Senior SAP S/4HANA Functional Lead – Plan-to-Stock and Defense & Security

Overview

Senior SAP S/4HANA Functional Lead – Plan-to-Stock (P2S) and Defense & Security (PMW220)

Bowhead is seeking a Senior SAP S/4HANA Functional Lead – Plan-to-Stock (P2S) & Defense & Security to provide consultative support to the Navy ERP Program Office in Washington, D.C. The selected candidate will serve as the Government’s senior functional advisor for the Plan-to-Stock workstream supporting ERP modernization and implementation of SAP S/4HANA and SAP Defense & Security (D&S). This position can be remote.

This is a senior advisory role—not a configuration or transactional support position. The successful candidate will operate at the intersection of functional architecture, enterprise integration, governance, and business transformation while advising Government leadership throughout the ERP modernization lifecycle.

As the program transitions from requirements definition into implementation, this position will evolve into an Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V) role, providing objective oversight of System Integrator (SI) functional designs, configuration decisions, integrations, and solution implementation to ensure alignment with Government-approved requirements, SAP leading practices, enterprise architecture, and long-term sustainment.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic functional leadership throughout the ERP modernization lifecycle.
• Lead Plan-to-Stock (P2S) fit-to-standard workshops and requirements refinement.
• Support decomposition of L2, L3, and L4 business capabilities into implementable solution concepts.
• Lead discussions with Navy stakeholders across multiple commands and functional communities.
• Provide recommendations that maximize standard SAP capabilities while minimizing customization.
• Evaluate the enterprise-wide impacts of proposed Plan-to-Stock business processes and solution designs across Procurement, Inventory Management, Warehouse Management, Supply Planning, Defense & Security capabilities, Data Management, Reporting, Cybersecurity, and external enterprise interfaces, ensuring integrated solutions support Government-approved business requirements and SAP leading practices.
• Prepare executive briefings, governance artifacts, business cases, and decision support materials.
• Support release planning, production readiness, testing strategy, deployment planning, and post-go-live stabilization.

Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V) / Solution Oversight

• Serve as the Government’s independent functional advisor during design, configuration, and implementation.
• Review functional designs, configuration proposals, and solution documentation for compliance with approved requirements.
• Validate that proposed solutions satisfy approved L2/L3/L4 capabilities and SAP leading practices.
• Identify functional gaps, design risks, integration issues, and unnecessary customization.
• Evaluate impacts to business processes, cybersecurity, audit readiness, sustainment, performance, and maintainability.
• Support design reviews, architecture reviews, milestone decision events, and Government acceptance activities.

SAP Defense & Security Focus

• Advise on Force Structure, Authorized Materiel, Unit Readiness, Equipment Readiness, Deployment Logistics, Operational Inventory Visibility, Asset Accountability, and Weapon System Sustainment.
• Assist the Government in leveraging SAP D&S capabilities to replace legacy customizations where practical.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Ten or more (10 ) years supporting SAP logistics, supply chain, or military sustainment business processes.
• Five or more (5 ) years supporting SAP S/4HANA implementations or modernization initiatives.
• Demonstrated expertise in Plan-to-Stock capabilities including Material Master, Inventory Management, Warehouse Management, Demand & Supply Planning, Logistics Execution, Enterprise Asset Management, Physical Inventory, Asset Visibility, and Equipment Accountability.
• Experience integrating P2S with P2P, O2C, R2R, Finance, Data Management, Reporting, and Analytics.
• Experience leading executive-level briefings, governance activities, and fit-to-standard workshops.
• Bachelor's degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, IT, Engineering, Business, or related discipline (Master's preferred).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting Navy ERP, ERP , or other DoD ERP modernization efforts.
• Experience with SAP Defense & Security (D&S) or DFPS.
• Experience supporting Government oversight of SAP implementations.
• Experience with military logistics, readiness, authorized materiel, equipment accountability, and sustainment.
• Experience with data analytics and visualization.

Desired Certifications

• SAP S/4HANA Materials Management (MM)
• SAP S/4HANA Sourcing & Procurement
• SAP S/4HANA Asset Management (EAM/PM)
• SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM)
• SAP Defense & Security (D&S)/DFPS training
• Relevant DAWIA/DAU certifications

Additional Requirements

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to independently advise senior Government leadership.
• Strong analytical, facilitation, and critical thinking skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Teams, SharePoint, Jira, and Confluence.
• Ability to obtain and maintain required security clearance.

Targeted salary range is $230,000 to $245,000 annually based on qualifications and experience.

Physical Demands:

• Must be able to lift up to 5 pounds
• Must be able to stand and walk for prolonged amounts of time
• Must be able to twist, bend and squat periodically

SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED: Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance at the Secret level. US Citizenship is a requirement for Secret clearance at this location.

Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Bowhead considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and business considerations when extending an offer.

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Salary : $230,000 - $245,000