What's the role

As Associate S/4 Release Mgmt. Analyst, you will play a vital part in the successful delivery of system changes by assisting in the planning, coordination, and execution of release management processes. You will work closely with functional consultants, technical developers, basis administrators, testers, and project managers to ensure the smooth, controlled, and timely transition of configurations and developments across the SAP landscape (Development, Quality Assurance, Pre-Production, Production). This is an excellent opportunity for you with foundational SAP knowledge and strong organizational skills to develop expertise in the critical area of release management within a cutting-edge S/4HANA environment.

What you'll be doing

• Release Coordination: Support the scheduling, coordination, and communication of release activities according to the program's release calendar and methodology
  
• Transport Management Support: Assist in tracking SAP transport requests (TRs) through the landscape using SAP Transport Management System (TMS / CTS+); help identify dependencies and potential sequencing issues
  
• Process Adherence: Learn, follow, and help enforce established release management processes, procedures, and quality gates
  
• Documentation: Maintain accurate release records, checklists, status reports, and associated documentation
  
• Communication: Assist in communicating release schedules, progress, risks, and issues to project stakeholders under the guidance of the Senior Release Manager
  
• Meeting Support: Help organize and participate in release readiness reviews, Go/No-Go meetings, and other release-related forums; assist with taking notes and tracking action items
  
• Environment Coordination: Liaise with Basis and testing teams to ensure environment readiness and coordinate testing cycles associated with specific releases
  
• Issue Triage: Assist in the initial identification and logging of issues encountered during the release process
  
• Tool Usage: Utilize relevant tools (e.g., SAP Solution Manager ChaRM (if applicable), ServiceNow, MS Excel/Project) for tracking and reporting release activities
  

What you bring

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field
  
• Proven experience working within an IT environment, preferably with exposure to SAP systems
  
• Experience gained within an SAP S/4 transformation project (implementation, upgrade, or support) in capacity of Release Management associate is highly advantageous
  
• Experience working with project management or ITSM tools like Jira, ServiceNow, or Azure DevOps (ADO)
  
• Hands-on experience on CHARM tool to move the changes and manage the Transport Request
  
• Thorough knowledge of SAP SolMan tools such as Focused Build, CHARM, FB RFC
  
• Familiarity with SAP Transport Management System (TMS / CTS+)
  
• Exposure to SAP Solution Manager (SolMan), especially Change Request Management (ChaRM), Focused Build
  
• Expert in Focused Build features like Project Management, Test Management, Deploy management.
  
• Prior exposure to SAP S/4HANA concepts or modules
  
• Understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and project methodologies (Agile, Waterfall)
  
• Direct experience in a release coordination or change coordination role is a strong plus, but not mandatory if other relevant SAP experience exists
  
• SAP Fundamentals: Basic understanding of SAP system landscapes (e.g., DEV, QAS, PRD) and the concept of SAP Transport Requests. Familiarity with navigating the SAP GUI
  
• Process Orientation: Ability to understand, follow, and execute defined processes meticulously.
  
• Organizational Skills: Exceptional organizational skills with a keen eye for detail and the ability to manage multiple tasks concurrently
  
• Communication: Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills in English. Ability to articulate status and potential issues effectively
  
• MS Office Proficiency: Strong skills in MS Excel (for tracking/reporting), Word, and PowerPoint.
  
• Awareness of IT Service Management (ITSM) principles (e.g., ITIL framework - certification is a plus).
  
• Should be aware of Integration scenarios between Business Process tools and Project management tools such as ADO, Blueworks/BizzDesign
  
• Awareness of DevOps Model, CI/CD development and deployment model in BTP
  

What we offer

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You'll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You'll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
  
• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
  
• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
  
• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
  
• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
  
• Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.
  
• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase.
  
• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
  
• Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.
  
• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and
  
• international teams.
  
• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.
  

We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world's most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, click here .

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In the years ahead, as the UK looks to strengthen energy security and deliver its 2050 net-zero goal, Shell UK aims to play a crucial role. We aim to be a major investor in the UK energy system by helping our customers decarbonise with a focus on transport and industry.