SAP ABAP Consultant (SME) SAC & Datasphere

Overview

SAP ABAP Consultant (SME) SAC & Datasphere

Company: ITHR Tech

Location: Dubai, UAE (Onsite)

Employment Type: Permanent / Full-time

What you will do

• ABAP on HANA engineering (SME level) - Design and develop robust ABAP solutions leveraging CDS views (V2/V4 annotations), AMDP, Table Functions, SQL Script, ABAP OO, and the RESTful ABAP Programming Model (RAP).
• Expose data/services via OData (V2/V4) for Fiori/UI5 apps and analytics consumption (SAC live/import, Datasphere).
• Optimize code for HANA: code pushdown, use of ALV with IDA, performance tracing (SAT/SE30, SQLM), ATC/SCI compliance, and ABAP Unit tests.

S/4HANA & ECC integration (Retail)

• Build and refactor custom code against S/4 data structures (ACDOCA, MATDOC) and classic ECC tables (MARA/MARC/MARD, VBAK/VBAP, VBRK/VBRP).
• Integrate with retail components (IS-Retail, CAR optional), covering Article/Site Master, listings/assortments, POS (POSDTA), ATP/stock availability, promotions/markdowns, replenishment and inventory processes.
• Orchestrate interfaces using IDoc/BAPI/RFC, and middleware patterns with SAP Integration Suite (CPI) or PI/PO where applicable.

SAP Datasphere (data modeling & pipelines)

• Design data architecture using Spaces, Connections, Remote Tables, Replication Flows, Data Flows/Transformations, Graph, Data Builder, and Business Builder.
• Build semantic/analytic models aligned to retail KPIs (sell-through, GM%, stock cover, OTB, promo uplift), with proper data lineage and governance (DAC/privileges).

SAP Analytics Cloud (planning & analytics)

• Deliver enterprise analytics and driver-based planning for retail (sales, margin, inventory, OPEX/CAPEX, workforce).
• Build Models, Stories, Applications, Data Actions, Advanced Formulas, Multi-Actions, Value Driver Trees, and Calendar workflows; implement currency translation, versions, and security.
• Implement both Live and Import connections, and define robust refresh/scheduling strategies from Datasphere/S4/ECC.

Solution leadership & quality

• Lead technical design reviews, estimations, transports (CTS+/gCTS), CI/CD practices, and production readiness (monitoring, logging, alerting).
• Partner with functional, data, and business teams to translate requirements into scalable designs; produce design docs, mappings, test scripts, and operations runbooks.
• Ensure compliance with coding standards, ATC checks, and simplification item remediation for S/4.

Required qualifications & experience

• 10+ years of total SAP experience with 7+ years in ABAP on HANA; proven SME capability (design authority/lead).
• 35+ years hands-on with SAP Analytics Cloud (planning & analytics) and SAP Datasphere (or SAP BW/4HANA to Datasphere transition plus strong Datasphere projects).
• Solid delivery across both SAP ECC and S/4HANA (greenfield and/or brownfield), including custom code remediation and performance tuning on HANA.
• Retail domain depth: article/site master, pricing/promotions, assortments/listings, replenishment & inventory, POS integration, loyalty/CRM, sell-through and margin analytics.
• Strong interface background: IDoc, BAPI, RFC, OData, CPI/PI-PO, file-based ingestion patterns to Datasphere.
• Tooling: ADT (Eclipse), BAS, Fiori/UI5 basics, GIT/gCTS, ATC/SCI, JMeter/Postman (API tests) and query analyzers.

Nice to have (plus points)

• Experience with SAC predictive/augmented analytics, planning best practices (allocation, spreading, driver hierarchies).
• Exposure to BW/4HANA, Open ODS Views, and migration of BW models into Datasphere Analytic Models.
• Knowledge of BOPF/RAP behaviors, event handling, and CDS-based authorizations; Fiori Elements app configuration.
• Understanding of CAR (OAA/OPP), Retail Pricing, Markdown Optimization, and ATP mechanics.
• Certification(s): SAP ABAP on HANA, S/4HANA Development, SAC, Datasphere.

Soft skills

• Clear, concise communicator who can explain complex technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ownership mindset with a bias toward measurable outcomes (performance, stability, data accuracy).
• Strong documentation habits and mentoring capability for junior engineers.

What we offer

• Competitive compensation and long-term growth in a high-impact role.
• Complex, enterprise-scale retail programs with modern SAP data & analytics stacks.

Logistics

• Location: Dubai, UAE (onsite).
• Type: Permanent / Full-time.
• Work authorization: Candidates should be eligible to work in the UAE (or be open to sponsorship/relocation, if applicable).

How to apply

Apply via LinkedIn Easy Apply . You can also send your résumé (with notice period and compensation details) and a brief note highlighting relevant ABAP + SAC + Datasphere retail projects.