SAP Release Expert

Job Title: SAP Release Expert Location: Hyderabad About Opella Opella is the self-care challenger with the purest and third-largest portfolio in the Over-The-Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market globally. Our mission is to bring health in people’s hands by making self-care as simple as it should be. For half a billion consumers worldwide – and counting. At the core of this mission is our 100 loved brands, our 11,000-strong global team, our 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites and 4 specialized science and innovation development centers. Headquartered in France, Opella is the proud maker of many of the world’s most loved brands, including Allegra, Buscopan, Doliprane, Dulcolax, Enterogermina, Essentiale and Mucosolvan. B Corp certified in multiple markets, we are active players in the journey towards healthier people and planet. Find out more about our mission at www.opella.com. About the job We are seeking to construct a best-in-class digital organization, where the ERP serves as a solid, adaptive backbone of our systems, and our supporting functional applications are innovative technology solutions that enable our business to thrive in a digital environment. We are looking for an SAP Release Expert who will ensure that the SAP landscape remains robust, secure, and aligned with business objectives while facilitating smooth system evolution through releases and minimizing disruptions during changes. Main Responsibilities • Execute and coordinate SAP release activities across the full release lifecycle, from scope readiness and planning through deployment and post-release follow-up. • Lead SAP CAB and Cross-Digital CAB activities, ensuring changes meet required release criteria, documentation standards, and change control requirements. • Coordinate release windows and maintain the SAP release calendar, aligning dependencies with Business, AMS, SAP Experts, Project Teams, and Infrastructure Teams. • Coordinate and monitor SAP transport activities, ensuring transport readiness, correct sequencing, and alignment across SAP system landscapes. • Perform release readiness and quality checks, identifying missing prerequisites, dependencies, conflicts, and risks ahead of deployment. • Support quality gates, milestone reviews, and Business Go/No-Go preparations by providing accurate release status, risks, open points, and mitigation actions. • Track release execution end-to-end, proactively following up on issues and dependencies, and escalating deviations that may impact scope, timeline, quality, or business continuity. • Prepare and maintain release documentation, including release plans, deployment information, release notes, status reporting, and operational handover information. • Coordinate with AMS, SAP Experts, and Project Teams to ensure smooth transition of changes into production and proper operational readiness.