IT Systems Administrator (Business Applications and Systems)

The Villeroy & Boch Group with its Ideal Standard brand is one of the world's leading manufacturers in the ceramics and lifestyle sector. With our innovative and stylish products from the Dining & Lifestyle and Bath & Wellness segments, we have been creating moments and rooms to feel good in since 1748. Our success is based on the passion, design expertise and innovative strength of our more than 13,000 employees in 42 countries.

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SAP Basis Specialist

to join our IT/Digital Organization

Location: Sevlievo, hybrid way of working

Scope of the position: Main purpose of the SAP Basis Specialist will be to ensure Villeroy-Boch’s SAP environment is kept simple, scalable, resilient and secure with focus on performance and availability.

Your responsibilities:

SAP Operations & Performance

• Own the day-to-day technical health of SAP systems (S/4, BW, PO, etc.).
• Proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across ABAP, HANA and integrations.
• Analyze workload and system behaviour, driving optimization actions.
• Ensure system stability during peak loads and critical business.

SAP HANA & Infrastructure Optimization

• Monitor and optimize HANA.
• Support data volume management (archiving, housekeeping).
• Contribute to capacity planning and cost optimization initiatives.

Projects & Continuous Improvement

• Work closely with Engineering teams, ensuring SAP migrations and cloud improvements are delivered in a scalable, performant and controlled manner.
• Support upgrades, migrations and technical initiatives (S/4 upgrades, migrations, archiving).
• Define and challenge SAP migration frameworks with partners, ensuring scalable, repeatable and low-risk execution.
• Drive simplification and standardization of the SAP landscape.
• Collaborate closely with internal teams and external partners, ensuring alignment on technical decisions and priorities.

Your profile

• Education:

• University Degree in Information Technology or equivalent

• Experience:

• 3+ years of proven SAP Basis experience in complex enterprise environments.

• Language skills:

• English is a must
• Second language – advantageous but not mandatory

• Technical skills:

• Deep knowledge of SAP Basis / NetWeaver architecture and administration.
• Knowledge of SAP S/4HANA and understanding SAP HANA database administration.
• Experience in SAP performance analysis, troubleshooting and optimization across applications, database and infrastructure layers.
• Knowledge of SAP security concepts, authorizations and technical troubleshooting
• Experience with SAP upgrades, migrations and technical transformation projects
• Experience working in international environments and collaborating with external providers and managed services

• Soft skills:

• analytical and problem-solving skills, with a pragmatic and execution-oriented mindset .
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders
• Ability to work under deadlines
• Team work