Job Title: SAP Datasphere Consultant
Contract Duration: Long Term
Location: Aalst, Belgium
Work status: Hybrid
Languages: English, Dutch or French
Description:
Role Focus:
Support the migration from SAP BW to SAP Datasphere, modernise reporting, and ensure seamless integration with Microsoft Fabric.
·Required Experience:
3–5 years in SAP Datasphere or SAP DWC, strong SAP BW on Hana and SQL skills, knowledge of SAP ECC/S4HANA structures.
Job Description – SAP Datasphere Medior Consultant
Project Context
This role supports the Client Compass 2.0 transformation, migrating from SAP BW to a hybrid SAP Datasphere + Microsoft Fabric architecture. The consultant will help modernise the reporting backbone, rationalise BW logic, and ensure domain-by-domain transitions aligned with business needs.
Mission
The consultant will design, build, validate and document SAP Datasphere models, migrate BW logic, support business domain owners, and ensure high-quality integration between SAP Datasphere and Microsoft Fabric. The person will also support the current SAP BW team during the transition to SAP DataSphere.
Additionally, (s)he will analyse the current reports and propose a migration strategy to S4 embedded reporting solutions, SAC, or MS Fabric data products.
Key Responsibilities
1. SAP Datasphere Modelling & Development
Build and optimise in SAP Datasphere.
Apply SAP modelling best practices.
Design performant, maintainable models aligned with SAP source structures.
2. Migration of BW Logic
Analyse the SAP BW data models
Rebuild logic in Datasphere using modern principles.
Ensure functional equivalence and proper documentation.
Help the current SAP BW team with the transition process.
3. Integration with Microsoft Fabric
Support SAP data exposure into Fabric.
Align semantics between Datasphere and Fabric Lakehouse.
4. Data Governance, Quality & Lineage
Ensure proper metadata, naming, and lineage visibility.
Perform data quality assessments and highlight structural issues.
5. Business Collaboration & Workshops
Participate in diagnostic workshops with Business Domain Owners.
Translate business KPIs and logic into technical models.
Support UAT, testing and validation.
6. Delivery & Handover
Ensure models are robust, tested and production-ready.
Support cut-over planning and handover to internal teams.
Deliverables
Document Roadmap SAP BW on Hana migration to Modern Data Platform (SAP DataSphere and Microsoft Fabric)
Clean, validated Datasphere models
Harmonised KPI definitions per domain
Validated datasets exposed to Fabric
Testing plans and UAT support
Transition kits per domain
Knowledge transfer to internal teams
Required Skills & Experience
SAP & Technical Skills:
3–5 years SAP Datasphere or SAP DWC experience.
SQL proficiency
Strong SAP BW on Hana experience from extraction till reporting (incl. CDS Views)
SAP ECC or S/4HANA data structure knowledge.
S4 HANA embedded reporting knowledge.
General Data Skills:
Data warehousing concepts.
Exposure to Microsoft cloud analytics (Fabric) is a plus.
Understanding of semantic modelling and BI consumption.
Soft Skills:
Strong analytical skills.
Can translate technical concepts into business-friendly language.
Team player with excellent communication.
Pragmatic and hands-on.
Nice-to-Have
dbt or modern transformation tooling
SAP or Azure Data Governance tooling
Exposure to AI-readiness concepts