The Technical Lead will provide architecture, design, and subject matter expertise (SME) during both the sales and delivery phases of complex SAP technical solutions. This role is critical to the successful upgrade from SAP ECC to S/4HANA, including additional system enhancements. The ideal candidate is a senior, experienced professional with strong leadership capability and hands-on SAP technical expertise, preferably with Public Sector experience.
Lead the technical architecture and solution design for complex SAP landscapes.
Provide SME input during pre-sales, solution, and delivery phases.
Design and oversee implementations involving one or more of the following technologies:
SAP Portal
SAP Fiori
SAP UI5
SAP Mobile Platform (SMP)
SAP Cloud Platform Mobile Services (SCPms)
SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (MII)
SAP Manufacturing Execution (ME)
SAP Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
SAP Leonardo (IoT, Blockchain, Machine Learning, etc.)
Drive cross-module technical design, including integrations, security, monitoring, and performance optimization.
Provide technical delivery leadership, ensuring solutions are delivered on time, within scope, and to quality standards.
Collaborate with functional consultants, developers, and business stakeholders.
Support system upgrades, enhancements, and optimization initiatives related to ECC to S/4HANA migration.
RequirementsMinimum Requirements
8+ years’ experience in SAP technical roles, with senior-level responsibility.
Strong hands-on experience in SAP architecture and solution design.
Proven experience leading technical delivery teams.
Experience with SAP ECC to S/4HANA upgrades.
Solid understanding of integrations, security, monitoring, and performance tuning.
Relevant SAP Technology Certifications.
Public Sector experience.
Candidates based in Cape Town.
Experience working in large, complex enterprise SAP environments.
In addition to CVs, candidates must provide:
Copies or details of relevant SAP qualifications and certifications, as per the provided template.
Technical leadership and decision-making
Strong communication and stakeholder engagement
Analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to operate across sales, design, and delivery environments
Skills Required
- 8+ years' experience in SAP technical roles
- Strong hands-on experience in SAP architecture and solution design
- Proven experience leading technical delivery teams
- Experience with SAP ECC to S/4HANA upgrades
- Solid understanding of integrations, security, monitoring, performance tuning
- Relevant SAP Technology Certifications
What We Do
Blue Pearl is a market-leading CLOUD Solutions developer with extensive knowledge and insight into the latest technologies, standardised processes, advanced technical capabilities and consulting processes available, ensuring wholistic success for our clientele. We offer professional consulting to compliment your business strategy and overall management and make it our priority to add value to any business by listening, analysing and creating a conducive solution that will empower our client. We implement a Data Analysis Process that includes inspecting, cleansing, transforming, and modelling data with the end-goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions, and relevant information to support your decision-making. Your business cannot afford not to engage with us, allowing our data analysis to play a role in making your business decisions more scientific and helping your business achieve effective operation. Blue Pearl’s team of experts include BI strategists, BI analysts, Data Warehouse Architects, Data Scientists, Implementation and Development experts. With the use of BI, Analytics and Big Data, we effectively partner with our customers on their mission to achieve a competitive business advantage and real ROI from the structured information we collect.
