Senior SAP Solution Architect (SAP TM Transformation)

Position: Senior SAP Solution Architect SAP TM Transformation

Location: Mostly remote (with some limited travel; client will pay expenses)

Employment type: Contract-to-hire

Years of experience: 15+ years

Mandatory skills: SAP, S/4HANA, SAP Transportation Management (TM), SAP LE-TRA (Logistics Execution - Transportation), End-to-end SAP Solutions Architecture, SAP Integration Architecture (EDI/IDoc/XML/PO/Event-Driven), Legacy SAP Landscape & Customization Assessment, Large-Scale SAP Transformation & Architecture Governance

Skills & Experience:

• Deep hands-on experience with SAP Transportation Management (TM) and SAP LE-TRA (Logistics Execution Transportation). Preferably SAP TM certified.
• Strong experience with LE-TRA to SAP TM transformation in complex, highly integrated SAP landscapes
• Good understanding of transportation and warehousing ecosystems and external platforms such as Blue Yonder TMS, Blue Yonder PrIME, MIC, and similar solutions
• Strong knowledge of enterprise integration technologies and patterns, including EDI, IDoc, XML, SAP PO and event-driven integration
• Proven ability to assess complex legacy landscapes, dependencies and customizations and translate them into viable target architecture and transition options
• Excellent stakeholder communication and advisory skills; ability to act as a trusted advisor, articulate architectural trade-offs, and drive discovery and solution decision-making
• Strong understanding of large-scale SAP transformation delivery, architecture governance and implementation lifecycle

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Own the end-to-end solution architecture for the global LE-TRA SAP TM transformation
• Lead Discovery / Phase 0, fit-gap analysis, architecture option assessment and PoC activities
• Define the target architecture and transition strategy across SAP TM, LE-TRA and S/4HANA
• Own end-to-end solution design across SAP TM, Blue Yonder TMS, WMS/PrIME/RTCIS, MIC and related integrations, supported by domain SMEs
• Drive the redesign of LE-TRA shipment-centric processes into the SAP TM FO/FU/event-based model
• Define the remediation strategy for 2,000+ shipment-dependent custom objects and legacy dependencies
• Own integration architecture, interface principles and event-driven patterns in collaboration with account integration teams
• Define coexistence, migration, cutover and phased rollout architecture
• Lead the Design Authority and govern key architectural decisions, exceptions and deviations
• Ensure global template consistency, scalability and reuse across EMEA, Asia and NALA
• Translate architecture into executable scope, estimates, roadmap and implementation approach
• Provide architectural leadership throughout Discovery Design Build Test Deployment Hypercare
• Act as the senior technical counterpart to P&G architecture teams, DXC product teams and external vendors
• Own architectural risks, cross-solution dependencies and overall solution integrity and technical quality

What We Are Not Looking For:

• A standard/Greenfield SAP TM implementation profile only the key requirement is transformation of a complex, highly customized and integrated legacy landscape
• Deep P&G-specific solution knowledge this will be supplemented by the existing account and product teams
• End-to-end program/project management ownership
• A configuration-focused / cookbook SAP TM implementation profile
• SAP Basis, infrastructure or TM installation expertise
• Deep hands-on expertise in individual third-party platforms domain SMEs will supplement the architect where required