Experteer OverviewAs SAP Technical Platforms Senior Manager, you own the global SAP technical landscape, aligning strategy with Kering's IT architecture. You lead end-to-end platform strategy, run operations, and steer transformation initiatives across regions. You'll partner with Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, and business leadership to ensure secure, scalable, and cost-efficient SAP environments. Your role blends architecture oversight, program delivery, and offshore partner governance to enable global SAP excellence. This is a high-impact position at the heart of Kering's SAP Center of Excellence.Retribuzione / BenefitsDefine and own the SAP technical platforms strategy aligned with Kering Enterprise ArchitectureAct as SAP technical architecture authority ensuring coherence, security, performance and sustainabilityDrive SAP technology roadmap (S/4HANA, ECC, HANA, BTP, integration layers)Ensure compliance with SAP best practices and corporate IT standardsLead and govern SAP technical initiatives including upgrades, migrations, cloud transitions, rollouts, and major transformation programsProvide senior technical leadership during solution design, build, and deployment phasesCoordinate with Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, and SAP functional teams for end-to-end deliverySupport cloud adoption initiatives such as RISE with SAP and platform modernizationOwn SAP platform run and operations, ensuring high availability and service continuityDefine, monitor, and improve SLAs, KPIs, and operational metricsDrive automation, standardization, resiliency, and cost optimization across SAP servicesAct as escalation point for major incidents and platform risksGovern ABAP development and technical services delivered by offshore partnersEnsure code quality, performance, security, and adherence to standardsOversee integration patterns and technologies (IDocs, APIs, events, web services, SAP Integration Suite)Manage demand intake, prioritization, capacity, and delivery efficiency across streamsLead and develop regional SAP technical teams and manage relationships with system integrators and cloud providersAct as trusted advisor to senior IT and business stakeholdersProvide structured reporting and executive escalation to Global Head of SAP CoEResponsabilitàMinimum 8–10 years in large, complex, international SAP environmentsStrong leadership and stakeholder management with distributed/offshore teams and system integratorsExcellent English communication; Italian or French is a plusStrong SAP expertise: S/4HANA, HANA, SAP BTP, SAP Integration Suite / PI‐PO, FioriProven SAP Basis and cloud infrastructure experience; security and operations knowledge a plusStrong ABAP development governance and modern integration patterns (APIs, events, services)
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