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