Sr Software Engineer (SAP) in the Procure-to-Pay (PTP) - Freelance, full time / remote 

8 years of SAP ABAP Development Experience

Job Description
As a Sr Software Engineer (SAP) in the Procure-to-Pay (PTP) area we expect this developer to participate in project ABAP Build and development activities to support the successful business adoption of the new solution. Requires a strong understanding of Supply Chain principles and proven experience designing and delivering high-quality, clean core solutions through technical development to meet overall business requirements.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Develop and maintain SAP solutions for Procure-to-Pay processes including Purchase Requisition, Purchase Order, Goods Receipt, Invoice Verification, Vendor Master Data, and Payment Processing

• Participate in the design and development of integrations between SAP and other systems related to PTP including third-party procurement platforms

• Analyze and resolve issues related to purchase order processing, goods receipt discrepancies, invoice approval delays, and vendor payments

• Functional Specifications from the Functional and Product Teams and ensure they are complete and ready for technical design and development

• Provide work effort estimates work with the workstream leads to update ADO tool for reporting out RICEFW status and dates

• Suggest alternate technical designs in line with Clean Core best practices

• Complete all relevant Technical Specification documentation and support Functional teams during testing and bug-fixing

• Perform SAP ABAP Development activities in support of the business request to improve or add functionality to the existing SAP landscape specifically HANA/ABAP with an emphasis in Procure-to-Pay processes.

• Perform code reviews based on S/4 HANA coding standards

• Work with the functional teams to support testing cycles like Functional Unit Test, Integration Testing and others

Qualifications
Technical Skills

• Experience as a Senior Developer with minimum of 8 combined years of hands-on core SAP ABAP development and SAP Fiori UI5 experience. Knowledge in various SAP modules and Integration development working on large-scale SAP S/4 implementation project

• Proficient with SAP HANA CDS View/OData Service development including usage of SQL and AMDP

• Contribute to the improvement of PTP processes through automation and digitalization initiatives, such as e-procurement solutions, supplier portals, and automated invoice matching Strong understanding and experience with standard CDS Views relevant to PTP, such as ME_PURCHASING_DOCUMENT_HEADER, ME_PURCHASING_DOCUMENT_ITEM, ES_PUR_PO_HEADER, ES_PUR_PO_ITEM

• Experience with standard oData Services for PTP, such as C_PurchaseOrder, C_PurchaseOrderItem, C_GoodsReceipt

• Experience with BAPIs relevant to PTP, such as BAPI_PO_CREATE1, BAPI_PO_CHANGE, BAPI_GOODSMVT_CREATE, BAPI_INCOMINGINVOICE_CREATE

• Experience with S4/HANA migration initiatives and exposure to BTP integration/side-by-side RAP programming model is a plus

• Has Participated in GAP analysis and technical design workshops with the functional teams

• Ability to complete High Level Technical Design and suggest best practices in line with Clean Core Principles

• Confirmed ability using BADI’s, BAPI’s, LSMW, ALE, RFC calls, IDOC, BDC, business objects, classes and methods, Adobe Forms, SmartForms, SAPScripts, Data Dictionary, ALV

• ABAP debugging skills, workflow experience

  S/4 HANA Development Experience

• Knowledge of OData development using CDS and AMDP, Workflow experience, including support and debugging

• Knowledge and awareness of SAP Clean Core principles including use of released API's, in app extensibility options and key user extensibility.

• Knowledge of 3-Tier extensibility model and SAP RAP (Restful ABAP) and CAP (Cloud Application) Programming Models

• Experience in migrating custom code base from ECC or SOH systems onto a S/4 HANA platform, applying both Technical remediation and Clean Core frameworks

• Implementation knowledge on Native SQL, ADBC, External View, ABAP Core data Services, AMDP Procedures, Text Search, ALV on HANA.

• Practical experience in creating custom and enhance standard CDS view and AMDP class based on business requirement, various available annotation in CDS views.

• Good knowledge on other new SAP technologies such as Fiori SAPUI5, SAP BTP Integration Suite, SAP Business Application Studio, SAP Build etc

Other skills

• Confirmed ability to be flexible and agile, both independently and in a team

• Relevant SAP technical certification a plus

• Practical Knowledge of Code Performance Rules and Guidelines for SAP HANA

• Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Possess interpersonal skills to engage and collaborate in a team environment.

Nice to have

• MDG Experience

• Vistex Experience