Test & Release management Leader- SAP, in IKEA Supply SCD Data & Technology

at  IKEA

Job ID: R0009638
Date posted: 18/10/2024
Company description
Inter IKEA Group brings together three core businesses: Retail Concept, Range and Supply. Together we work constantly to improve the IKEA home furnishing offer and make it more accessible for the many people. You will be part of IKEA Supply and the Supply Chain Development organisation. IKEA Supply is responsible for securing that the product offer is produced and delivered to our customers. We lead the supply agenda across many functions and work together with all business areas, different business units, but also retail markets to secure customer availability in all markets and sales channels at lowest total cost.
Together, we create a workplace where everyone feels free to be themselves – to experiment, try new ways, and dare to ask, “What if…?” We believe in everyday personal growth and offer the opportunity to develop your career globally. At IKEA we have a vibrant culture where ideas are heard, where there is opportunity to learn new skills and where the goal always is “to create a better everyday life for the many people”. We give down-to-earth, straightforward people the possibility to grow, both as individuals and in their professional roles. We offer this position in a fast paced, truly global environment with an endless supply of challenges and development opportunities.
IKEA is on a constant journey to create a better everyday life for the many people by continuously reinvent ourselves as we continue to grow and develop to meet and exceed our customers’ needs. We will transform our digital capabilities, bringing core business processes, people, data & technology together - an enabler for IKEA to become an even better home furnishing company in the future. A journey that needs passionate people who embrace change, dare to question, and want to make a difference. If that sounds like you, come and join us.
To realize our ambitions in the IKEA Supply Strategy, IKEA has identified the need to enhance and modernize our way of working. We are setting a new foundational digital core in place, for total IKEA and for many years to come. We have therefore initiated the Order & Finance Platform (OFP) Programme. The OFP Programme is identified as one of the key movements within the common IKEA Digital Roadmap, and OFP is one of the largest digital investments within IKEA Supply during the next years. It will create benefits and impacts across the complete IKEA value chain, from our Suppliers to our Retailers. This is a fantastic opportunity to have a leading role for a green field implementation of an SAP S/4 HANA platform and introduce an Enterprise Resource Planning solution (ERP) for the first time to our business.
Job description
As the SAP Test and Release management leader, you will be responsible for Testing and overall management of technical scope of releases across SAP S/4 platform. This is a team effort, and you are at your best, guiding the experts (In-house as well as Software Providers, Cloud Service Providers, Systems Integrators, …) to a simple & robust SAP Release Mgmt. process and Testing automation capabilities leveraging focus build and other available intelligent automation tools such as UiPath.
You will work as a technical steward overseeing and clustering a wide range of testing automation activities (Regression, performance, disaster recovery etc) and bug fixes, change requests and project activities into relevant release & version management activities (from urgent firefighting, over frequent patch management, to full-fledged software versions). You will be a valued member of our platform team, with full ownership of this crucial stewardship across our evolving SAP ecosystem, which include SAP RISE, S/4 HANA, SAP BTP, SAP SaaS Applications e.g., SAP Analytics Cloud, Concur, Cloud Integration, etc

More specifically, in this role you will:

• Lead the release management across our Integration-, Basis-, Security, and Developer teams onsite & offshore, defining and securing the needed capacity and competence to ensure high availability and excellent experience.
• Plan, coordinate and monitor the various phases of SAP implementation from the preparation phase to release management and acceptance.
• Coordinate and support the capabilities in the creation of test cases for reproducible test results (structured regression tests).
• Support preparation of test data creation, coordination of test scopes and the organization of all framework conditions for test execution.
• Implement and maintain management tools for various tests and have good insights to external / intelligent automation tool
• Contributing to the SAP Platform Roadmap, continuously building on the synergies between the various components, while also anchoring the direction for the future.
• Accountable for a robust, yet flexible release management & change control process. Ensuring the right level of controls, documentation, testing, and general hygiene across our SAP ecosystem.
• Help to develop a 24x7 response to system problems and drive trouble shooting, root-cause analysis, issue resolution and escalations.
• Partner with service providers and IT functions to prioritize & protect our investment leveraging SAP RISE and Microsoft Azure’s services.

In this role you will report to our Platform Area Manager at IKEA Supply and work closely with the programme management for Order and Finance Program, as well as the management teams leading the Data & Technology Management functions.
Are you looking for the challenge of your life? Come on board! You can find more information about our digital journey at Technology and Digital Career Hub at IKEA
Qualification
You are passionate in creating value through robust and effective test & release management and enjoy developing IKEA as a business by building relationships and networks.
To be successful in this role, we believe you are a strong leader with solid techno-functional expertise, able to inspire and mobilize people towards clearly set objectives. We are looking for a visionary, pragmatic, and adaptable specialist, that isn’t above rolling up the sleeves, showcasing several years of professional experience in the above-mentioned areas of responsibility
Know-how with test management tools and/or an ISTQB certification. Practical experience in testing business processes and the motivation to construct practical test cases. You are curious and able to build relationships build on trust between the Supply Data & Technology community and its stakeholders. Curiosity and autodidactic, pragmatic action characterize you and have a “hands on” mentality
We expect you to have relevant experience in end-to-end SAP implementation projects, or comparable software development projects, where you’ve contributed hands-on to build and run the Engineering / Software development Platform. First experience with managing the SAP Technology Program on Microsoft Azure, leveraging SAP’s RISE offer, would be ideal. You are analytical and have a particular eye for details, still being able to relate to the bigger context, building a quick and effective work rapport with distributed team members.
You are highly motivated and effective in communicating, able to present even complex technology challenges in an understandable fashion to stakeholders, getting commitment all around. The IKEA culture and values are crucial for our business and day to day work life. For you to thrive and grow with IKEA it’s important for us that you share our values! You can read more regarding our values and life at IKEA on our website www.ikea.com or just watch this video: https://bit.ly/ikea-what-if
More Information
If you have any questions about the role, please reach out to Sudeep Mohapatra sudeep.mohapatra@inter.ikea.com
This position is located in Malmö / Älmhult Sweden, or in Warsaw Poland or Pratteln Switzerland. Please also note that we do only handle applications in English and no applications coming in by email. We look forward to receiving your application at the latest by 16th of November.
You might have some questions about the recruitment process, and we are more than happy to answer those! Feel free to connect with the People & Culture Leader Dan Gustafsson, dan.gustafsson@inter.ikea.co

• Lead the release management across our Integration-, Basis-, Security, and Developer teams onsite & offshore, defining and securing the needed capacity and competence to ensure high availability and excellent experience.
• Plan, coordinate and monitor the various phases of SAP implementation from the preparation phase to release management and acceptance.
• Coordinate and support the capabilities in the creation of test cases for reproducible test results (structured regression tests).
• Support preparation of test data creation, coordination of test scopes and the organization of all framework conditions for test execution.
• Implement and maintain management tools for various tests and have good insights to external / intelligent automation tool
• Contributing to the SAP Platform Roadmap, continuously building on the synergies between the various components, while also anchoring the direction for the future.
• Accountable for a robust, yet flexible release management & change control process. Ensuring the right level of controls, documentation, testing, and general hygiene across our SAP ecosystem.
• Help to develop a 24x7 response to system problems and drive trouble shooting, root-cause analysis, issue resolution and escalations.
• Partner with service providers and IT functions to prioritize & protect our investment leveraging SAP RISE and Microsoft Azure’s services