SAP Coordinator

SAP Coordinator – 12 Months Contract – Pau, France

Hybrid

Once onboarding period is over you will be required to travel to Namibia, Southwestern Africa once a month, might be up to 2 weeks at a time, all travel expenditures will be paid.

Fluent in English

My client has a young subsidiary that is to move from development stage to production stage in the next few years. It is growing rapidly and has implemented an EP SAP ECC6 template a few years back. Recently Procurement and stock management was deployed, and plant maintenance is to be implemented in the next 2–3 years.

SAP Coordinators responsibilities:

SAP Operation Support

• Provide functional support and evolution across SAP environments, covering Finance, Contract & Procurement, and future business processes (e.g. Maintenance Inspection).
• Deliver direct technical and functional support to the SAP Lead and Key Users (problem solving, concept clarification, configuration adjustments, needs assessment).
• Act as the affiliate SAP focal point and coordinate with HQ to implement functional upgrades and version changes, in line with E&P Branch IT architecture.
• Identify end‑user training needs.
• Perform periodic functional tests as defined by HQ; raise Assistance/Evolution/Correction tickets on behalf of the affiliate and coordinate with HQ teams.
• Liaise on testing and ticketing for new functionalities and changes, ensure alignment with business needs, and supervise production implementation.
• Follow up on support tickets and escalate when necessary.
• Train an identified national resource on the job to become the long‑term SAP coordinator.

SAP Authorizations Management

• Create and remove SAP users; maintain local accounts, business roles, and technical roles.
• Implement mitigation plans in line with Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) requirements.
• Validate and control access assignments in compliance with internal control rules (e.g. segregation of duties) and Delegation of Authority (DOA).
• Be responsible for SOX IT affiliate controls, ensuring compliance with SOX methodology and internal control rules, and mitigating non‑compliance risks.
• Produce monthly and quarterly GRC/KPI reporting to HQ.