a retail-focused IT landscape.

The ideal candidate will have strong problem-solving skills, relevant SAP certifications, and cross-functional collaboration abilities to work with business and IT teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• TOGAF/Agile/ITIL certifications are advantageous; SAP specialist certification is an advantage.
• COBIT, Prince II, ITIL 3 certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement an optimal SAP configuration to ensure reliability and security.
• Administer the SAP database to maximise performance and availability.
• Introduce technical changes to minimise risk and improve reliability across SAP instances.
• Provide timely reporting to stakeholders as per communications plan.
• Build relationships with business and IT stakeholders to drive continuous improvement.

Skills

SAP Basis Administration

SAP S/4HANA

Database knowledge (Oracle, MS SQL, H/

Security management

Performance tuning

Stakeholder management

Project/Programme management

ITIL knowledge

Disaster recovery planning

Problem solving

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

Job description

Pepkor Lifestyle is seeking a SAP Basis Consultant to manage and optimise SAP environments, ensuring stability, security and high performance across SAP instances. The role emphasizes administration, system configuration, and continuous improvement within a retail-focused IT landscape.

The ideal candidate will have strong problem-solving skills, relevant SAP certifications, and cross-functional collaboration abilities to work with business and IT teams.