Applications Manager

SUMMARY:
Are you an experienced Applications Manager with a strong SAP ERP background and a passion for driving business improvement through technology? This is an exciting opportunity to lead a critical applications landscape, partner with senior business stakeholders, and play a key role in shaping enterprise-wide systems and digital transformation initiatives.

POSITION INFO:
Join a dynamic organisation where technology is a key enabler of operational excellence and business success. As the Applications Manager, you will take ownership of the enterprise applications landscape, ensuring that systems, processes, vendors, and projects are aligned to business objectives and deliver maximum value.
Acting as the bridge between business, operations, and technology teams, you will analyse business requirements, identify opportunities for improvement, and guide the implementation of new functionality and systems enhancements. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with executive leadership while driving governance, optimisation, and innovation across the applications environment.
If you are passionate about ERP systems, stakeholder engagement, vendor management, and business process improvement, this role offers both strategic influence and operational impact.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the liaison between business stakeholders, leadership teams, and external service providers
• Analyse business processes and recommend improvements to drive operational efficiency and productivity
• Translate business requirements into effective system and process solutions
• Support application-related projects, implementations, testing, and deployment activities
• Manage the enterprise applications landscape, including governance, performance, and optimisation
• Monitor system architecture and ensure design principles and standards are maintained
• Improve application usage, training programmes, and operating procedures across the business
• Manage vendor relationships, contracts, SLAs, and service delivery performance
• Oversee application change management and lifecycle management processes
• Manage application budgets and contribute to IT planning and forecasting activities
• Monitor system authorisations, security, and governance controls
• Prepare reports and recommendations for management and executive stakeholders

• Education:
• Matric
• Degree or Diploma in Information Technology or a related field
• Valid Code B Driver's Licence
• Advantageous Certifications:
• ITIL Foundation or equivalent
• Business Analysis Certification
• SAP ERP Functional Certification
• Experience:
• Minimum 10 years' experience in a SAP ERP functional support environment
• Minimum 5 years' Applications Management experience
• ERP migration experience
• SAP ECC and S/4HANA experience advantageous
• Technical Skills:
• SAP ERP
• Application Lifecycle Management
• Business Process Analysis
• Vendor and Contract Management
• SLA Management
• Change Management
• Project Management
• Resource Planning
• Financial Management
• Reporting and Analytics
• Additional Requirements:
• Strong leadership and people management capabilities
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Strong presentation skills, including engagement at senior leadership and executive level
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Conflict resolution and negotiation skills
• Ability to self-manage, prioritise, and drive initiatives through to completion
• High levels of professionalism, integrity, and attention to detail

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