SAP Administrator

apetito; Trowbridge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food supplier in the UK is seeking an SAP Administrator for a 2-year fixed-term contract. This role involves supporting the successful implementation of SAP S/4HANA, focusing on planning and manufacturing master data. Responsibilities include maintaining data integrity, collaborating with teams for accurate setups, and conducting validations. Ideal candidates should have strong SAP master data knowledge, hands-on experience in a manufacturing environment, and excellent attention to detail. The position offers competitive salary, annual bonuses, and various benefits including holiday entitlements.

Benefits

Competitive salary

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Discretionary annual bonus

Employer matched pension contributions

Life assurance scheme

Subsidised canteen

Free parking

Free turkey or voucher at Christmas

Salary sacrifice options and retail discounts

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of SAP planning and manufacturing data management.
• Experience in a manufacturing or food/FMCG environment with SAP.
• Excellent attention to detail with structured data management.

Responsibilities

• Support implementation of SAP S/4HANA focusing on master data.
• Maintain and update master data aligning with operational needs.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure accurate data structures.

Skills

SAP master data knowledge

Hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA

Understanding of production processes

Attention to detail

Good communication skills

Experience in data migration

Familiarity with governance best practices

Job description

The SAP Administrator will be a key contributor to the successful implementation of SAP S/4HANA, with a focus on planning and manufacturing master data.

This role will support the design, build, and deployment of core operational data structures—including materials, recipes, routings, and resource allocations.

After go-live, the specialist will take ownership of ongoing master data maintenance, ensuring data accuracy, consistency, and alignment with operational needs.

2 year fixed term contract

Overview

The SAP Administrator will be a key contributor to the successful implementation of SAP S/4HANA, with a focus on planning and manufacturing master data. This role will support the design, build, and deployment of core operational data structures—including materials, recipes, routings, and resource allocations. After go-live, the specialist will take ownership of ongoing master data maintenance, ensuring data accuracy, consistency and alignment with operational needs.

Who we are

apetito is the UK's leading food supplier to the health and social care sectors serving more than 1,300 care homes, health care and education settings. Our meals are expertly crafted by our dietitians and chefs, and then frozen to lock in the goodness.

Wiltshire Farm Foods is the UK's largest ready meal supplier cooking and delivering over 330 different delicious frozen ready meals across the UK.

Responsibilities

Project – SAP S/4HANA Implementation Support

• Support and become a subject matter expert (SME) for operational master data in planning and manufacturing within the SAP S/4HANA project.
• Support the definition, mapping, and migration of master data including:
• Materials and finished goods
• Bill of Materials (BOMs)
• Recipes and routings
• Work centres and resources
• Production versions
• Collaborate with functional consultants, business process owners, and data teams to ensure accurate and complete data structures.
• Conduct data validation, testing, and troubleshooting during mock loads and cutover activities.
• Assist in the development of master data governance processes and SOPs.

Day to Day – Ongoing Master Data Support

• Maintain and update planning and manufacturing master data, ensuring alignment with operational and commercial requirements.
• Set up new products and recipes in SAP in coordination with NPD, planning, and manufacturing teams.
• Manage changes to existing master data (e.g., resource allocations, recipe updates, alternate BOMs, and production versions).
• Ensure data integrity and consistency across all relevant SAP modules.
• Monitor master data KPIs and drive continuous improvement in data quality.
• Act as one of the points of contact for operational master data queries and support.

About you

Key Skills and Competencies

• Strong knowledge of SAP master data in the areas of planning and manufacturing (PP, PP-DS, and/or PP-PI modules).
• Hands‑on experience with SAP S/4HANA or SAP ECC in a manufacturing or food/FMCG environment.
• Understanding of production processes, routings, BOMs, and recipes, especially in a batch or process industry.
• Excellent attention to detail and a structured approach to data management.
• Good communication and stakeholder collaboration skills across operations, planning, NPD, and IT.
• Experience in data migration, cleansing, and validation.
• Familiarity with master data governance best practices.

Company Benefits

• Competitive salary – accredited Living Wage employer
• 25 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays
• Option to purchase up to 5 additional days holiday per year
• Discretionary annual bonus scheme
• Pension scheme - employer matched contributions up to 4%
• Life assurance scheme worth at least 1x annual salary
• Subsidised canteen
• Free parking
• Free turkey or voucher at Christmas
• apetito perks scheme including salary sacrifice options and retail discounts

Our Values

As a family-owned business, we take great pride in being a company that makes a real difference and is dedicated to creating outstanding meals to be proud of.

We develop a range of products designed to enhance health and well-being for all our customers.

We are driven by a passion for service and dedicated to feeding some of the UK’s most vulnerable people.

We proudly support British food and farming, focusing on using the best ethical and sustainable produce in alignment with our goal to reach Net Zero by 2040.

Our ethical standards are recognised by the ETI and we are an accredited Living Wage employer.
Learn more about apetito’s commitment to a more sustainable future.

We embrace inclusion, empowering individuals from diverse backgrounds.

Our commitment to making a real difference extends to customers, communities, and staff and we're on a mission to build an inclusive workplace where everyone reaches their full potential.