Location :- Dubai, UAE
Website :- www.staffconnect.ae
Job Role
A UAE-based conglomerate is undertaking a group-wide SAP S/4HANA transformation across multiple businesses. We are looking for an experienced SAP S/4HANA SCM & Manufacturing Lead to act as the client-side functional expert and design authority for supply chain and manufacturing processes. The role will govern solution design, validate System Integrator deliverables, work closely with business stakeholders, and help build long-term in-house SAP capability after go-live.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the client-side functional lead for SAP S/4HANA SCM and Manufacturing across MM, PP, SD and QM, with working capability in WM/EWM and PM.
- Review, challenge, and validate the System Integrator’s solution designs, configurations, developments, and process recommendations.
- Partner with business process owners across entities to translate manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, inventory, sales and quality requirements into practical SAP S/4HANA solutions.
- Drive fit-to-standard workshops, business process design discussions, conference-room pilots, testing, cutover planning, go-live readiness and hypercare support.
- Support data migration activities for master and transactional data, including cleansing, validation, reconciliation and business sign-off support.
- Coordinate with integration teams on SAP interfaces, APIs, middleware, SAP CPI and connected business applications.
- Own post go-live stabilization, functional support, issue resolution, enhancements and continuous improvement across the run phase.
- Build SAP knowledge internally, mentor business super-users and reduce long-term dependency on external vendors.
Required Skills & Experience
- 8+ years of SAP experience in supply chain and/or manufacturing domains.
- At least 2–3 full lifecycle SAP S/4HANA implementation, rollout or transformation projects.
- Strong functional knowledge of SAP S/4HANA MM, PP, SD and QM, with working exposure to WM/EWM and PM.
- Good understanding of discrete manufacturing, make-to-order, make-to-stock, procurement, inventory, logistics, sales and quality processes.
- Ability to independently review functional designs, identify process gaps and challenge non-standard or over-customized solution approaches.
- Experience with testing cycles, cutover, data migration, business readiness and post-go-live stabilization.
- Strong communication, documentation, stakeholder management and workshop facilitation skills.
Preferred / Good-to-Have Skills
- Exposure to SAP clean-core principles, released APIs, CDS views, extensibility and SAP BTP concepts.
- Working knowledge of SAP Fiori applications and how they support business processes in S/4HANA.
- Planning exposure in PP-DS or SAP IBP is an advantage.
- Experience with variant configuration in LO-VC or AVC is desirable.
- Experience in Oracle EBS-to-SAP S/4HANA migration environments will be an added advantage.
- SAP S/4HANA certification in relevant logistics, manufacturing or supply chain modules is preferred.
- GCC/Middle East experience is preferred but not required.