Trainee SAP Basis Analyst

Vacancy Information

We have a fantastic opportunity to join the SAP Technical team at Greggs as a Trainee SAP Basis Analyst and really help to contribute toward the provisioning and ongoing support of enterprise SAP environments.

You will be joining the team at a time of transformation when the business will migrate from current to future-state cloud SAP systems, making this the ideal opportunity to learn and develop your skill set on the environments you will be supporting as they are being developed.

The base location for this role is our Head Office in Newcastle Upon Tyne, although there will be some flexibility to work from home.

Whether you’re looking to start a career in SAP Basis or you\'re already an established SAP professional looking to expand your horizons, then this could be the role for you.

We can offer you:

• 25 days (5 weeks) annual leave, pro-rated, increasing with service (in addition to bank holidays), plus 1 additional floating day

• Management Bonus Scheme which is worth up to 10% of your salary

• Profit share: We want everyone to share in the success of the business, so we distribute 10% of our profits to all our employees who have at least 6-month service, or more, each year

• Private Medical Insurance which is free for you and subsidised for your dependants

• Permanent Health Insurance which is a replacement income scheme

• You will automatically join our Greggs pension scheme which is a fantastic way to save for your retirement and allows you to benefit from employer contributions and tax advantages

• Defined contribution management pension scheme

• Death in service benefit which provides a lump-sum payment equal to 4 times your year’s salary

• Colleague discount, up to 50% off our own-produced products

• Share save schemes that let you buy discounted Greggs shares, by saving a set amount of money over a fixed time, to have an even bigger share of our profits

• Career progression and learning and development

• Employee Assistance Programme; A free, confidential helpline, offering advice and support with financial, relationship, work-related and wellbeing issues, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Including a mobile app providing a range of wellness content on physical, mental, social, and financial wellbeing

• Perks and savings, such as digital gift card discounts, online cashback, in-store and online coupons and lifestyle offers

• Cycle to Work scheme

• A company who cares about our communities; the environment and being a better business! Click here to read about The Greggs Pledge

• Colleague Networks – internal groups where colleagues and their allies can share their own experiences, offer feedback on the way we do things at Greggs, and provide support to one another

About the role

• Management Grade A

• This is a full-time role, however flexibility in this will be considered

• We know that having a work-life balance is important, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role

• The base location for this role is Greggs House, Newcastle upon Tyne although there will be some opportunity to work from home

• Core hours are office hours Monday to Friday. We also operate a rota to cover out of hours support for major incidents, later inclusion into this would be dependent upon capability

What training will I receive?

A blended approach of day to day shadowing with Basis consultants and classroom-based theoretical training will develop your skills required as a Basis Analyst.

Working alongside our existing Basis team will offer real-world insights into the SAP Basis role, helping you apply your theoretical learnings to practical workplace scenarios. They will also assist you in navigating the company\'s culture, building strong relationships with colleagues, and adapting to the professional work environment.

Previous IT administration or SAP experience would be a bonus though not essential.

What you’ll do

As a SAP Basis Trainee you\'ll develop your core skills into that of an Analyst:

• Implement and maintain the multiple SAP instances that comprise the SAP environment (Development, QA and Production)

• Maintain the integrity of the SAP environment by managing SAP Transports to ensure all configuration and development objects are promoted properly

• Introduce technical changes into the environment using a structured approach that minimizes risk and achieves high reliability, availability and performance of each SAP instance

• Design and implement an optimal SAP configuration to maximize system performance and availability

• Distribute the online SAP user workload and monitor and manage the SAP background job workload

• Configure and manage the SAP printing subsystem for all SAP instances.

• Maintain SAP performance by planning and executing SAP tuning strategies.

• Monitor all SAP system application and database tiers (work processes, users, system logs, short dumps, locks, developer traces, system traces, disk space, etc.)

• Perform SAP client administration (create client, copy client) as required

• Participate in the planning and implementation of SAP system upgrades

• Apply and migrate SAP maintenance (hot fixes and kernel upgrades) through all systems using a structured methodology

• Develop and maintain system documentation for all SAP instances and interfaces

About you

You will fit right into this role if you:

• Are a strong team player, able to build good working relationships at all levels

• Have proven high levels of accuracy and attention to detail

• Have experience of, and the ability to multi-task and work with multiple priorities calmly and at pace

• Are results focused with strong planning, prioritising and organisation skills

• Are self-motivated with the ability to work under pressure and using own initiative

• Have strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience of analysing information and issues to identify current and potential problems and develop and implement workable solutions

• Able to engage and work collaboratively with other teams to make improvements to processes and influence stakeholders at all levels

• Enjoy being part of a hard-working team, sharing the same end goal, and celebrating results together

• Are supportive of an inclusive culture – recognising and valuing that difference is good

• Want to develop and are ready to work alongside some great people and have lots of fun on your Greggs journey!

About Greggs

Here at Greggs, we love what we do, and we have fun! What makes Greggs so special is our culture – the way we are, the way we behave and the way we support each other. We're hard-working, but above all else we're family; and it doesn't matter who you are, where you're from or what your favourite bake is, we’d love you to join us! We want everyone to feel welcome at Greggs and our colleagues to be able to be themselves at work, whatever their background, preferences, or views. We'll make sure you have the skills and knowledge you need to have a great career with us.