DESCRIPTION OF THE POSITION
As the technical and strategic lead for the MacGregor SAP platform, you will manage the evolution of our
core business technology landscape. Your primary mission is to ensure our ERP landscape is robust,
high-performing, and fully aligned with current business requirements. You will direct the technical
architecture, development pipeline, and lifecycle management of our SAP ECC and BW/4HANA
environments. By focusing on technical integrity and continuous improvement, you will ensure these
systems power operational excellence across all MacGregor business lines today while maintaining a
sustainable path for the future.
In terms of personal attributes, a position holder has to demonstrate the ability to gather and manage
data, to work on own initiative, to be proactive and maintain a positive attitude. Ability to lead people
both in internal and external networks. Ability to work well under pressure, be natural at building internal
and external networks, and capability of challenging and defending one’s work. You are fluent in spoken
and written English

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
● Oversee the technical health and continuous improvement of the existing SAP ecosystem (ECC, PI,
BW4HANA), driving optimization efforts that maximize the value of current systems and ensure they
remain a reliable foundation for MacGregor’s business processes
● Manage the overall solution architecture, release management, and prioritising core SAP capabilities
that serve as a reusable foundation for the entire organization's future roadmap for MacGregor SAP
platform and overall enterprise architecture
● Define and govern the overall solution architecture and technical standards, ensuring a "Clean Core"
by minimizing custom ABAP and leveraging standard SAP best practice
● Lead the SAP service management for the MacGregor end users. Monitor, and manage Service Level
Agreements (SLAs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for external SAP development partners to
ensure delivery excellence
● Lead a high-performing team of internal experts and external consultants, fostering a culture of
continuous learning, innovation, and "can-do" mindset
● Cooperating and coordinating with key users of SAP-based business solutions
● Consulting in the solution design phase and reviewing and approving technical solution designs
provided by the development partner
● Ensure adequate and cost-efficient amount of available licenses to cover the needs of different
ERP-based solutions and functionalities
● Lead vendor management to nurture a network of contacts internally, with customers and technology
vendors
● Provide the input from the technology point of view for MacGregor financial planning. This includes
estimated usage and implementation costs
● Ensure the SAP platform adheres to global cybersecurity standards (ISO 27001), data privacy
regulations, and internal audit requirements
● Operations architecture – Monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement tuning
measures to optimise system performance and resource utilisation, and SAP Basis team work
coordination by Investigating, planning and managing upgrades and support packages for ECC, PI,
BW4HANA
● Enforce technical standards and guidelines for SAP implementations, ensuring consistency and quality
across projects
● Emergency support coordination in case of a technical hiccup
● Maintain comprehensive technical documentation of SAP systems and processes, ensuring knowledge
transfer and future reference(concept)
● Third level support (incidents, service requests)
● Strong technical background in ABAP to effectively review technical designs, guide developers, and
ensure code quality standards are met

Manager, ERP Technologies