SAP S/4HANA Retail ABAP Consultant

Job Title: SAP S/4HANA Retail ABAP Consultant

Seniority Level: Mid-Senior Level

Employment Type: Full-Time | Contract/Project-Based

Work Model: Offshore | UAE Business Hours Overlap

Experience: 5–8 Years

Function: Information Technology

Specialization: SAP ABAP / SAP S/4HANA / SAP Retail

About the Role

We are looking for an SAP S/4HANA Retail ABAP Consultant to support a major SAP S/4HANA Retail store rollout for a leading retail operating company.

The consultant will work offshore under the ABAP/Development Lead and will be responsible for developing, testing, troubleshooting and supporting custom SAP developments across multiple store rollout waves.

This is a specialist role and requires hands-on experience in at least one complete greenfield SAP S/4HANA Retail implementation, from design through go-live.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop RICEFW objects including Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms and Workflows.
• Develop using S/4HANA-appropriate technologies including CDS Views, AMDP, OData, BAdIs and released APIs.
• Prepare technical specifications and review functional specifications.
• Perform unit testing and support SIT, UAT, cutover and hypercare activities.
• Troubleshoot defects and perform root-cause analysis.
• Optimise ABAP programs for high-volume retail data and HANA performance.
• Support data correction programs, reconciliation reports and post-load fixes during cutover.
• Develop and troubleshoot interfaces in coordination with integration teams.
• Maintain technical documentation and development handover materials.
• Participate in code reviews and follow coding, transport, security and documentation standards.
• Collaborate with Functional, Integration, Data Migration, Basis and Testing teams across offshore/onshore locations.
• Provide support during UAE business hours and extended hours during critical cutover/go-live activities.

Mandatory Technical Experience

• 5–8 years of hands-on SAP ABAP development experience.
• Strong experience in SAP S/4HANA ABAP development.
• At least one complete greenfield SAP S/4HANA Retail implementation delivered end-to-end, from design through go-live.
• Hands-on exposure to SAP Retail data models, including high-volume store and article data.
• Strong RICEFW development experience.
• OO ABAP, ALV, BAPIs, BDC, User Exits, BAdIs, Enhancement Framework and IDocs.
• CDS Views, AMDP, OData Services, released APIs and ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model (RAP).
• Performance tuning and debugging for high-volume data.
• Experience with Fiori/UI5 extensions.
• Experience with Adobe Forms and/or SmartForms.
• Understanding of SAP transport management.

Project & Support Experience

Candidates should have hands-on experience supporting:

• SIT
• UAT
• Cutover
• Go-Live
• Hypercare
• Multi-site/store rollouts
• Production defect resolution
• Interface troubleshooting

Preferred

• SAP ABAP / S/4HANA certification.
• Experience with large-scale SAP Retail rollouts from offshore.
• Agile or hybrid project methodology.
• Exposure to abapGit or gCTS.
• Jira and/or SAP Solution Manager experience.

Education

Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or a related discipline.

Key Skills

SAP ABAP | SAP S/4HANA | SAP Retail | RICEFW | OO ABAP | CDS Views | AMDP | OData | BAdIs | RAP | IDocs | HANA Performance Tuning | Fiori/UI5 | SAP Retail Data Models | Greenfield Implementation

Ideal Candidate Profile

We are particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate:

5–8 years ABAP + S/4HANA experience + complete greenfield S/4HANA Retail implementation + strong RICEFW + CDS/AMDP/OData + Retail data-model exposure.

Candidates without hands-on SAP S/4HANA Retail implementation experience may not be suitable for this requirement.