About us
Damen is an international shipyard group but at its heart, there is still a family company. We operate in every market where we see an opportunity to improve, innovate or invest and are on the way to become the most sustainable and connected shipbuilder in the world. We have a team of 12000 colleagues spread over 35 shipyards across 5 continents.
Within Damen, the IT&IM department is a professional provider of high quality IT solutions and services and the driver for digital transformation. This results in improved productivity, better customer experience, new revenue streams and new business models.
The mission of IT&IM is to create business value by means of technology for Damen Shipyards Group by innovating the (digital) environment in which our colleagues, yards, ships, customers and suppliers operate.
The Damen Group IT&IM department consists of approximately 160 FTE and provides 24-7 service to 35 business units and 6.000 users.
We are organized in Chapters per discipline and have several ‘’Squads’’, i.e. multidisciplinary teams that maintain and further improve/develop IT solutions. These Squads operate in Agile/DevOps style.
The role
Damen is in the middle of a Groupwide implementation of SAP as replacement for IFS and Baan. One Division is already life, others will follow soon. A SAP Template Team is managing and expanding the standard configuration, but as Divisions have some differentiating processes, local developments are indispensable. In this role you will be working on these developments in close cooperation with the Template Team and the SAP Support Organization. From the business requirements you know how to configure or develop the SAP functionalities and know when to call in specialists, when specific knowledge is required. You will be working on these continuous improvements, but also on maintenance and updates in a multidisciplinary SAP Development Squad. In an agile way of working, every 2 weeks new value is delivered.
For this role you need a broad overview of the SAP modules and functionalities, be aware of the standard configuration and the impact of localizations on support and maintainability.
Key accountabilities
- Designing, configuring and deploying the solutions that enhance our SAP platform.
- Understanding the needs of the users thoroughly, so that these can be transformed into working software and delivering value to the business.
- Configure the solution in the available functionality and avoid customizations as much as possible (configuration-first above coding).
- Partnering with the SAP Template Team to decide on global (standard) or local enhancements.
- You partner with the SAP Support Team to discuss the optimal solution from support point of view.
- Together with your team members you are continuously improving the team performance in all the scrum events (sprint planning refinement, sprint review, retrospective and daily scrums).
- Peer review the work of your co-developers to ensure high quality solutions.
- Create and update SAP enhancements specifications and supporting documentation.
- Instilling quality by adhering to Scrum values and working Agile.
Skills & experience
- Bachelor or Master degree in Computer Science or equivalent education;
- Good communication skills (English), able to work in an international team;
- Minimal 3 years of experience in SAP Administration or SAP Consulting;
- Experience with ABAP and Fiori;
- Experience or knowledge of Agile /Scrum;
- Experience with integration best practices;
- Quick learner who wants to remain at the fore-front of SAP developments, eager to learn new skills;
- Problem solver, team-skilled, outgoing in voicing ideas.
What we offer
At Damen we realize that supporting and managing many talented individuals is of great essence. We understand that the key to success is to find the right person for the right job. That is why we continuously invest in your development. Damen offers you (in case of full time employment):
- a dynamic international working environment focusing on technology and innovation;
- a competitive salary;
- at least 40 days of annual leave;
- profit sharing & pension allowance;
- continuous focus on professional and personal development through our Damen Academy;
- an active social environment such as events and sports;
- a working from home policy.
Other
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.
Within Damen and especially in this role you, together with the Squad, have a lot of responsibility and freedom to come up and implement your own ideas.
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