Brazil
VTEX
Bunge
IT Specialist (SAP ABAP)
Brazil
Gaspar, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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About the opportunity
Do you know Bunge?
Since 02/07/2025, Bunge and Viterra have combined to become one company. Our approximately 37.000 employees—the driving force behind our success—are dedicated to a single purpose: connecting farmers to consumers to deliver the food, animal nutrition ingredients, and fuel essential to the world. As a newly combined company, we are guided by our shared values in everything we do:
- We are one team
- We lead the way
- We do what's right
We are passionate, bold, and determined. Together, we lead the way in creating value for our customers, for ourselves, and for the world. As we work to integrate our employment opportunities, candidates are encouraged to explore vacancies posted on behalf of Bunge and Viterra.
Job Mission
Responsible for the development, maintenance, and evolution of SAP ABAP solutions, acting strategically and consultatively on complex projects and demands, ensuring technical quality, adherence to corporate standards, stability of SAP environments, and support for the company's development governance.
Will act as a senior technical reference within the SAP ecosystem, supporting the definition of best practices, solution review, technical guidance for vendors, and knowledge dissemination about the company's existing SAP environment processes, custom objects, and architecture.
At Bunge, our purpose is to connect farmers to consumers to deliver the food, animal nutrition ingredients, and fuel essential to the world. As a leading provider of agribusiness solutions, our team of approximately 37.000 dedicated employees partners with farmers around the world to move agricultural commodities from where they are produced to where they are needed—faster, smarter, and more efficiently. We are a world leader in origination, storage, distribution, as well as processing and refining of oilseeds, offering a broad portfolio of vegetable oils, fats, and proteins. We work side-by-side with our customers at both ends of the value chain to deliver quality products and develop innovative, customized solutions that meet the evolving needs of consumers. With over 200 years of experience and a presence in more than 50 countries, we are committed to strengthening global food security, promoting sustainability, and contributing to the prosperity of the communities where we operate. Bunge is registered in Geneva, Switzerland, and its corporate headquarters are located in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Learn more at bunge.com.br.
Daily, our professionals embody the values that are the essence of Bunge:
- WE ARE ONE TEAM – Collaborative, respectful, and inclusive
- WE LEAD THE WAY – We are agile, empowered, and innovative
- WE DO WHAT'S RIGHT – Safely, sustainably, and with integrity
We recognize that our success depends on the variety of perspectives that each of our employees brings to Bunge. We are committed to promoting practices to foster a culture of belonging for everyone. Globally, we support the UN Women's Empowerment Principles. In Brazil, we are associated with Mover - Movement for Racial Equity, and we were recognized by the global tool Disability Index Report® as one of the best places to work regarding the inclusion of people with disabilities. We continuously work towards our commitment to leave a positive legacy in all the communities where we operate.
If you identify with these values, join us! We value and invest in people who believe in our purpose and live it with enthusiasm every day – people who have #OrgulhodeSerBunge
Activities and Responsibilities
- Development of ABAP solutions according to functional specification requirements.
- Complex ABAP programming, testing, and debugging of code in SAP.
- Involvement in project work for various SAP modules.
- Close communication with architects, analysts, and other IT teams to understand functional requirements.
- Development and implementation of changes/improvements using ABAP technology.
- Providing technical information for projects delivering SAP to support initial project planning and estimation processes.
- Acting as a senior technical reference in SAP ABAP development, supporting strategic projects, advanced troubleshooting, and technological modernization initiatives.
- Ensuring adherence to development standards, quality, performance, security, and governance defined by the company.
- Conducting technical code reviews and supporting internal developers and external partners in defining SAP development best practices.
- Participating in the definition of technical architectures and complex solutions involving SAP integrations, performance improvements, critical customizations, and evolution of the company's SAP landscape.
- Analyzing technical and functional impacts related to custom objects, integrations, enhancements, and existing solutions in the corporate SAP environment.
- Promoting continuous improvement in development processes, technical documentation, version control, testing, and delivery quality.
- Contributing to the maintenance and technological evolution of the SAP environment, including initiatives related to SAP S/4HANA, integrations, Fiori, RAP, CAP, and new SAP technologies.
- Supporting the technical governance of SAP developments, ensuring reuse, standardization, and compliance with corporate guidelines.
- Acting as a holder and disseminator of technical knowledge about the company's existing custom developments and SAP architecture.
- Contributing to the technical training of the team, supporting less experienced professionals, and sharing technical and functional knowledge.
Impact/Scope
Operating in a highly critical corporate SAP environment for Bunge South America's operations, supporting essential back-office processes and the company's business operations.
- Responsible for technically supporting solutions used by multiple corporate and operational areas in the region, ensuring stability, quality, and continuity of business processes.
- Participation in strategic projects for digital transformation, SAP modernization, and technological evolution of the corporate landscape.
- Direct influence on the technical quality, governance, and sustainability of the organization's custom SAP developments.
- Operating in an integrated and complex environment involving multiple SAP modules, corporate integrations, legacy systems, and cloud solutions.
- Strategic contribution to reducing operational risks, continuous improvement, and technical standardization of the company's SAP solutions.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Number of incidents handled by the factory.
- Number of BugFixes.
- Amount of effort for non-ABAP issues.
- Technical quality of deliveries and reduction of rework.
- Reduction of recurring incidents related to custom developments.
- Adherence to SAP development standards and best practices.
- Resolution time for complex issues and specialized technical support.
- Evolution of technical documentation and governance of SAP objects.
Key Opportunities and Decisions
- Identify the most critical issues.
- Opportunity for development and learning in new technologies (integrations, Fiori, etc.).
- Technical decision-making on complex and business-critical SAP solutions.
- Defining technical approaches that balance performance, maintenance, scalability, and adherence to corporate standards.
- Advanced troubleshooting and impact analysis in integrated SAP environments.
- Strategic support for technological modernization initiatives and evolution of the SAP environment.
- Ensure preservation and dissemination of technical knowledge about existing developments within the company.
Management/Leadership
- Strong ability to work independently and manage one's own time, while being a collaborative team member.
- Manage code construction with a technical project, following Bunge development standards.
- Act as a senior technical reference for internal developers and vendors.
- Technical leadership and influence capabilities without direct formal management.
- Analytical, strategic, and hands-on profile for operating in complex technical scenarios.
Key Relationships, Stakeholders & Interfaces
- IT Team (from managers to peers).
- Solution Architects and Enterprise Architecture.
- SAP functional teams and business areas.
- Vendors and SAP development factories.
- Integration, Basis, Security, and Infrastructure Teams.
- Stakeholders of strategic projects and SAP transformation programs.
Minimum requirements
- Advanced knowledge in ABAP, debugging, performance tuning, SAP integrations, and SAP technical architecture.
- Experience with development best practices, technical governance, and software quality.
Languages
English
Education/Experience
Completed Bachelor's degree in: Business Administration, Economics, and related fields.
5 to 10 years of experience as ABAP
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