SAP Analyst - Product Owner (12 month FTC) in London

Contract De Beers London is the ultimate diamond jewellery House, globally recognised for its leadership and expertise in diamonds. As a challenger in the fine and high jewellery landscape, we offer a distinctive and unparalleled connection to the source, setting us apart with our unique diamond‑first approach. A destination for those seeking the most extraordinary diamond jewellery, De Beers London delivers identifiable, ultra-desirable creations alongside unforgettable service and experiences.

The Purpose

The SAP Product Owner is the driving force behind reliable, insight‑ready Finance and Supply Chain operations at De Beers Jewellers. Working across business teams and global SAP partners, the role ensures SAP becomes a seamless, trusted backbone for decision‑making, operational efficiency, and data integrity. By combining strong systems capability, a continuous improvement mindset, and a deep understanding of business processes, the Product Owner transforms operational needs into scalable SAP solutions — safeguarding data, elevating process performance, and enabling the business to operate with confidence and clarity.

Main Responsibilities

• Shape a clear, value‑led SAP roadmap that strengthens Finance and Supply Chain performance and supports the evolving needs of the business.
• Partner closely with business teams and global SAP colleagues to uncover opportunities, refine requirements, and translate operational needs into well‑crafted, insight‑driven specifications.
• Lead SAP initiatives of all sizes with clarity and momentum, ensuring each change is understood, tested, and delivered in a way that elevates business capability.
• Ensure SAP remains a dependable backbone for core processes — from month‑end close to daily operational flows — by providing proactive support and resolving issues with pace and precision.
• Safeguard the integrity of data across SAP and connected systems by upholding robust standards, controls, and quality checks that protect the accuracy of business‑critical information.
• Oversee the smooth deployment of system changes, patches, and upgrades, working closely with global teams to maintain stability and minimise disruption.
• Monitor incidents and service requests to ensure timely, meaningful resolution, using insights to drive continuous improvement across processes and system behaviour.
• Continually look for ways to simplify, optimise, and future‑proof SAP capabilities, ensuring the platform grows with the business and supports confident, insight‑led decision‑making.

What You’ll Do

• Act Like an Owner: Take responsibility for the performance, reliability, and integrity of SAP across Finance and Supply Chain. Ensure processes — from month‑end close to daily operational flows — run smoothly, accurately, and in line with the standards expected of a global luxury business.
• Create Clarity: Translate business needs into clear, structured SAP requirements and specifications, working with global SAP teams and third‑party partners to ensure every enhancement is well understood and commercially sound. Provide visibility on system changes, risks, impacts, and expected outcomes.
• Empower Teams: Work closely with colleagues across the business to resolve issues quickly, support day‑to‑day SAP activities, and strengthen ways of working. Ensure information, processes, and system updates flow seamlessly across Finance, Supply Chain, and operational teams.
• Challenge Conventions: Identify inefficiencies, data integrity risks, and opportunities to enhance SAP functionality. Propose improvements that elevate operational discipline, strengthen system reliability, and contribute to continuous improvement across the platform.
• Succeed Together: Build trusted relationships with business stakeholders and global SAP partners to deliver meaningful, value‑driven change. Lead SAP initiatives of all sizes with clarity and momentum, ensuring each change is understood, rigorously tested, and deployed with minimal disruption.

Who You Are

• Proven track record delivering SAP S/4HANA projects, ideally within retail or other high‑complexity, high‑precision environments.
• Deep understanding of SAP Finance processes, integration points, and modules such as Finance, Quality Control, and Demand Planning.
• Proven track record of hands‑on experience in functional or technical SAP roles, with strong capability across FI, CO, PCA, Asset Management, SD, MM, or PP.
• Strong SAP expertise is essential; experience with additional enterprise systems such as Oracle is highly advantageous.
• Confident working with technical tools and concepts including ABAP, SAP Query, Workflow, BAPI, and automation tools like Winshuttle.
• Skilled at interpreting complex data sets and turning them into clear, meaningful insights that support decision‑making.
• Meticulous attention to detail, high accuracy, and a strong systems mindset that ensures data integrity and operational reliability.
• Highly organised and structured, able to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously while maintaining exceptional standards.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence, align, and collaborate across diverse teams and seniority levels.
• Strong relationship‑builder who creates trust, fosters collaboration, and works seamlessly across functions and geographies.
• Commercially aware, proactive, and driven by continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Positive, inclusive, and committed to contributing to a high‑performance culture.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Supply Chain Management, or a related field; SAP training or certification is a plus.
• Fluent in English, with additional languages considered an advantage.

What you’ll get at De Beers Group

At De Beers Group, our purpose is Make Life Brilliant — and that starts with supporting our people to thrive at work and beyond with benefits that support your health, time, and financial wellbeing.

• 27 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell leave via our flexible benefits platform.
• A pension that invests in your future: minimum 4% employee contribution plus 11% company contribution (15% total).
• Company‑funded core Private Medical Insurance (Bupa), with options to upgrade or extend cover.
• 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme, access to a Mental Health First Aider network, and wider wellbeing resources.
• Access to our flexible benefits platform, including options such as holiday trading, travel insurance, dental cover, critical illness protection, retail vouchers and more.
• Opportunities to participate in Anglo American share plans, including Free Shares, SIP and SAYE.
• Employee discounts, staff discount options, and onsite benefits where available (e.g. gym and restaurant facilities).

Benefits may vary and are subject to scheme terms and eligibility.

Who we are

De Beers Group is a company with a rich history and a sparkling future. Since 1888 our experts have searched the world for nature’s most precious gem. Our diamonds bring beauty to the world. But we think they can do so much more. We want our diamonds, and our business, to make life brilliant – for our people, our customers and the world around us.

Venetia Mine is part of De Beers Group Managed Operations Business which integrates mines, operations and support functions in the De Beers Group producer countries of Canada and South Africa to shape a safe, sustainable future for De Beers Group’s people, shareholders, communities and partners.

Safety

Safety first is a way of life for us. We are unconditional about the safety, health and well-being of our colleagues, at work and at home, and about that of the communities where we work. We aim to lead the industry by investing in innovation to protect people, who are at the heart of our business. Our high performing teams take accountability for their own and others' actions, work collaboratively, and always show care and respect.

Inclusion & Diversity

We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are. We provide equality of opportunity to enable everyone to fulfil their potential.

Building Forever

Sustainability is at the heart of our decision‑making – it is how we do business. Building Forever is key to our purpose as it represents our ambitious and holistic sustainability framework and is central to our ability to deliver long‑term value to our communities and partners. This shapes how we protect our social and environmental license to operate, build a long‑term legacy in our host communities and earn consumers’ trust in our diamonds that they can wear with pride.

Successful candidates will be required to complete background screening which may include a criminal check and validation of qualifications.