Business Analyst SD

Business Analyst: SD

Company: Oceana Group Limited

As a global premium leader in the fishing industry, the Oceana Group seeks to bring on board exceptional professionals who will help advance our mission to positively impact lives. Our core business is catching, processing, marketing and distributing canned fish, fishmeal, fish oil, lobster, horse mackerel, squid and hake. But that’s just on the surface deep down, we are so much more. Oceana is ranked as one of the top 20 seafood companies in the world by market capitalization, has a global presence, and is a black-owned company and Level 1 B-BBEE contributor.

Purpose of the Role:

The SAP Business Analyst is responsible for the development, implementation, and support of the SAP MM modules. This role is accountable for key SAP areas and must ensure that the SAP system aligns business goals and objectives.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in appropriate field of study desirable
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in SAP SD
• Strong technical knowledge of multiple SAP modules
• Extensive implementation and configuration experience
• Project management experience
• SAP certification required
• S4 Experience desirable

Knowledge, Skills and Attributes

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Ability to work under pressure and manage at all levels
• Creative thinker with vision, coupled with pragmatic can-do attitude
• High attention to detail

Essential Behavioral Competencies

• Verbal & Written Communication
• Action Orientation
• Interpersonal Skills
• Decision Making & Judgment
• Analytical Thinking
• Planning & Organising
• Flexibility
• Resillience & Stress Tolerance

Key Job Outputs

• Responsible for all aspects of the SAP SD areas including support, maintenance, implementation, and optimisation.
• Responsible for driving innovation and ensuring that the SAP functionality meets business needs.
• Responsible for ongoing support and troubleshooting assistance to users as required.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand their requirements and objectives.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key business stakeholders, ensuring that they are informed of project status and that system solutions are aligned with business objectives.
• Responsible for system design documents, functional specifications, and test plans for SAP system solutions.
• Responsible that SAP system solutions and processes are documented and that end-users are trained on new system functionality.
• Conduct thorough analysis of existing business processes and systems to identify gaps, inefficiencies, and areas for improvement.
• Engage and partner with business stakeholders, SAP functional analysts, developers, and the technical teams to deliver improved business systems and processes.
• Participate in system configuration, testing, and implementation activities.
• Troubleshoot and resolve SAP technical issues.
• Work with functional teams to ensure that SAP system solutions are effectively integrated with other IT systems.
• Collaborate with project team to ensure timely and effective delivery of projects.
• Participating in SAP system audits and compliance reviews.

Responsible Areas:

• Sales and Distribution Management
• SAP System Support

In support of the company’s Employment Equity Plan, applicants from designated groups will be given preference for this position. If you are not contacted within two weeks of closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.