West Pharma Prinicipal Solution Architect & ABAP 

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 

363850460

Job Summary:

The position must have hands-on experience in ABAP OO programming, Smartforms, SAPSCRIPT, Dialog Programming / Module-Pool Programming, Workflow, ALV Reports, Interfaces, Enhancements, ALE/IDOC, EDI and PI/PO. Experience in Agile development methodology for projects and enhancements and SAP BW experience are a plus.

• Possesses deep understanding of overall vision, business needs and the solution architecture for SAP applications. Uses this expert knowledge to solve complex problems.
• Leads a technical team and also works hands-on to handle the business function requirements.
• Designs end-to-end technical solutions across various systems including ECC, APO, BW, PI/PO and Non-SAP Systems.
• Works closely with the process team to understand the business requirements, review the functional specifications, develops technical specifications, builds the application, unit tests the application and supports the process team during integration testing.
• Designs and builds applications using knowledge of best practices.
• Investigates and fixs production issues.
• Coaches, supports and trains other team members.
• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of relevant experience in the areas specified under Essential Duties and Responsibilities.

• Experience in leading a technical team and providing end to end technical solutions
• Experience in technical design with the integration between ECC, APO, BW, PI/PO and Non-SAP Systems
• Continuous and strong hands-on experience in developing SAP applications
• Strong experience in gathering requirements and as a point of contact to global business / process teams
• ABAP OO skills is a must
• Must have extensive experience of ABAP development workbench, Dictionary, Workflows, SAPForms, BAPI's, Enhancement Framework, RFC’s, BADI’s, IDOC, ALE and ABAP OBJECTS, IDoc Queue handling, ABAP Proxy Framework, Change document framework, Conversions and Data load methods, SPAU, SPDD and post upgrade activities, Open-SQL performance tuning
• Must have strong experience in EDI and PI/PO
• Strong experience working with ALE / IDoc configuration, enhancements, user exits, error handling
• Must have excellent analytical and logical problem solving
• Ability to work in a global and virtual environment and to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced & complex environment with a self-motivated work ethic; utilize sound judgment with an ability to manage multiple priorities with a sense of urgency.
• Willingness to global travel
• Able to be aware of all relevant SOPs as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this Job Description
• Able to comply with the company’s safety and quality policies at all times.

• Working with ABAP 7.4 > versions
• GTS experience
• HANA experience
• Knowledge of SAP business processes
• Experience / knowledge of Core Interface with debugging and enhancement of CIF interface with SAP APO
• WebDynpro framework with FPM and UIBBs .

• Office environment
• 20% of travel requirement