SAP Functional Consultant – Supply Chain

Role: SAP Functional Consultant – Supply Chain

Location: Dearborn, MI

Visa: USC/GC

JOB SUMMARY

The SAP Functional Consultant for Supply Chain plays a crucial role in aligning the functional capabilities of the SAP S/4 solution with the strategic goals of the FCS organization. This position is responsible for providing subject matter expertise in the SAP S/4 Supply Chain (MM) solution, ensuring it effectively supports FCS business processes and enhances operational efficiency. The SAP Functional Consultant for Supply Chain will be a highly experienced business analyst who acts as a subject matter expert for all Supply Chain related processes within SAP. The role involves working with the FCS Supply Chain team, the FCS IT team, and the solution integrator to analyze requirements, design best in class solutions, configure the SAP S/4 system, and test/deploy the SAP S/4 HANA solution for FCS.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

· Business Analysis & Requirements Gathering: Gather, document and translate business needs into SAP solutions for the Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process, which covers planning, purchasing, inventory, and payment within SAP's MM and FI modules.

· Provide ongoing support for SAP P2P processes like planning, guided buying, strategic sourcing, and inventory management.

· Provide consulting support for master data and data migration strategies/execution.

· System Configuration: Configure SAP S/4 for Supply Chain business needs including demand planning, production planning, procurement, and inventory management to meet business needs and standards.

· Integration & Collaboration: Ensure seamless integration of Supply Chain solution with other SAP modules and external applications.

· Testing & Deployment: Develop test plans, execute test scenarios, and validate results, supporting the deployment of new SAP S/4 Supply Chain solutions.

· Communication and leadership: Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams, influence stakeholders, manage expectations & train end-users.

· Experience with integrations: Knowledge of how MM/IM integrates with other SAP modules like Sales and Distribution (SD), and FICO as well as third-party systems.

· Support & Problem-Solving: Provide post launch support for SAP MM/IM/SDFI-CO, including troubleshooting issues, resolving incidents, and performing root cause analysis.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

There are no supervisory responsibilities with this position. However, for specific projects, the position may require leadership skills.

Job Responsibilities

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Educational: A bachelor's degree in a related field such as Information Technology or Business Administration. SAP Certification(s) in the MM/IM module is a plus.
• Technical expertise: In-depth functional knowledge of SAP ECC and/or S/4HANA within the MM/IM module and P2P processes. Strong experience writing functional specification documents and hands-on experience with SAP configuration. ABAP knowledge is a plus.

o Familiarity with integration and middleware technologies

o Batch job management

o Transport management

o Experience in Data Migration (extraction, cleansing, loading and validation)

o BTP (Business Technology Platform – Cloud based) knowledge is a plus.

· Designing, implementing, and maintaining Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)processes to ensure seamless electronic document exchange with trading partners

· Deep understanding of core SAP MM/IM/P2P functionalities, including demand planning, production planning, procurement, and inventory management.

· Familiarity with integration points between MM/IM and other SAP modules (SD, FICO).

• Analytical and problem-solving abilities: The capacity to identify and troubleshoot complex business and system issues, and to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Communication and leadership: Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams, influence stakeholders, manage expectations & train end-users.
• Project experience: Proven experience working on at least 2 full-cycle SAP implementation projects.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands or fingers to handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and sit; may travel from building to other sites. Specific vision abilities required of this job include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus.