Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions (SMR) is a global leading supplier of equipment and tools, parts, services, digital solutions and sustainability-driving technologies for the mining and infrastructure industries. Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions is a business area within the Sandvik Group and a global leading supplier of equipment and tools, parts, service, digital solutions and sustainability-driving technologies for the mining and construction industries. Application areas include rock drilling, rock cutting, loading, and hauling, tunneling, and quarrying. In 2022, sales were approximately 57 billion SEK with about 16,200 employees.
Our Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions (SMR) IT Delivery organization supports end to end business processes with solutions by providing solution design & architecture, project implementation and service operations.
⭐Are you a collaborative minded professional with a passion for SAP development ? Would you be our new Technical Lead for SAP Platform Services?
Join our global team dedicated to delivering the best customer experience for our extensive corporate offerings. We are committed to investing in your personal development, providing the competence and passion necessary to deliver successful solutions. Are you ready for an exciting digital journey? Please keep reading!
We are looking for a structured and experienced SAP technical lead for our IT Service Delivery team working closely with other SAP functional professionals and business/technical teams.
📍 The role is full-time, permanent and located in Turku, Finland, Stockholm or Sandviken, Sweden.
Your Mission as the SAP Technical Lead
The SMR SAP Technical Lead role carries dual responsibilities: acting as the delivery coordinator for day-to-day project and BAU service activities, while also serving as the overall technical architect for all SAP and non-SAP applications within the SMR SAP technical service portfolio.
In this role, a strong, solution-oriented SAP Basis background is essential, ideally combined with experience in IT infrastructure, leadership, communication, and project management.
As the delivery coordinator, you will be responsible for ensuring timely and effective delivery of technical support and build activities, aligning both BAU business services and project organization requirements with the timelines and SLAs agreed upon by relevant stakeholders.
Operational excellence and governance will be key areas of focus, with particular emphasis on implementing robust problem management processes and driving service improvement initiatives to maintain a culture of continuous improvement.
In your capacity as Technical Architect, you will guide the ongoing development of both long-term and short-term landscape strategies. This includes designing architecture templates, guidelines, and roadmaps, while also ensuring adherence to architecture governance at the program level.
In addition, you will represent the SMR SAP platform services team in customer, partner, and vendor engagements, such as RFIs or investment pre-studies. This aspect of the role requires strong communication skills and business acumen to effectively engage with various stakeholders.
Your daily responsibilities will include
Providing leadership and guidance to the SMR SAP Platform Operation team in day-to-day activities for efficient operation of the application portfolio.
Supporting the development of the long-term vision for the environment focusing on operational excellence, cost efficiencies and automation.
Providing architecture support and oversight to ensure that build activities comply with SMR IT governance standards.
In more detailed you will..
- Lead and document processes for monitoring, maintenances, performance optimization and Disaster Recovery of the platform services application portfolio.
- Provide expert level technical support and lead the investigation of complex issues and ensure timely resolution through effective problem management.
- Analyze SAP Governance, Risk and Compliance across SMR divisions, with emphasis on ITGC (IT Governance and control)
- Ensure compliance of all configuration items within the SMR SAP landscape with Sandvik IT security guidelines.
- Work with internal and external partners for implementing best SAP landscape management practices, including implementing a perfective maintenance approach across the entire application portfolio.
- Responsible for ensuring all critical application services are monitored and escalation mechanisms are in place for responding to events.
- Manage and lead the technical relationships with the assigned SAP AMS support service provider.
- Experience working with internal and external audit.
What can you bring to our team?
We hope you have a strong background working for larger organization, preferably in manufacturing industry.
You will bring with you a broad knowledge of SAP eco-system and have a deep understanding and technical experience of both SAP & non-SAP applications and on premise or cloud based IT infrastructure.
Experience of large-scale SAP implementation projects (S/4HANA) is a merit and that you are famialiar with Agile methods with a strong appetite for new technologies. Independent and self-directive approach is needed in these assignments.
As colleague you could be a...
Delivery focused individual with good analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with can-do attitude and thrive on working in a multi-cultural team environment.
A person with business oriented mindset comfortable providing inputs to functional discussions and keen awareness of different perspectives.
Sandvik will offer you - A glimpse of our culture
Sandvik will offer an opportunity for you to influence and structure our organization with new and innovative ways of working, good perks, flexible hybrid work, and an opportunity to continuously learn with a good work-life balance. Company has a truly international environment with great opportunities for your professional development and growth.
The inclusive corporate culture is focused on sustainable development, with values such as Innovation, Fair Play, Customer Focus and Passion to Win. We believe in an inclusive, equal, and open-minded culture, and we nurture our diversities to form a solid foundation for achieving great results.
We believe in finding a perfect mix between work, family life and interests, and we happily support our employees in balancing this. For us, it’s also clear that an inclusive setting - where we back each other, learn together, and celebrate our diversities - forms a solid foundation for achieving great results.
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What next?
The recruitment process consists of interviews and tests by Adecco and Sandvik.
The recruitment is handled by our partner Adecco and all questions and further information will be provided by:
Executive Search Consultant Miia Langhoff / miia.langhoff@adecco.fi and Senior Researcher Janne Mattila /janne.mattila@adecco.fi
Please send your application at the latest by 22th of September 2024. Please include a cover letter and your salary request to your application. Also note that we will start reviewing applications and potentially conducting interviews already during the application period. We look forward to hearing from you soon!
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