SAP S/4HANA Retail ABAP Consultant (Bhubaneswar)

Job Title: SAP S/4HANA Retail ABAP Consultant

Seniority Level: Mid-Senior Level

Employment Type: Full-Time | Contract/Project-Based

Work Model: Offshore | UAE Business Hours Overlap

Experience: 58 Years

Function: Information Technology

Specialization: SAP ABAP / SAP S/4HANA / SAP Retail

About the Role

We are looking for an SAP S/4HANA Retail ABAP Consultant to support a major SAP S/4HANA Retail store rollout for a leading retail operating company.

The consultant will work offshore under the ABAP/Development Lead and will be responsible for developing, testing, troubleshooting and supporting custom SAP developments across multiple store rollout waves.

This is a specialist role and requires hands-on experience in at least one complete greenfield SAP S/4HANA Retail implementation, from design through go-live.

Key Responsibilities

Develop RICEFW objects including Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms and Workflows.

Develop using S/4HANA-appropriate technologies including CDS Views, AMDP, OData, BAdIs and released APIs .

Prepare technical specifications and review functional specifications.

Perform unit testing and support SIT, UAT, cutover and hypercare activities.

Troubleshoot defects and perform root-cause analysis.

Optimise ABAP programs for high-volume retail data and HANA performance .

Support data correction programs, reconciliation reports and post-load fixes during cutover.

Develop and troubleshoot interfaces in coordination with integration teams.

Maintain technical documentation and development handover materials.

Participate in code reviews and follow coding, transport, security and documentation standards.

Collaborate with Functional, Integration, Data Migration, Basis and Testing teams across offshore/onshore locations.

Provide support during UAE business hours and extended hours during critical cutover/go-live activities.

Mandatory Technical Experience

58 years of hands-on SAP ABAP development experience.

Strong experience in SAP S/4HANA ABAP development .

At least one complete greenfield SAP S/4HANA Retail implementation delivered end-to-end , from design through go-live.

Hands-on exposure to SAP Retail data models , including high-volume store and article data.

Solid RICEFW development experience.

OO ABAP, ALV, BAPIs, BDC, User Exits, BAdIs, Enhancement Framework and IDocs.

CDS Views, AMDP, OData Services, released APIs and ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model (RAP).

Performance tuning and debugging for high-volume data.

Experience with Fiori/UI5 extensions .

Experience with Adobe Forms and/or SmartForms .

Understanding of SAP transport management.

Project & Support Experience

Candidates should have hands-on experience supporting:

SIT

UAT

Cutover

Go-Live

Hypercare

Multi-site/store rollouts

Production defect resolution

Interface troubleshooting

Preferred

SAP ABAP / S/4HANA certification.

Experience with large-scale SAP Retail rollouts from offshore.

Agile or hybrid project methodology.

Exposure to abapGit or gCTS .

Jira and/or SAP Solution Manager experience.

Education

Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or a related discipline .

Key Skills

SAP ABAP | SAP S/4HANA | SAP Retail | RICEFW | OO ABAP | CDS Views | AMDP | OData | BAdIs | RAP | IDocs | HANA Performance Tuning | Fiori/UI5 | SAP Retail Data Models | Greenfield Implementation

Ideal Candidate Profile

We are particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate:

58 years ABAP + S/4HANA experience + complete greenfield S/4HANA Retail implementation + strong RICEFW + CDS/AMDP/OData + Retail data-model exposure.

Candidates without hands-on SAP S/4HANA Retail implementation experience may not be suitable for this requirement. .