Senior SAP CAR Functional Analyst

Details

Closing Date 2026/08/10

Reference Number SHO260731-3

Job Title Senior SAP CAR Functional Analyst

Job Type Full Time

Location - Country South Africa

Location - Province Western Cape

Location - Town or City Cape Town, Brackenfell

Job Category IT

About the role To serve as the functional owner and subject matter expert for SAP Customer Activity Repository (CAR) solutions within the organisation. The role is responsible for analysing business requirements, designing and configuring solutions, supporting production systems, leading problem resolution, and driving continuous improvement across SAP CAR, SAP Retail and integrated retail systems.

The Senior SAP CAR Functional Analyst partners with business stakeholders, business analysts, architects and development teams to deliver stable, scalable, supportable and auditable retail solutions that meet operational, financial and strategic business requirements.

The role is responsible for the analysis, design, support and optimisation of retail transaction processing across Point-of-Sale systems, SAP CAR and SAP Retail/S/4HANA, ensuring accurate, complete and auditable movement of sales, financial and inventory information throughout the retail technology landscape.

What you bring SAP Retail: 5+ years (Essential)

SAP CAR: 3-5+ years (Essential)

POSDTA / Sales Audit: 3+ years (Essential)

Requirements Analysis and Solution Design: 5+ years (Essential)

SAP Integration: 3+ years (Essential)

SAP CAR POSDTA

SAP CAR Sales Audit

Retail Transaction Processing

Inventory Management

Inventory Valuation

Physical Inventory

Accounting Principles

SAP Retail Integration

Retail Master Data

SAP HANA SQL

IDoc and API Integration

Agile Methodology

Inventory Visibility

Demand Data Foundation (DDF)

Unified Demand Forecasting (UDF)

SAP S/4HANA Retail

Functional Solution Design

SAP CAR Configuration

Retail Data Reconciliation

HANA SQL Analysis

Stakeholder Management

Incident Management

Problem Solving

Technical Specification Authoring

Integration Design

Working knowledge of CDS Views, AMDPs and OData Services

Communication and Presentation Skills

Analytical Thinking

Problem Solving

Stakeholder Engagement

Communication

Planning and Organising

Attention to Detail

Decision Making

Collaboration

Customer Focus

Attention to Detail

Documentation Discipline

Continuous Improvement Mindset

Mentoring and Knowledge Sharing

Accountability and Ownership

What you'll do Lead solution analysis, design, configuration and support across SAP CAR landscapes.

Translate business requirements into scalable and supportable solutions.

Produce functional specifications and oversee technical delivery.

Support production operations and business-critical retail processes.

Mentor junior analysts and contribute to team capability growth.

Drive continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Participate fully in Agile delivery processes.

Produce and maintain comprehensive functional, technical, integration, configuration and operational support documentation aligned with organisational standards.

Requirements gathering, process analysis and functional design.

SAP CAR configuration including POSDTA, Sales Audit, DDF, DRF, Inventory Visibility and related functions.

Design and support integrations using IDocs, APIs, HTTP services and file-based interfaces.

Perform testing, defect management and release support.

Lead root-cause analysis and resolution of complex incidents.

Develop reconciliation approaches for high-volume retail transactions.

Engage with business stakeholders, architects, developers and vendors.

Produce detailed functional specifications for developments, interfaces and enhancements.

Create and maintain solution architecture diagrams, process flows and integration documentation.

Maintain configuration guides and support runbooks for all SAP CAR solutions.

organisation. The role is responsible for analysing business requirements, designing and configuring solutions, supporting production systems, leading problem resolution, and driving continuous improvement across SAP CAR, SAP Retail and integrated retail systems.

The Senior SAP CAR Functional Analyst partners with business stakeholders, business analysts, architects and development teams to deliver stable, scalable, supportable and auditable retail solutions that meet operational, financial and strategic business requirements.

The role is responsible for the analysis, design, support and optimisation of retail transaction processing across Point-of-Sale systems, SAP CAR and SAP Retail/S/4HANA, ensuring accurate, complete and auditable movement of sales, financial and inventory information throughout the retail technology landscape.

Policy Our Group is committed to creating, embracing, and preserving a diverse workplace that values the unique talents, perspectives, backgrounds, and abilities that enrich our organisation. A place where everyone matters and feels included.

We are committed to Employment Equity when recruiting internally and externally.

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