SAP BW/4HANA Manager

Manager - SAP BW HANA

John Cockerill, enablers of opportunities

Driven since 1817 by the entrepreneurial spirit and thirst for innovation of its founder, the John Cockerill Group develops large-scale technological solutions to meet the needs of its time: facilitating access to low carbon energies, enabling sustainable industrial production, preserving natural resources, contributing to greener mobility, enhancing security and installing essential infrastructures. 

Its offer to businesses, governments and communities consists of services and associated equipment for the sectors of energy, defence, industry, the environment, transports, and infrastructures. With over 6,000 employees, John Cockerill achieved a turnover of € 1,209 billion in 2023 in 29 countries, on 5 continents.

www.johncockerill.com 

 

Location

Navi Mumbai

 

Key Responsibilities

1. Team Integration & Collaboration

• Be fully integrated into a Data Specialist team supporting multiple enterprise data applications
• Collaborate closely with an existing SAP BW/4HANA expert team based in Belgium
• Act as an interface between SAP BW/4HANA teams, BI/reporting teams, and business stakeholders
• Support BI teams by ensuring data models are reliable, performant, and fit for reporting needs

 

2. BW/4HANA Application Support & Operations

• Monitor daily BW process chains and background jobs
• Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve process chain failures
• Rerun and optimize BW process chains when required
• Investigate and resolve data load, extraction, and reporting issues
• Provide 2nd / 3rd level support for BW/4HANA-related incidents raised by business users

 

3. Access & Authorization Management

• Implement SAP BW/4HANA access requests submitted via our ticketing system (Jira)
• Ensure authorizations are correctly implemented and compliant with security policies
• Validate access provisioning and perform regular access control checks
• Support audit and compliance activities related to BW authorizations

 

4. Incident Resolution & Change Implementation

• Analyze and resolve technical issues reported by business users
• Perform root cause analysis and propose sustainable corrective actions
• Implement change requests within the current BW/4HANA application scope
• Coordinate closely with BI teams to ensure changes are compatible with reporting use cases

 

Evolution & Development Opportunities

Data Modeling & New Developments (BW/4HANA – LSA++)

As skills and autonomy grow, the role offers opportunities to:

• Design and implement new BW/4HANA data flows following LSA++ methodology
• Develop and enhance BW objects such as ADSOs, CompositeProviders, InfoObjects, and Transformations
• Optimize data models for performance, scalability, and reporting efficiency
• Contribute to the evolution of BW/4HANA architecture and standards

 

Enterprise Performance Planning – BW-IP / BPC Embedded

With proven expertise, the candidate may further evolve toward:

• Supporting and developing the BW‑IP / BPC Embedded solution
• Enhancing Enterprise Performance Planning models used at Group level
• Implementing planning functions, sequences, input-ready queries, and layouts
• Collaborating with Finance and Controlling teams to support budgeting, forecasting, and planning cycles

 

Required Skills & Experience

Technical Skills

• Strong experience with SAP BW/4HANA
• Hands-on expertise in process chain monitoring and troubleshooting
• Knowledge of BW authorizations and security concepts
• Experience with incident and change management tools (e.g. Jira)
• Design, develop, and maintain CDS Views integration with SAP (ECC/S/4HANA).

• Manage end-to-end data extraction from SAP systems, including standard and custom extractors.
• Enhance and optimize SAP extractors (FI, CO, etc.), including delta handling, user exits/BAdIs, and performance tuning.
• Solid understanding of ETL processes, data modelling, and system performance

 

Planning (Nice to Have / Growth-Oriented)

• Initial exposure or strong interest in BW-IP and BPC Embedded
• Interest in Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) concepts

 

Soft Skills

• Strong collaboration skills in distributed, international team environments. Ability to communicate clearly and assertively in a cross-cultural environment.
• Clear and structured communication with technical and business stakeholders
• High discipline in ticket management, SLA adherence, and documentation
• Proactive, analytical, and solution-oriented mindset
• Willingness to grow into broader responsibilities over time, with demonstrated strong autonomy in ambiguous and evolving environments

John Cockerill offers you career and development opportunities within its various sectors in a friendly working environment. 
Do you want to work for an innovative company that will allow you to take up technical challenges on a daily basis?
We look forward to receiving your application and to meeting you!

Discover our job opportunities in details on www.johncockerill.com 

Experience Level

Mid Level