The role is a key member of the Global Bosch Home Comfort SAP ERP IT team, responsible for delivering standardized, scalable, and high-quality SAP solutions across a complex global ERP landscape.
The SAP environment under this role includes multiple SAP systems (ECC and S/4HANA), which will progressively be consolidated into a unified global SAP S/4HANA platform. This position plays a critical role in enabling and supporting this transformation.
The role works across the full SAP application lifecycle - from strategy and design through implementation, optimization, and decommissioning - collaborating with global IT teams, business stakeholders, and external partners.
Acting as an SAP MM & Ariba subject matter expert, the role drives solution design, process standardization, and business–IT alignment, supporting ongoing digital transformation initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
Strategy & Conceptualization:
- Align SAP solutions with business and IT strategy
- Identify business opportunities, challenges, and improvement areas
- Develop business cases and conduct feasibility studies
- Manage demand intake, portfolio prioritization, and roadmap planning
- Identify and engage key stakeholders across business and IT
- Support budgeting, funding, and cost planning activities
Design & Planning:
- Lead requirements gathering, analysis, and solution evaluation
- Define end-to-end SAP solution architecture aligned with global templates
- Drive UX/UI design to enhance user experience and adoption
- Ensure compliance with security, governance, and regulatory requirements
- Support project planning, scoping, and execution
- Participate in vendor selection and procurement processes
Build, Deploy & Transition:
- Provide architectural oversight for development, testing, and deployment activities
- Ensure alignment with SAP best practices and enterprise standards
- Support quality assurance, User Acceptance testing and successful release to production
- Drive knowledge transfer and documentation, aligned to governance standards
Run & Operate:
- Drive Service Request Management and delivery
- Support root cause analysis and continuous stabilization efforts
- Ensure alignment with operational support models and SLAs
Optimization & Continuous Improvement:
- Monitor system & solution performance and capacity reviews
- Gather user feedback and drive feature enhancements
- Identify and execute cost optimization opportunities
Phase-Out & Decommissioning:
- Develop and execute phase-out strategies for legacy SAP systems
- Plan and manage system decommissioning activities
- Ensure effective communication with stakeholders and users
- Oversee data migration, retention, and archiving
- Conduct post go-live and post-decommissioning reviews