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Responsibilities:
- Ensure reliable operation, monitoring, and performance optimisation of SAP ABAP and Java‑based systems, including SAP S/4HANA environments;
- Plan, coordinate, and govern SAP system installations, upgrades, support package and kernel updates, as well as transport and release management across SAP landscapes;
- Administer and govern SAP landscapes across on‑premise, hyperscaler, and SAP RISE environments;
- Ensure and steer SAP system availability, including defined backup and restore strategies and regularly tested disaster recovery readines;
- Serve as the senior escalation point for complex SAP Basis incidents and problems resolution;
- Govern SAP Basis activities across in SAP RISE projects and hybrid scenarios;
- Manage technical interfaces with SAP, hyperscalers and AMS providers;
- Steer system migrations, conversions (ECC → S/4HANA), and technical cutovers;
- Ensure compliance with SAP standards, security guidelines, and internal IT policies;
- Drive automation, standardisation, and documentation of Basis processes;
- Support audit, compliance, and security activities (authorisation, system hardening);
- Contribute to capacity planning, cost transparency, and technical system optimisation;
- Support test activities by ensuring technical system readiness for SIT, UAT, and Go‑Live;
- Provide technical input for SAP architecture decisions and roadmaps;
- Mentor junior SAP Basis colleagues and actively share best practices.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or comparable technical qualification;
- Fluent in English, German nice to have;
- 7+ years of hands‑on experience in SAP Basis administration within complex enterprise environments;
- Proven experience operating and supporting SAP S/4HANA systems and heterogeneous SAP landscapes;
- Mandatory experience with SAP RISE and/or cloud‑based SAP operations (e.g. hyperscaler or hybrid scenarios);
- Experience supporting SAP transformations, including ECC to S/4HANA conversions and technical cutovers, is highly desirable.
The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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