Job closed
Ref: HP698-9642
Job description / Role
Established in the 1930s as a trading business Al-Futtaim has grown to be one of the most progressive and prestigious business houses in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Its well established infrastructure, progressive focus, professional management and portfolio of multinational brands has established Al-Futtaim as a significant force in the countries it operates and is an acknowledged partner of choice for multinationals wishing to establish themselves in the Middle East market.
The Al-Futtaim Group companies comprises more than 65 companies employing more than 20,000 staff with major activities in automotive, real estate and retail sectors amongst many more such as electronics, services, insurance and industrial companies. These companies dominate many market segments in the UAE and have also expanded to Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Syria and Egypt as well as Singapore and Malaysia with the acquisition of Robinson & Company Limited, one of Singapore's leading department store chains, which also includes branded outlets such as Marks & Spencer, Principles, Trucco, River Island and Fat Face.
This portfolio integrates well with the established Al-Futtaim Group retail portfolio in the Middle East. Further expansion in automotive investments in Sri Lanka and continued investment in flagship real estate investments underpin Al-Futtaim's Group ambitious growth strategy.
The Enterprise IT
The EIT is responsible for creating, implementing and sustaining a world-class service provision and agile development capability to facilitate the ambitious growth and business transformation agenda of the Al-Futtaim Group across all geographies. This covers Business Application Management, Infrastructure & Operations, Enterprise Architecture, Service Management, Information Security, IT Procurement and IT Governance. EIT also manages and innovates, the entire life-cycles of a SAP ERP system for amongst others Automotive, Retail, Real Estate and Financial Services including development, selective outsourcing and application management. The Group Infrastructure includes data centres hosting state of the art servers & storage, converged networks, workplace, services and security systems.
Enterprise IT is recruiting a Consultant - SAP Authorizations to work in it's Dubai Festival City head office. Reporting to SAP Security Team Lead you will be responsible for the following:
* Responsible for design, development and maintenance of SAP security roles (user life cycle management)
* Proactively seeking to improve the security roles and resolve complex support issues
* Managing requirement and quality of all SAP security role within the production environments
* Provide on-going security support to production systems
* Establish standards and best practice for security role development
* Work with functional teams to understand the business requirements to build roles based on business requirements
* Developing and maintaining security roles for various SAP Applications - SAP IS Solutions (Retail and Automotive), SAP BI, BO, BPC, PI, CRM, Solution Manager and Portal.
Requirements
The successful candidate will have the following qualifications and experience:
* A bachelor's degree in information technology or a related field
* At least 4 years of experience in developing and maintaining SAP security roles
* Should have been involved in at least two project implementation
* Work experience in SAP IS Solutions (Retail and Automotive), SAP BI, BO, BPC, PI, CRM and Portal
* Good analytic and communication skills
* Knowledge in problem/change management process
* Experience Security Design and Administration
* Detailed knowledge of SAP-related security and controls management including implementation
* Knowledge of CUA, SOD, the SAP authorization concept, structural authorizations and indirect role assignment
* Experience in SAP GRC (Access Control Management) and SAP IDM will be highly regarded
* Experience in SAP License Management
* Ability to provide knowledge transfer to team members, including ensuring that resources have proper understanding of the SAP System landscape and technologies
About the Company
Established in the 1930's, the Al-Futtaim Group initially operated as a trading enterprise. Rapid development throughout the 1940's and 50's saw it establish itself regionally as an integrated commercial, industrial and services organisation, positioning itself one of the leading business houses in the lower Gulf region. Today, it operates collectively over 40 companies bearing the Al-Futtaim name, dominates many market segments in the UAE, and has expanded its sphere of operation to include Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Egypt.
The Group comprises a diverse range of strategically positioned operating subsidiaries and associate companies, structured to give the Al-Futtaim Group the flexibility and versatility to keep ahead of local competition while keeping pace with the ever-evolving global business scenario. The Groups continued investment in world-class systems technology is clear evidence of its commitment to maintain leading edge performance and service delivery.
The success of the Al-Futtaim Group can be attributed to a business approach that combines the ability to change with the traditional values of integrity, service and social responsibility that define its core business philosophy. This, linked with the Groups belief in decentralisation, gives the heads of the operating companies a high degree of functional autonomy and authority, providing the Group with essential flexibility, and individual employees a clearly defined work culture and sense of responsibility.