Job Title: SAP S/4HANA Supply Chain Solution Architect – ISC
Job Type: Full-Time
Location: Charlotte,NC
Experience: 12+ years preferred
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced SAP S/4HANA Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) Solution Architect to lead end-to-end solution architecture for a global SAP S/4HANA transformation.
The ideal candidate will have strong cross-functional expertise across SAP PP, PP/DS, MM, EWM, QM, TM, manufacturing integration , and broader supply chain processes. This role will provide architecture leadership across planning, procurement, manufacturing, inventory, warehousing, logistics, transportation, quality, and supplier collaboration.
Must-Have Technical Skills
- SAP S/4HANA Integrated Supply Chain solution architecture
- Strong expertise across:
- SAP PP / PP-PI
- SAP PP/DS
- SAP MM
- SAP EWM
- SAP QM
- SAP TM
- Manufacturing integration
- End-to-end supply chain process knowledge
- Demand and supply planning
- Production planning and manufacturing
- Procurement and inventory management
- Warehousing and logistics
- Transportation management
- Quality management
- SAP Activate methodology
- Fit-to-Standard and global template design
- Process harmonization across business units and plants
- Integration architecture with MES, PLM, Product Compliance, Trade Compliance, Salesforce/CRM, legacy systems, and enterprise data platforms
- Architecture governance and design review
- SIT, UAT, regression, performance testing, cutover, deployment, and production readiness
Preferred Skills
- SAP Digital Manufacturing
- SAP IBP
- Experience with global SAP S/4HANA transformation programs
- Experience with complex manufacturing environments
- Experience integrating SAP with MES, PLM, enterprise data platforms, and legacy applications
Key Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end ISC solution architecture for SAP S/4HANA transformation.
- Define future-state supply chain processes aligned with SAP standard capabilities.
- Lead Fit-to-Standard workshops and drive global process harmonization.
- Provide architecture leadership across planning, procurement, manufacturing, inventory, warehousing, logistics, transportation, and quality.
- Review and approve functional/technical specifications, solution designs, interfaces, enhancements, reports, forms, and workflows.
- Govern cross-functional dependencies across ISC, Finance, Product Compliance, Trade Compliance, Data, Integration, Security, Basis, Testing, and Deployment teams.
- Define and govern integrations with MES, PLM, legacy applications, and enterprise data platforms.
- Evaluate deviations from the global template and challenge unnecessary customizations.
- Participate in architecture review boards and ensure compliance with program standards and non-functional requirements.
- Identify architecture risks, design gaps, and delivery dependencies and drive them to resolution.
- Ensure end-to-end business process coverage through SIT, UAT, regression, performance testing, and operational readiness.
- Support data migration, cutover planning, deployment readiness, go-live, stabilization, and hypercare.
- Partner with business process owners, functional leads, technical architects, program leadership, vendors, and deployment teams.
- Create architecture views, architecture decision records, roadmaps, and executive-level status updates.
Leadership & Managerial Skills
- Executive stakeholder management
- Cross-functional leadership in a global matrix environment
- Architecture governance and evidence-based decision making
- Workshop facilitation and conflict resolution
- Risk, issue, dependency, and scope management
- Vendor coordination and accountability
- Ability to translate business requirements into scalable SAP solutions
- Mentoring and leadership of functional and technical teams