Business Systems Specialist
Date: Jul 4, 2025
Location: Trollhattan, SE
Company: GKN Aerospace Careers
Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.
GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.35 bn.in 2023. There are no limits to where you can take your career.
We are hiring a SAP Specialist for the ERP CoE Team
Would you like to be part of a dynamic challenging environment at the most Trusted and Sustainable Partner in the sky? If you have a passion for ERP, and mainly SAP, enjoy delivering innovative and core enterprise solutions, join us on the journey of powering the future of sustainable flight!
The ERP CoE is a global function of 20 employees within the IT organization and part of Business Line Engines. We operate from sites, like Newington and El Cajon in USA, Johor in Malaysia, Kongsberg in Norway and Trollhättan in Sweden. The ERP strategy for Engines is SAP.
Every time you travel by air almost anywhere in the world, it is likely that GKN is helping you on your way. We are looking for people who want to make a difference, talented members with the skills and passions to become the best of the future in what they do.
We are looking for an experienced SAP specialist that will embark on our digital transformation journey across our ERP Landscape. We are supporting and developing both ECC and S/4 HANA systems.
You will be part of a diverse IT team that challenges itself to provide innovative solutions in high profile, complex projects and working alongside excellent colleagues from across the globe.
Job Responsibilities
• You will act as a skilled and knowledge team member, collaborate with subject matter experts, provide the business global SAP support and deliver best practices around the design and implementation of SAP applications and solutions in line with the business requirements.
• You will work across different modules within SAP but mainly within Logistics.
• Design and configure end-to-end solutions and ensure deliverables are consistent with design principles, standards and methodologies
• Support acceptance testing for customizations and application releases.
• Support users located at various sites across Europe, US and Asia
• Expected travel only occasionally
Job Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent work experience
Experienced in SAP
- Required work experience like 3-5 years of work in a SAP environment.
- Senior level of experience in SAP application required.
Personal Skills
Solution Provider
Able to identify and solve problems in straightforward situations by analyzing possible solutions using experience and judgment.
Energized by Teamwork
Demonstrate teamwork and collaboration skills and ability to manage priorities effectively.
Effective Communicator
Effective verbal and written communication skills in Swedish and English for providing basic information about event timelines, technical designs, system concepts and business impact.
Passionate about how to transform SAP
Eager to drive interdependent SAP solutions with SAP Best Practice to stay resilient, agile, productive, and sustainable by exploring functionalities for logistics and production execution and more.
Curious about Cloud Environments
Curious about how SAP RISE and other Cloud technologies can help bring "intelligence" into SAP applications, including automations and other new technologies.
Comfortable with development methodologies
Have experience with agile ways of working.
Great consideration will be given to your personal suitability for the position!
Application and Employment
Employment: Permanent
City for position: Trollhättan
Last Application date: 2025-08-31
For more information, please contact hiring manager:
Åsa Kuhalampi, +46 700871176
In order for our recruitment process to take place in a structured and qualitative manner, we only accept applications through our recruitment tool Careers.
In connection with our recruitment process at GKN, we have taken part in recruiting and marketing channels. We therefore reject all contact from recruitment sites, media sales or similar companies
The position requires that you undergo and be approved according to the current regulations for security protection. For positions where GKN's customer has requirements for security classification, this may, in some cases, involve specific citizenship requirements.
We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?
A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working
Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.
We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.
We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.
