SAP Basis Consultant

Job Description

Appealing Points

• Strategic SAP landscape management role across project and BAU environments Manage complex SAP S/4HANA landscapes, ensuring clear separation and smooth convergence between project and BAU systems.
• High-impact ownership of transport, change, and retrofit management Lead transport synchronization, version control, and retrofit strategies to enable seamless integration into production.
• Collaborative leadership in a complex enterprise environment Act as a central coordination point across development, BASIS, and testing teams, driving quality, agility, and delivery excellence.

Annual Salary : 8 million yen and above

Responsibilities:

• Project Landscape Management:
  • Manage the SAP project landscape (PRJ-DEV, PRJ-QAS, etc.) to support ongoing project developments.
  • Ensure proper isolation of project activities from the BAU landscape while facilitating cross-landscape coordination when necessary.
  • Plan and manage system refreshes and client copies for the project landscape.
• Change and Transport Management:
  • Oversee the transport management process between the project development, quality assurance, and production systems.
  • Collaborate with the SAP Change Manager to ensure synchronization and retrofitting of changes between the BAU and project environments.
  • Maintain strict version control of project-specific developments to ensure a smooth merger into the BAU production system.
• Integration and Retrofit Coordination:
  • Develop and implement a robust strategy for retrofitting changes between the BAU and project landscapes.
  • Work closely with functional teams to test and validate retrofitted changes to avoid conflicts at the time of convergence.
  • Ensure proper documentation and traceability of all changes and retrofits.
• Others:
  • Collaborate with the Testing teams to ensure thorough testing (unit, integration, UAT) of all project-related changes in the project systems and regression testing in BAU system.
  • Act as the key point of contact between the project development teams, BASIS, and the BAU teams.

Job Qualification:

• 7+ years of experience managing SAP landscapes, with specific experience in project implementations and multi-environment management.
• Proven experience in SAP transport management, system integration, and environment strategy, ideally in an N + 1 landscape.
• Fluency in English (Japanese is a plus)
• SAP certifications (e.g., SAP Certified Technology Associate) is a plus.
• ITIL or PMP certification is a plus.
• Technical skills: 
  • Deep understanding of SAP S/4HANA system landscape, and SAP BASIS administration.
  • Expertise in SAP transport and change management processes.
  • Experience with managing hybrid environments, including cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, BTP).
• Soft skills: 
  • Excellent project management skills, with the ability to coordinate across teams and ensure project timelines are met.
  • Strong leadership abilities to manage technical teams and collaborate with both business and IT stakeholders.
  • Collaborative, proactive, team spirit, agile.
  • Analytical thinking.
  • Real passion for learning, doing things better and helping others.

Language Skills: Business level English  (Japanese is a plus)

About Company

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