SAP BW/BW4HANA Manager

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Job Description The SAP BW / BW4HANA Manager is responsible for the evolution and operational excellence of the SAP Business Intelligence platform across the organization. By designing, modernizing, and supporting end-to-end BI architectures, coordinating international delivery teams, and aligning BI capabilities with business strategy, the role ensures reliable, scalable, and trusted analytics solutions.

This position exists to enable informed decision-making, standardized reporting, and sustainable growth, while ensuring the SAP BI platform remains robust and aligned with enterprise architecture standards.

The WHY: This is a business-critical function. Without a strong SAP BI platform expertise and delivery, the organization would be unable to reliably deliver integrated reporting, advanced analytics, and strategic insights required by the executive management and shareholders.

Roles/Responsibilities: BI Platform Operations & Delivery

Manage the day-to-day operation of the SAP BW platform, ensuring stability, performance, and availability.

Coordinate delivery of BI enhancements, fixes, and releases in line with agreed priorities and service levels.

Ensure BI solutions are delivered on time, within scope, and according to defined quality standards.

BI Solution Design & Implementation

Oversee the design and build of BI solutions, including data models, data flows, and reporting layers.

Work hands-on with architects and developers to review designs, resolve technical issues, and ensure best practices are applied.

Support standardization of financial, commercial, and operational reporting across business areas.

Platform Maintenance & Improvement

Manage ongoing improvements to SAP BW/4HANA, SAP HANA, and SAP Analytics Cloud environments.

Coordinate upgrades, patches, and technical housekeeping activities.

Support gradual transition from legacy reporting solutions to modern SAP analytics tools.

Coordinate BI developers and analysts across multiple locations.

Allocate work, monitor progress, and provide day-to-day guidance and technical support to the team.

Support skill development, onboarding, and knowledge sharing within the BI team.

Data Quality & Controls

Monitor data quality and consistency across SAP and non-SAP source systems.

Ensure basic data validation, reconciliation, and control checks are in place.

Support audits and financial controls by providing reliable and traceable BI outputs.

Qualifications SAP BI & Analytics

SAP HANA (calculation views, SQL)

SAP BPC (advantage)

Reporting Tools

SAP BW Queries

SAP BusinessObjects (WebI, Design Studio)

Power BI

Data Integration & Databases

SAP HANA, Oracle

Complex ETL and integration scenarios

Programming & Scripting

ABAP, FOX,SQL

Required Qualifications

Proven track record leading at least one full-cycle BW/4HANA implementation or migration project.

Deep expertise in SAP BW data modeling objects (ADSOs, CompositeProviders, Open ODS Views, InfoObjects, InfoAreas).

Strong command of ETL processes: ODP-based extraction, DTPs, transformations, and process chain design and monitoring.

Solid experience with SAP HANA modeling concepts (Calculation Views) and performance tuning.

Proficiency in ABAP for BW (AMDP procedures, start/end/expert routines, field routines).

Experience integrating BW/4HANA with SAP source systems (ECC and/or S/4HANA).

Ability to work directly with business stakeholders and translate requirements into technical solutions.

Minimum education: University degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or equivalent

Minimum experience: Minimum 7+ years in BI, data platforms, or enterprise analytics environmentsLanguage skills: Fluent English; Spanish is an advantage

Required certificates: SAP BI / Analytics certifications (e.g. SAP BW, SAC, BusinessObjects)ITIL or similar service management frameworks

The description of functions is merely indicative and not exhaustive. Accordingly, the employee shall perform any other duties inherent to the labour position and their profes