What are the responsibilities and job description for the SAP S/4HANA Project Systems/EPPM Lead position at RapidIT, Inc?
Role-SAP S/4HANA Project Systems/EPPM Lead
Location- Bay Area.
Job Description-
Core Responsibilities
Solution Design & Transformation: Lead the architecture, end-to-end configuration, and implementation of SAP EPPM modules (PPM, Commercial Project Management-CPM, and Project Systems-PS) for the ECC-to-S/4HANA migration.
Structure & Bill of Materials (BOM) Control: Work directly with the Product Option Architecture (POA) team to align WBS (Work Breakdown Structures) with manufacturing BOMs and customer-ordered tool configurations.
Financial Process Engineering: Own future-state engineering for project costing, R&D cost-object controlling, capitalization of assets (AUC), and budget tracking in a manufacturing finance environment.
Cross-Functional Integration: Architect and govern seamless integrations across SAP EPPM, FICO (Universal Journal, Asset Accounting), Material Management (MM), Production Planning (PP), and Sales and Distribution (SD).
Data Migration & Go-Live Readiness: Drive the project data migration strategy, ensuring historical financial information, active project configurations, and actual costs match regulatory compliance standards.
System Integration Testing (SIT): Design comprehensive SIT test scripts, lead cross-functional execution cycles, and drive defect resolution across integrated workstreams (FICO, MM, PP, SD) to validate the end-to-end rollout solution.
IDoc & Interface Governance: Architect, monitor, and troubleshoot IDoc interfaces (such as Project/WBS distribution and material master synchronization) between SAP S/4HANA and external product lifecycle management (PLM) or legacy tools.
Minimum & Preferred Qualifications
Experience: Minimum 12 years of hands-on experience in SAP implementation and rollout environments, with at least 5 years dedicated specifically to S/4HANA or cloud transformation projects.
Industry Knowledge: Deep experience working inside semiconductors, high-tech capital equipment, or heavy manufacturing industries is highly preferred.
Domain Expertise: Advanced configuration skills in SAP Project System (PS) (WBS, Networks, Costing/Settlement) and SAP Portfolio and Project Management (PPM) (Portfolio Structure, Phase/Gate templates).
Order Type Customizing: Configuring settlement profiles, budget profiles, planning profiles, and number ranges for both statistical and real Internal Orders.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Finance, Information Systems, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred).