Lead SAP Engineer – Integration

We’re Kingfisher, A team made up of over 74,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas - to life. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.

At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

We are open to flexible and agile working, both of hours and location. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our offices, located in London, Southampton & Yeovil. Talk to us about how we can best support you! 

This role sits within the SAP Platform team and is responsible for leading SAP integration across the SAP estate at Kingfisher plc. You will oversee how SAP systems connect with each other and with non-SAP platforms, ensuring integrations are designed to the right standards, are secure, reliable, and aligned with long-term architecture plans.

You’ll also help modernise the integration landscape, moving from legacy solutions toward more cloud-based, API-led approaches, while working closely with Architecture, Operations, Security, and external partners.

The role combines technical leadership with hands-on oversight

guiding integration design decisions, supporting project delivery, and ensuring day-to-day stability and performance of integration platforms.

• Lead SAP integration design, delivery, and technical oversight across the SAP landscape
• Evaluate requirements and select appropriate integration tools, patterns, and approaches
• Define and maintain integration design standards aligned with architecture, security, and controls
• Ensure integrations meet performance, scalability, security, and reliability requirements
• Oversee operational stability of SAP integration platforms and support incident resolution
• Coordinate integration delivery across internal teams and third-party providers
• Act as central point of contact for complex, cross-system integration issues
• Maintain visibility of all integrations including performance, usage, and lifecycle status
• Drive adoption of modern integration approaches (API-led, event-driven, cloud-ready)
• Support transition from legacy technologies to modern SAP integration platforms
• Provide technical leadership, guidance, and quality assurance for integration solutions
• Maintain documentation, design artefacts, and operational procedures

• Strong knowledge of SAP integration technologies (ASAPIO, SAP Integration Suite/CPI, PI/PO, Data Sphere)

• Experience integrating multiple SAP systems (ECC, CRM, BW, CAR) and non-SAP platforms

• Understanding of integration patterns including APIs, IDocs, Proxies, messaging, and real-time data replication

• Ability to evaluate and recommend integration tools and architectures

• Familiarity with cloud integration and API management approaches

• Knowledge of data security, authorisation, and audit principles in integration design

• Experience managing vendors or third-party service providers

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for resolving complex integration issues

• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to stakeholders

• Experience mentoring or guiding engineers

• Collaborative working style across Operations, Security, Cloud, and Architecture teams

• Ability to manage multiple integration workstreams effectively

Be Customer Focused – constantly improving our customers’ experience

• We listen to our customers and colleagues
• We innovate products and experiences to stay ahead

Be Human – leading with purpose, humanity and care

• We do the right thing
• We invest in our people and build great teams

Be Curious – thrive on learning, thinking beyond the obvious

• We focus externally, globally and build the long term
• We experiment and share our learnings

Be Agile – building trust and empowering people to work with agility

• We act with pace, not perfection, role modelling 80/20
• We take risks, fail fast and adapt quickly

Be Inclusive – inspiring diverse teams to achieve together

• We celebrate difference as a strength
• We collaborate, breaking down silos

Be Accountable – owning the plan, delivering results and growth

• We focus on performance outcomes
• We prioritise and simplify for others

At Kingfisher, we value the perspectives that any new team members bring, and we want to hear from you. We encourage you to apply for one of our roles even if you do not feel you meet 100% of the requirements.

In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisher here!

We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career.

Interested? Great, apply now and help us to Power the Possible.

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