Our client, a leading global food manufacturer and retailer based in the North East, is investing over £45 million in a multi-year SAP transformation programme. This is a fantastic opportunity to join the business as it modernises its technology landscape, transitioning from legacy systems to SAP S/4HANA across finance, procurement, manufacturing and retail operations.

As a Senior SAP ABAP Developer, you’ll play a key role in delivering innovative SAP solutions that will shape the future of the organisation’s technology platform. Alongside exciting technical challenges and the opportunity to work with the latest SAP technologies, you’ll also benefit from a highly competitive package, including performance-related bonuses and an excellent range of employee benefits

You’ll join a forward-thinking technology team where you’ll play a key role in designing, developing and supporting innovative SAP solutions that make a real impact across the business. Working alongside technical specialists and business stakeholders, you’ll help deliver scalable, secure and high-performing applications while contributing to the ongoing evolution of the SAP landscape.

What You’ll Be Doing:

As a Senior SAP ABAP Developer, you will:

• Design, develop and enhance robust, secure and scalable SAP solutions that support critical business operations.
• Develop clean, maintainable and well-tested code, championing development best practices and high-quality standards.
• Work closely with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into effective technical solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an agile environment, contributing ideas and driving continuous improvement.
• Take ownership of your work from design through to delivery, ensuring solutions provide real business value.
• Investigate and resolve production issues, carrying out root cause analysis and implementing long-term improvements.
• Keep up to date with emerging SAP technologies and industry trends, helping to drive innovation across the technology function.

We’re looking for someone with:

• Strong commercial experience developing with SAP ABAP, including both procedural and object-oriented programming.
• Experience working with the SAP Data Dictionary.
• Knowledge of ALV Reporting, User Exits and BADIs.
• A solid understanding of application design, development best practices and software quality.
• Experience building scalable, high-performance solutions within high-volume transactional environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to perform root cause analysis and communicate technical solutions clearly.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience across a range of SAP modules would be beneficial, with exposure to retail or similar high-volume environments considered an advantage.

Desirable Skills:

Experience with any of the following would be highly advantageous:

• Agile software delivery methodologies.
• SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP).
• CI/CD pipelines, including automated integration, functional and end-to-end testing.
• SAP Forms (Adobe Forms and Smart Forms).
• RESTful ABAP Development.
• CDS Views.
• SAP Gateway and API development.
• SAP UI5 development or the ability to quickly adapt to front-end SAP technologies.