SAP Functional Consultant (Expert)

Pretoria, South Africa Posted on 16/02/2026

We are seeking an experienced SAP Functional Consultant (Expert) to lead operational excellence within a complex SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) landscape. This role focuses on DevOps led operations, system stability, incident management, and continuous improvement for warehouse and internal logistics processes.

The successful candidate will manage a large operations team, ensure high system availability, drive root cause analysis, and support ongoing enhancements within a global, Agile enterprise environment.

The Manual Warehouse & Internal Call Off product includes:

• Manual warehouse administration and control
• Internal call off processes
• Labeling and data consistency
• Non series material handling and launch warehouse operations
• Stock and inventory management

• Lead and manage the SAP EWM operations team (20+ DevOps engineers)
• Oversee day to day incident management, support, and continuous improvement activities
• Plan, organize, and participate in 24/7 support operations
• Coordinate SAP maintenance, system changes, and technical projects across the EWM landscape
• Monitor system health and perform proactive checks, including dump and trace analysis
• Provide 2nd level escalation support for critical incidents and coordinate resolution with development and infrastructure teams
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement measures to prevent recurring issues
• Support go live planning, cutover activities, and quality assurance for EWM rollouts and enhancements
• Manage batch job scheduling, monitoring, and administration
• Enforce SAP security, controls, and compliance requirements
• Collaborate with development teams on new transactions, roles, and access requirements
• Maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and knowledge assets
• Facilitate high priority incident calls and communicate business impact and risk
• Consolidate and present operational KPIs and performance reporting
• Coach and train team members and end users to improve operational capability
• Manage stakeholder communication and present technical insights to business and IT leadership
  

• Proven expertise in SAP configuration and operations within complex enterprise landscapes
• Strong experience with SAP system monitoring, health checks, and dump/trace analysis
• Hands on knowledge of cross module integration (EWM, MM, PP, FI, CO, LE)
• Experience managing technical operations or DevOps teams supporting SAP environments
• Strong understanding of DevOps practices and operational governance
• Ability to plan and execute SAP maintenance and system changes
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills for production incident resolution
• Experience working within Agile/Scrum environments
• Proficiency with tools such as Jira, Confluence, and SAP Solution Manager
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including translating technical concepts for non technical audiences

• Experience with SAP HANA and ABAP (EWM performance and enhancements)
• Knowledge of SAP EWM integrations with LE, PP, MM, SD, and warehouse automation technologies
• Experience with SAP Fiori and modern SAP UI technologies
• Exposure to cloud and middleware technologies within SAP landscapes
• Experience with test automation and management tools (e.g., Tosca, Xray, Xsuite) and CI/CD for SAP
• Familiarity with ITIL/ITSM frameworks
• Experience with SAP Cloud ALM (CALM)
• Knowledge of SAP security and authorization concepts, particularly for EWM
• Willingness to travel internationally when required
  

• Typically 6+ years of SAP operations experience, including EWM related projects
• Experience delivering system maintenance and non functional projects in SAP environments
• IT degree or equivalent technical qualification
• Background knowledge of ABAP and HANA is advantageous
• Experience with project management methodologies in SAP environments