DevOps Engineer (Supply Chain Planning)

We are a leading chemical company, with the best teams developing intelligent solutions for our customers and for a sustainable future. Our success as a company relies on the engagement of our employees. We encourage our employees to develop their strengths, and we recognize their achievements. For you, this means a wide variety of job roles, and exciting opportunities for learning and career development.

Description

Digital Hub Kuala Lumpur attracts, grows, and develops passionate people who will meaningfully impact the digital future of BASF. Come join us and be a part of our digitalization journey. 

Objectives of the Position

In this role, you will:

• Development and Support (DevOps) of Product “Detailed Planning and Scheduling
• Understand and challenge the functional requirement and implement it within SAP APO PP/DS
• Working in an agile way within a virtual global team
• Working on user stories, actively pull and take over tasks and work self-organized

Main Tasks

Act as a Global / Regional representative of BASF Digital community, supporting BASF Digital roadmap, helping GDS to identify, execute and implement customer-centric digital solutions in an actionable and measurable way.

Digitization / innovation

• Self-organized work in an agile team and quickly buildup knowledge of specific BASF processes in the planning environment such as KM2, IDT and existing BASF template solutions in the APO environment after joining APO Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PPDS) Squad;
• Conduct technical analysis of tickets raised from Supply Chain Planning users.
• Reproduction of examples in the application, debugging, clarification of details with the users, working out solutions;
• Support the current APO PPDS project implementation projects as APO PPDS Squad team members.
• Creation of solution designs as part of the template processes
• Continuous improvement of the existing applications through adjusting, optimizing and redesigning existing programs
• Transfer the current supply chain management development within module SAP APO PP/DS into SAP S/4 ePP/DS
• Align with SAP to move BASF customer development within a possible partnership back to SAP standard, advising internal customers on changes to the existing solutions/templates pplications through adjusting, optimizing and redesigning existinRequirements

Requirements

Education and work experience

• A university degree in Computer Science, informatics, business informatics or in a comparable field
• Minimum 1~3 years’ supply chain planning related working experience
• Excellent communication skill in English with customers/Internal business partners
• Debugging Experience

Technical & Professional Knowledge (mandatory)

• In-depth knowledge of supply chain planning related solutions
• Process knowledge of supply chain planning in areas of SAP APO PPDS
• Experiencing Agile way of working or agile implementation approach
• Strong Digital mindset to accelerate BASF Digitalization transformation journey
• Openness to new trends and innovative solutions
• Ability to work in a multicultural team spread across the global
• Technical affinity

Technical & Professional Knowledge (additional)

• Familiarity with Digital technology - e.g.: RPA / automation, Power Platform, Machine leaning / artificial intelligence, etc
• Automated Testing
• JAVA
• ERP knowledge in the area of manufacturing
• Agile Certification from Scrum Alliance, or SAFe (or others)
• Experience with LeanUX, Design Thinking
• Knowledge of Atlassian Tools such as JIRA, Confluence
• Programming Language: SAP ABAP
• SAP ABAP Unit Testing
• Pair Programming
• SAP Fiori Development

As one of the world’s largest chemical companies, BASF is on a mission to create chemistry with a sustainable future. The Digital Hub Kuala Lumpur, alongside four other Digital Hubs across the globe, are part of the Global Digital Services team, which is the technology powerhouse driving our vision. As an integrated hub focused on digital growth and innovative business solutions, you will find many opportunities to create an impact here. 

Whether you want to streamline processes with robotics automation, deep-dive into emerging technologies, or help tell the story of BASF – we have you covered. By investing in best-in-class tools and encouraging cross-functional collaboration, we empower our people to be curious and pursue any area of the business that interests them. The bottom line? We want you to bring your differences and spark positive evolutions in BASF. 

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