Makino Milling Machine Co., Ltd. is recognized as one of the leading technology and service providers in the machine tool industry. The corporation is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and employs some 4,800 people throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. Its revenues for the fiscal year ending 31st March 2025 totalled 1.4 billion EUR. Makino's wide range of premium-quality production solutions includes machining centres for the production of parts as well as for die and mould manufacturing in a great variety of applications in the aerospace, automotive, off-highway vehicles, industrial components and micro-technology industries. Makino Europe employs 250 people at technology centres and offices in Kirchheim unter Teck (near Stuttgart), Cavenago (near Milan), Paris, Barcelona, and Bratislava focusing on marketing, sales, application engineering and services.
We are currently looking for an experienced
SAP Consultant (m/f/d)
located at our attractive European Headquarters in Kirchheim unter Teck (near Stuttgart)
Your principal tasks:
- Provide technical support and advisory services to our business users in various departments with a focus on SAP FI, CO, MM, WM, PP, PS and OM (Finance, Controlling, Material Management, Warehouse Management, Production Planning, Project Management, Organization Management)
- Integration of other software and systems into the SAP environment, e.g. CRM, PLM
- Managing the change management process and performing functional, acceptance and integration tests within the SAP environment – working with users as appropriate
- Coordination of external consultants with IT and internal departments
Project support and implementation of subprojects (SAP optimization projects, release and/or version change)
- Creating and implementing a Key User Program and supporting key users
- Performing general administrative tasks, e.g. ticket management, user account management, SAP authorizations and master data management
- Identify opportunities for optimizing business processes
- Conducting training courses and creating training materials
Your qualifications & experience:
- Several years of experience in the support of SAP R/3 and/or S/4 Hana in a comparable function and industry
- Experience with other business systems (desirable), e.g. Sales Force (CRM) and Windchill (PLM)
Good general understanding of business administration
- Experience in project and change management
- Very good English skills, spoken and written (at least level B2)
- Advanced Excel knowledge, as well as knowledge of the user-specific settings in the SAP solution (desirable)
- Initiative, independence, analytical thinking, quick comprehension, as well as independent learner able to acquire new knowledge
- Strong customer-orientation and desire to support the business
Our offer:
As a successful global player, we operate in a market in which quality, precision and customer proximity are traditionally of enormous importance. Employees who share these values with us are our guarantee for success. We offer a modern, international, diverse and challenging workplace with lot of freedom and development opportunities.
