SAP Basis Manager

Nobia AB; Leeds; On-site; GBP 80,000 - GBP 100,000; Full time

Job description

Role: SAP Basis Manager (Full time)

Location: Leeds or Darlington (2/3 days in either office)

Salary: Competitive - Depending on experience

Join us in shaping the future of our SAP landscape.

We’re looking for a strategic, hands‑on SAP Basis Manager to lead, evolve, and future‑proof our SAP platforms. If you’ve got the technical depth, leadership strength, and drive to make a real impact in a transforming business, this could be your next big move.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary and benefits
• Generous discounts: Up to 80% off our stunning kitchen furniture and products.
• Flexible holidays: Buy up to five extra days with our holiday purchase scheme.
• Health and wellbeing support: Access our virtual GP service and employee assistance platform 24/7.
• Lifestyle perks: Cycle to work scheme and discounts with over 200 top brands through our benefits app.
• Refer a friend scheme
  
  

What You’ll Be Doing

As our SAP Basis Manager, you’ll be the technical authority across our SAP ecosystem—leading a team of specialists, setting the roadmap, and ensuring our platforms remain stable, secure, and high‑performing.

You will:

• Provide strategic leadership for SAP Basis, security, and authorizations, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture and business goals.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high‑performing SAP technical team.
• Own the SAP technical roadmap—upgrades, migrations, cloud adoption, optimisation and more.
• Oversee installation, configuration, upgrades, and maintenance across complex SAP landscapes (ECC, BW, CRM, PO, SolMan, S/4HANA, BW/4HANA).
• Govern HANA and Oracle database activities to ensure performance, reliability, and compliance.
• Lead administration of SAP cloud solutions including BTP, Cloud ALM, C4C, IBP, Integration Suite and Cloud Connector.
• Own SAP security and authorisations—role design, SoD management, audit readiness and license compliance.
• Drive operational excellence through proactive monitoring, issue resolution and risk management.
• Act as the primary escalation point for SAP Basis and security matters across business and project teams.
• Collaborate closely with Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Applications and Business Stakeholders.
  
  

Please note: This role is to be based in one of our offices which can be either Leeds or Darlington. There is an essential need to be in the office 2/3 days in the week. Please only apply if you live locally or a commutable distance to one of these offices and can commit to the essential need.

What You’ll Bring

You’re someone who combines deep technical expertise with clear, confident leadership.

You’ll need:

• 7+ years’ experience in SAP Basis & Authorisations, including leading teams or managing enterprise SAP environments.
• Expert knowledge of SAP architecture, components and system administration.
• Strong understanding of HANA and Oracle platforms, performance, and governance.
• Proven expertise in SAP security and authorisations, including SoD and access governance.
• Experience managing large‑scale SAP installations, upgrades, migrations, refreshes, and maintenance cycles.
• Knowledge of disaster recovery principles for SAP environments.
• Background with complex SAP landscapes: ECC, BW, CRM, Portal, PO, SolMan, S/4HANA and BW/4HANA.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, especially in high‑severity incident resolution.
• Working knowledge of SUSE or similar operating systems.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with SAP Cloud solutions (C4C, IBP, Integration Suite).
  
  

You’ll be successful in this role by living and breathing our core values — Care, Deliver, Inspire.

Caring – Building strong relationships, fostering collaboration, and supporting the growth of others while continuously developing yourself.

Inspiring – Communicating with impact, leading with purpose, and helping to bring our strategy to life by engaging and enabling those around you.

Delivering – Making sound decisions, using data and insight to drive action, and staying focused on results with a mindset of continuous improvement.

We’re committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support you through your application or interview, please let us know-we’re happy to help.

About Magnet

At Magnet, part of the Nobia Group, we’ve been shaping the heart of the home for over 100 years. From our award-winning kitchen designs to UK-based manufacturing, we’re proud to be the UK’s number one specialist kitchen provider. But our real strength? Our people. Their passion and creativity ensure every kitchen is built to last and loved for years. As we continue our exciting transformation journey, we’re open to fresh ideas, so even if you don’t tick every box, we’d still love to hear from you.