The posting
WE ARE HIRING: SAP Business One Specialist
Location: Sri Lanka Employment Type: Full Time Industry: Food Ingredients Manufacturing & Distribution
Role Overview
We are seeking a highly experienced and technically strong SAP Business One Specialist to lead SAP Business One administration, automation, integrations, reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives across a growing international manufacturing and distribution business. This is a critical role supporting operations across Sri Lanka, the UK, and Europe. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing SAP Business One environments, driving business process automation, supporting multi-country rollouts, overseeing complex integrations, and delivering high-level business intelligence reporting. We are specifically looking for a specialist who possesses strong SAP Business One technical expertise together with hands-on experience in BPA Platform (formerly TaskCentre), SQL Server, SAP HANA, manufacturing process support, and ERP optimization.
Key Responsibilities
SAP Business One Administration & Business Support
- Manage day-to-day SAP Business One administration, configuration, troubleshooting, and support.
- Support users across Finance, Sales, Purchasing, Inventory, Warehouse, Production, and Supply Chain functions.
- Provide technical and functional support to local and international business users.
- Maintain system integrity, master data accuracy, and ERP performance.
- Support system enhancements, upgrades, go-live activities, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Work closely with UK and European stakeholders to ensure effective ERP utilization.
BPA Platform (TaskCentre) Administration & Workflow Automation
- Administer and maintain BPA Platform (formerly TaskCentre) environments.
- Create, manage, and optimize BPA workflows, automations, alerts, notifications, and scheduled tasks.
- Develop automated business processes supporting sales invoicing, stock transactions, reporting, and document workflows.
- Build and support automations such as SAP-to-CSV exports, Google Drive integrations, document generation, workflow routing, and business process automation.
- Troubleshoot BPA Platform workflows and improve automation reliability and efficiency.
- Drive workflow simplification and process optimization through automation initiatives.
SAP Business Intelligence, Reporting & Analytics
- Develop advanced reports, dashboards, and management information systems to support operational and strategic decision-making.
- Create and maintain complex business analysis reports including:Sales performance analysis Purchase analysis Inventory movement reporting Warehouse performance reporting Landed cost analysis Sales commission calculations Batch-level traceability reporting Financial and profitability reporting
- Support management reporting requirements across multiple business functions.
- Develop and maintain Crystal Reports and advanced reporting solutions.
- Utilize Power BI or similar analytical tools where appropriate.
SQL Server & SAP HANA Development
- Develop and maintain SQL Server databases supporting SAP Business One environments.
- Create and optimize SQL Views, Stored Procedures, Functions, Queries, and Staging Tables.
- Support data transformation, reporting, integrations, and data migration requirements.
- Work with SAP HANA environments and support migration, optimization, and reporting initiatives.
- Analyze database structures and optimize performance for reporting and operational efficiency.
SAP Functional Support
- Support SAP Business One Financial modules, including accounting, costing, and financial reporting.
- Support Purchasing and Supplier Management operations.
- Support Inventory and Warehouse Management processes, including lot and batch traceability.
- Support Production Planning, MRP, Bills of Materials, formulation management, and manufacturing operations.
- Support multi-currency environments, intercompany transactions, and international operations.
- Provide expertise on batch-controlled manufacturing and ingredient-based operations.
System Integration & Implementation
- Support integrations between SAP Business One and various business systems including:CRM Platforms E-commerce Platforms Banking Systems LIMS Systems Warehouse Management Systems 3PL Platforms
- Support integrations through SAP DI-API, Service Layer, middleware, and BPA Platform.
- Participate in system implementation, testing, data migration, and user acceptance testing activities.
- Work with external SAP consultants and implementation partners to deliver projects successfully.
SAP Rollouts & International Projects
- Support SAP Business One implementations and go-live activities across multiple countries.
- Participate in blueprint workshops, requirements gathering, system configuration, testing, training, and hypercare support.
- Support localization requirements including tax structures, statutory reporting, and business-specific operational requirements.
- Assist with new country deployments and business expansion projects.
- Ensure successful adoption and operational continuity during implementation phases.
Candidate Profile
- Minimum 5+ years of hands-on SAP Business One experience.
- Strong experience implementing, configuring, supporting, and optimizing SAP Business One environments.
- Advanced expertise in SAP Business One SQL and SAP HANA.
- Mandatory experience with BPA Platform (formerly TaskCentre).
- Hands-on experience building workflows, automations, scheduled tasks, document routing, notifications, and integrations using BPA Platform.
- Strong SQL Server expertise including:Views Stored Procedures Functions Staging Tables Advanced Query Development
- Strong Crystal Reports experience.
- Experience supporting system integrations and data migration activities.
- Experience with SAP DI-API and Service Layer integrations.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing ERP processes.
- Experience in Food Manufacturing, Food Ingredients, Nutraceuticals, FMCG Manufacturing, or Distribution sectors will be highly preferred.
- Strong knowledge of:Batch traceability Lot tracking FEFO principles Shelf-life management Recipe and formulation management Regulatory compliance processes
- Experience working in multi-site, multi-company, and international environments.
- Excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Ability to work directly with UK and European stakeholders.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, project management, and problem-solving capabilities.
Additional Advantages
- SAP Business One Certification.
- SAP HANA implementation or migration experience.
- Power BI or SAP Analytics Cloud experience.
- B1UP / Boyum exposure.
- SAP Build Process Automation exposure.
- Experience supporting remote and international teams across multiple time zones.
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