# SAP Functional Lead – Customer Activity Repository (CAR)

**Company**: Co-op
**Location**: Manchester, Lancashire
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £60,000 - £75,000
**Category**: Other
**Industry**: Retail

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## Description

We’re reshaping our Digital, Technology and Data function for the future, creating new opportunities, strengthening our capability, and building clearer, more resilient ways of working so we can deliver even better services for our Co-op, our colleagues, members and customers.

As our SAP Functional Lead, you'll help shape the future of our SAP Customer Activity Repository (CAR) platform, ensuring it continues to meet the changing needs of our business while supporting strategic improvements across Co-op.

**What you’ll do**

- Lead the design and ongoing development of our SAP Customer Activity Repository (CAR) functionality.

- Act as a subject matter expert for SAP CAR, providing guidance on business processes, solution design and platform improvements.

- Work closely with architects, engineers, product managers, business analysts and business stakeholders to design and deliver effective solutions.

- Support the development of key SAP CAR capabilities, including sales transaction processing, inventory visibility, promotions management, stock management and omnichannel operations.

- Ensure effective integration between SAP CAR and connected platforms, including retail, supply chain, store, digital and data systems.

- Provide oversight and quality assurance for change delivery across the platform and its supporting services.

- Drive continuous improvement through process simplification, automation and optimisation.

- Coach and support colleagues, helping to build capability and knowledge across SAP retail solutions.

**What you’ll bring**

- Significant experience in SAP CAR, ideally in retail, supply chain or related environments, gained in roles such as Functional Consultant, Solution Designer, Product Specialist, or similar.

- Strong expertise in SAP Customer Activity Repository (CAR) functionality: POSDTA, Promotions Management for Retail (PMR) and its integrations, DRF, Demand Data Foundation, inventory management and related business processes.

- A good understanding of retail operations, inventory management, stock visibility and omnichannel fulfilment.

- Experience designing and delivering SAP CAR solutions within large and complex organisations.

- Knowledge of SAP ECC or S/4HANA Retail and the wider retail technology ecosystem.

- Experience integrating SAP CAR with retail, supply chain, e-commerce, merchandising and data platforms.

- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly and build effective relationships.

- Experience delivering technology change in agile, product-focused environments.

**Benefits**

- An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)

- 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays

- A pension with up to 10% employer contributions

- Private healthcare

- Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)

- 30% discount on Co-op products and 10% off other brands

- Stream – early access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it

- Virtual healthcare including GP appointments, mental health support, nutrition and fitness advice

- 24/7 colleague support service

- Training and support for your development and career progression

- Cycle-to-work scheme

## Skills

### Required
- SAP CAR
- POSDTA
- Promotions Management for Retail (PMR)
- DRF
- Demand Data Foundation
- inventory management
- retail operations
- omnichannel fulfilment
- SAP ECC or S/4HANA Retail

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