With a fleet of 258 modern container ships and a total transport capacity of 1.9 million TEU, Hapag-Lloyd is one of the world’s leading liner shipping companies. The Company has around 14,000 employees and 400 offices in 135 countries. Hapag-Lloyd has a container capacity of 2,9 million TEU – including one of the largest and most modern fleets of reefer containers. A total of 115 liner services worldwide ensure fast and reliable connections between more than 600 ports on all the continents. Hapag-Lloyd is one of the leading operators in the Transatlantic, Middle East, Latin America and Intra-America trades.

As part of Hapag-Lloyds IT Team, you work in a team of 10 colleagues located in Hamburg and Gdansk. The focus of the team is SAP Finance and Accounting. Together with the colleagues of the other SAP teams, you will be maintaining and developing the Hapag-Lloyd SAP system. You will work together with colleagues in the business and IT in Hamburg, Gdansk and around the globe. Hapag Lloyd receives several thousand invoices per day from our vendors located all over the world. To process these, we use a harmonized process handling - no matter whether invoices are paper based, pdf-based, xml based or sent to use via an EDI-channel. Our system for all Business Administration related processes is SAP – for Invoice handling we use Vendor invoice management (VIM) by opentext. The SAP Teams in Hamburg and Gdansk are currently considerably ramping up based on our mission to migrate from SAP ECC 6.8 system to SAP S/4HANA soon.

Hapag-Lloyd uses SAP for Finance, Treasury, Controlling and Materials Management.

We are currently working on an extended EDI integration and plan to implement additional Fiori based applications.

Responsibilities and Tasks

  • Define the IT Roadmap for Vendor Invoice Management at Hapag-Lloyd together with the Product owner for Accounts Payable on business side
  • Collaborate with the Product owner for Accounts Payable to identify new requirements and to create user stories
  • Together you also work on process consulting, as well as maintenance and support of the AP processes – of course always in close collaboration with the team
  • You support our users worldwide resolving Vendor Invoice management related Incidents – including changes in the current VIM Customization settings
  • You plan and execute version upgrades for the Vendor Invoice Management
  • Managing the external service providers for VIM is part of the job
  • With your creative ideas, you will act as an innovator within the team and drive new processes forward operationally, use and implement new technologies
  • Working together with colleagues from other teams and thinking out of the box is something that comes naturally to you

Requirements and Qualifications

What you'll need to succeed 

  • Several years’ experience in customizing and working in in Accounts Payables processes, ideally combined with a deep knowledge in OpenText VIM 
  • In addition, you have a sound understanding of business processes and technical knowledge in SAP OpenText Vendor Invoice Management and adjacent SAP Modules like Accounts Payable, Payments, Controlling and Procurement
  • You have relevant experience in the customization and implementation of VIM, knowledge of SAP Fiori would be an advantage
  • You bring a collaborative and empathic mindset to successfully enable our business colleagues through our solutions
  • Experience in agile working methods (such as Scrum) is an advantage
  • Strong communication skills in an international environment paired with good command of written and spoken English
  • Willingness to work at our office in Hamburg 3 days/week and 2 days remote according to our policy

German language expectations: We expect all international candidates to be willing to learn at least the basics of the German language in case they are accepted for the position. This will enable you to participate in social and community life in Germany and at our company premises in the best possible way.

Nice if you have:

  • Understanding of HL IT Products
  • Relevant previous experience in the areas of logistics or transportation
  • Understanding of container shipping business is an advantage

What we offer

  • You will be a part of an IT team which is tackling one of the largest migrations for Hapag-Lloyd’s system landscape
  • Dynamic and modern working atmosphere in a newly renovated, modern office in the heart of Hamburg’s city center
  • At least 28 days of vacation, flextime, capital-forming benefits, hybrid work model
  • Subsidy for public transportation
  • Bike leasing for all positions
  • Restaurant and coffee bar
  • Health and company sports programs (e.g., yoga, sailing, fitness courses, and much more)
  • Corporate volunteering cooperation with purpozed.org

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Contact person

Kristin Peters Managerin Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding