Job Description

Exciting Challenges

The Regional Support Center Head is responsible for the build and support of the SAP solutions primarily for the Region APAC. As the Regional Support teams are set up in a global functional matrix, cooperation with the Global Corporate Team Leads of the various areas is essential. The role reports into the Global Head of SAP from the Corporate IT.

• You will lead a team of experienced in-house SAP Consultants and Developers for applications in the ERP area professionally and disciplinary.
• Your expertise will also be expected as you will have the responsibility for the realization of challenging SAP projects as part of our Global SAP team and will play a significant role configuring and implementing SAP module functions
• Business Process Analysis in cooperation with the Regional Business Teams and provide concepts and specifications, and implement these using defined methodologies (i.e. data migration, key user training, testing and go-live scenarios)
• Contribute/ manage to harmonization initiatives, safeguard Sika's SAP template solutions, and adjust according to Sika's best practice - following our governance procedures
• You will assume responsibility in the ERP development process from concept creation and software engineering design to implementation, testing, support of the rollout and maintenance of the applications.
• You define, implement, and further develop standards, guidelines, processes, and methods in your scope of responsibility.

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For more information about this exciting challenge please get in contact with Ivan Pendes- Senior Talent Acquisition Partner / pendes.ivan@ch.sika.com

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Job Category

IT/ SAP

We Need Your Skills

• Degree in computer science, business informatics or a similar discipline with at least 10 years of hands on in the system experience
• Being able to work in a hybrid role that combines team leadership with solution architecture
• A Senior SAP Consultant with deep functional and technical knowledge in one of core modules of the applications Supply Chain, Order Fulfillment or Finance / Controlling , of the overall architecture of a SAP landscape and of the core modules and other SAP applications (such as IBP, BW)
• Authentic leadership personality with strong communication skills
• Experience in leading and managing employees as well as external partners in a global company within a matrix organization
• Sound project management experience
• Highly complex problem solving and strong analytical skills
• Self-driven and highly independent person with good conflict resolution skills
• Taking pleasure in developing, enhancing, and driving SAP at Sika in APAC
• Positive charisma and persuasiveness as well as goal-oriented action
• A self-starter with an eye on new technologies with the courage to drive change
• Business fluent English skills both verbal and written, Malay and Mandarin are a great advantage
• Readiness to travel up 30-40 %

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Intro

Do you want to combine leadership and technical expertise in your job? Here is your chance!

Sika is a specialty chemicals company with a leading position in the development and production of systems and products for bonding, sealing, damping, reinforcing, and protecting in the building sector and motor vehicle industry. With over 25'000 employees, Sika has subsidiaries in 100 countries around the world and manufactures in over 300 factories.

Our Global SAP team with over 60 employees is expanding and continuing the world-wide SAP rollouts. We are growing with our SAP framework and are taking off on our digital journey to use the newest S/4 HANA features to optimize and enhance our global template. We are expanding our footprint of our SAP Landscape and are rolling out our SAP Template solutions in the APAC region.

To strengthen our newly built and growing team in Kuala Lumpur, we are looking for a leader with strong Functional expertise who is ready and willing to take on a great challenge and bring SAP to the APAC region.

Join us as our new SAP Regional Support Center Team Head leading change in the areas of SAP consulting and development at our SAP Hub in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia:

Building Trust Every Day

• You can expect varied and demanding consulting projects with us, where teamwork comes first
• Independent and versatile tasks, divers work area with high personal responsibility
• Training in the latest S/4 HANA versions, SAP cloud products are matter of course for you
• Interesting perspectives for anyone who wants to build a career
• Friendly, personable, and often surprisingly uncomplicated, that's how many of our employees describe their working relationships at Sika. We call this the Sika Spirit