Senior Associate (Consultant) (0054-0006)

Guide end-to-end SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) implementation, support, and upgrades for clients across the manufacturing, retail, and 3PL industries; design production-grade EWM solutions covering inbound, outbound, internal movements, wave management, storage processes, physical inventory, and production integration on SAP S/4HANA;

Configure advanced SAP EWM business processes, including rule-based determination, deconsolidation, value-added services, quality inspection processes, and Material Flow System (MFS); author Functional, High-Level Design, and Technical Specification documents, including developing and analyzing Workflow, Report, Interface, Conversion, Enhancement, Form (WRICEF);

Map warehouse automation layouts to SAP EWM warehouse structure (i.e., AS/RS aisles, conveyor segments, sorter destinations, and AGV routes); design routing rules and storage type search sequences for automated equipment to integrate physical automation with EWM logical structures;

Integrate SAP EWM with warehouse control systems (WCS) and external middleware via IDoc, REST, or messaging; coordinate with WCS vendors on interface contracts; design exception, recovery, and reconciliation logic for automation outages;

Customize ITSmobile templates and HTML/CSS for branded, ergonomic radio-frequency (RF) screens used by warehouse operators on handheld devices;

Apply AI and machine-learning-enabled SAP capabilities to optimize warehouse operations; configure and tune SAP Joule use cases, enabling warehouse super-users to query EWM data via natural language;

Anchor the technical positioning of pursuits by directing RFP narrative development and aligning demonstration storyboards with pre-sales counterparts; grow practice depth by founding SAP EWM/TM/YL learning cohorts and publishing expert-tier EWM solution guides;

Analyze functional scope and non-functional requirements; assess impacts on SAP business enterprise solutions; review system functions and communication methods to support the design of innovative services and programs;

Coordinate with support consultants, business unit leads, and cross-functional teams to drive the delivery of SAP business solutions and ensure go-live readiness;

Host workshops and discovery sessions with client business teams to understand and improve business processes pertaining to logistics execution and warehouse operations;

Test SAP solutions, and support business process redesign and change management; develop test plans, support unit and integration test cycles; conduct analysis of test results to assess defects;

Explore, evaluate, and apply new developments in information technology to improve the technical quality and timely delivery of SAP solutions;

Create training materials, and propagate knowledge within the team; mentor junior personnel through technical onboarding and skill development sessions.

May telecommute from any US location.

Requires up to 50% travel to unanticipated client sites for SAP implementation.

Job site: Position managed from Westernacher & Partner Consulting, Inc., 8 Grove Street, Suite 200, Wellesley, MA 02482. Full-time.

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Education and Experience Requirements

All requirements:

A Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or a closely related field followed by 5 years of post-baccalaureate experience in a computer systems analyst-related occupation.

Experience must include the following, which may have been gained concurrently:

5 years of SAP implementation project experience following the software development lifecycle of designing, developing, testing, and implementing SAP solutions;

5 years of SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) experience setting up Inbound, Outbound, and Internal warehouse processes;

2 years of experience with SAP S/4HANA and SAP EWM core configuration, including RF Framework, Fiori applications, and production integration;

4 years of experience preparing functional specification documents;

4 years of experience conducting fit-gap analyses;

2 years of experience using SAP Activate or ASAP methodology;

2 years of experience integrating SAP EWM with SAP Transportation Management, SAP Yard Logistics, SAP Materials Management, SAP Production Planning, or third-party logistics systems via IDoc, BAPI, or REST/OData APIs;

1 year of experience with AI/ML-enabled SAP capabilities, including SAP Joule, embedded predictive analytics in S/4HANA, or AI-assisted warehouse optimization use cases;

Must have completed at least 2 full life-cycle implementations of SAP EWM.

Travel Requirements

Requires up to 50% travel to unanticipated client sites for SAP implementation.

Telecommuting/Remote Work is Permitted

May telecommute from any US location.

Please copy and paste your resume in the email body (do not send attachments; we cannot open them) and email it to candidates at placementservicesusa.com with job reference #0054-0006 in the subject line.

Thank you.