Flamengo has taken another step toward management excellence. The club renewed its contract with SAP, migrating to the RISE with SAP offering, as part of the digital transformation process it has been undertaking in recent years. This will enable smarter business management, with faster decision-making, and continued adoption of best market practices for corporate management in areas such as Finance, HR, Purchasing, and Warehouse. 

 

With the launch of cloud-based software, Flamengo is the first Brazilian soccer team to use RISE with SAP, which includes the latest-generation ERP SAP S/4HANA, for its management. The club is taking a leap forward in its administration, improving corporate management, compliance, and governance, reducing core business risks, and providing greater flexibility and reliability through automated processes.  

"The growth and leadership strategy of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo requires a dedicated technology department willing to innovate and help the club's business transform and continue growing. With this in mind, we created a strategic plan for IT to be increasingly active and agile in delivering projects, becoming a true business partner for other departments, proposing changes and being proactive in addressing growing demands and challenges. Therefore, we have invested consistently, building a high-performance team capable of delivering excellent results, such as our new SAP software," says Alexandre Pinto, Flamengo's VP of Information Technology.

 

Flamengo has been using SAP management systems since 2018, which have helped the club become a benchmark in professional management in Brazilian football. With RISE with SAP, the club will remain a pioneer in technology, offering unique commercial and service advantages.

 

"With RISE with SAP, Flamengo will now centralize the management of software, support, infrastructure, and services supporting SAP solutions, simplifying and optimizing its cloud management. This will undoubtedly be an important step in the club's digital transformation. The flexibility and agility of RISE with SAP will support the club's growth strategy over the next five years, also contributing to cost reduction in the various areas supported by the technology," says Rodrigo Susaki, vice president of RISE with SAP and SAP S/4HANA for Brazil.  

Flamengo will also implement SAP Ariba for purchasing management and SAP Concur for travel and reimbursement management. "Flamengo is a club with professional management, a benchmark in Brazil, committed to efficiency and transparency in its processes. Driven by this objective, it chose SAP as its management system four years ago. The new contract model with SAP perfectly meets everything the club needs for growth. This is a strategic decision that allows us to remain at the forefront of Brazilian football," concludes Reinaldo Belotti, CEO of Flamengo.