ABOUT US

Family owned business Damen Shipyards Group has been in operation for over ninety years and offers maritime solutions worldwide, through design, shipbuilding, ship repair and related services. Damen operates 36 shipyards in 18 countries. We offer direct employment to more than 12,000 colleagues, bringing together a total production value of 2,5 billion euros and delivering 143 ships in 2023.
Within Damen, the IT&IM department is a professional provider of high-quality IT solutions and services and the enabler for digital transformation. The mission of IT&IM is to create business value by means of technology for Damen Shipyards Group by innovating the (digital) collaboration between colleagues, yards, ships, customers, and suppliers.
The Damen Group IT&IM department consists of approximately 160 FTE and provides 24-7 service to 38 business units and 6.000 users.
Damen embarked on the journey to implement SAP S/4 HANA as the global ERP system. Several Damen divisions are already fully operational with SAP. Others are being serviced in current and future roll-out projects in the years to come, as part of the global Digital Program.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Translate business requirements into SAP requirements and technical roadmaps which will deliver value to the business;
• Provide expert functional & technical consultancy on SAP standard Finance (FI) and Controlling (CO) components, best practices and influence business process mapping;
• Ensure adherence to architecture guidelines, the global SAP template and alignment with adjacent SAP domains and processes;
• Maintain and share subject matter expertise/knowledge of the solution domain architecture and related functionality;
• Proactively identify, evaluate, promote and explain new SAP technologies and developments to safeguard the long-term sustainability;
• Support Business Process Owner(s) in building a community and in knowledge sharing;
• Provide guidance to the ongoing SAP implementation at the Damen divisions;
• Coach the SAP developers in the teams in which SAP solutions are being (re)build, to ensure that development of these solutions is in line with the roadmap and architecture;

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We are looking for employees with the ability to solve problems, who are self-motivated, proactive and eager to develop themselves towards experts, that cannot only help Damen with today’s challenges, but also those of the future.
If you are interested, let us know by sending us your resume and motivation letter. For more information reach out to our recruiter Ankie van Hees.

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Job Detail
Reference number
NL02635
Location
Gorinchem
Country
The Netherlands
Expertise
IT & IM
Product Group
Damen Shipyards Group
Company
Damen Shipyards Group

Your role will be in the global SAP Competence Center that guides the SAP implementation rollout projects and focuses on support and continuous improvement of the SAP S/4 HANA platform to meet growing and changing business needs. In this way, contributing to the strategic goals Damen has defined towards Operational Excellence and Digitalization.
The global SAP Competence Center consists of several multidisciplinary teams that operate DevOps. In this agile way of working, every sprint, new value is delivered to the business users of the SAP platform and requires a “you built it, you own it” mentality.
Within this context, the SAP Solution Architect for Finance and Controlling partners with business process owners across various maritime divisions, defines and delivers global solutions that are aligned with business and technology roadmaps in a way that is reusable across the enterprise. The SAP Solution Architect guides the (external) support and project consultants and ensures full compliance with the global Damen template solution in SAP.