SAP SCM Functional Lead

SAP SCM Functional Lead - SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Location: Houston, Texas preferred; hybrid with onsite participation

Project:  SAP GROW implementation - Plant Maintenance, Procurement and MRO Inventory

Employment Type: Contract

Position Overview

Resolve Tech Solutions is seeking an experienced SAP SCM Functional Lead to support an SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition (GROW with SAP) implementation for a Houston-area energy client. The consultant will lead the design and delivery of the procurement, materials management and MRO inventory workstreams while ensuring seamless integration with Plant Maintenance/Asset Management and the supporting Finance processes.

The ideal candidate will have direct SAP Public Cloud or GROW implementation experience and a strong understanding of maintenance-driven supply-chain processes in the energy, oil and gas, chemical or industrial manufacturing sectors.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the SAP SCM functional workstream covering Materials Management, procurement, inventory management and maintenance-related MRO processes.

• Facilitate Fit-to-Standard workshops using SAP Best Practices and SAP Activate methodology.

• Design and configure maintenance-driven requisition-to-purchase-order processes.

• Support procurement of maintenance materials, spare parts and external contractor services.

• Configure and validate material masters, purchasing groups, material groups, purchasing information records, storage locations and inventory movements.

• Support MRO inventory processes, including goods receipts, goods issues, stock transfers, inventory visibility, spare-parts bills of material and standard MRP capabilities.

• Ensure effective integration between SAP MM/Inventory, Plant Maintenance/Asset Management and the minimum enabling FI/CO scope.

• Partner with the SAP Plant Maintenance Lead to design end-to-end processes from maintenance demand and work orders through procurement, receipt, consumption, invoice processing and settlement.

• Provide functional leadership for data mapping, migration templates, mock loads and reconciliation of material, vendor and purchasing master data.

• Develop functional specifications, configuration documentation, process flows, test scenarios and key-user enablement materials.

• Lead unit testing, functional validation, integration testing, UAT readiness and defect resolution for the SCM workstream.

• Manage functional decisions, dependencies, risks and scope while maintaining a clean-core, standard SAP Public Cloud solution.

• Support cutover planning, production deployment, hypercare and transition into the ongoing SAP AMS support model.

• Coordinate with client business leaders, maintenance planners, procurement personnel, warehouse teams, Finance stakeholders and other SAP workstream leads.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of SAP SCM functional consulting experience, with deep expertise in SAP MM, procurement and inventory management.

• Experience leading at least one end-to-end SAP S/4HANA implementation.

• Hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition or GROW with SAP strongly preferred.

• Strong understanding of maintenance-driven procurement, contractor-service procurement and MRO/spare-parts inventory processes.

• Demonstrated integration experience across SAP MM, Inventory Management, Plant Maintenance/EAM and FI/CO.

• Experience facilitating Fit-to-Standard workshops and driving adoption of SAP Best Practices.

• Experience with master-data migration, testing, cutover and post-go-live support.

• Ability to translate business requirements into practical, standardized SAP Public Cloud solutions.

• Strong client-facing communication, workshop facilitation and functional leadership skills.

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, approximately 25-week implementation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Based in the Houston area and available for onsite workshops, testing and deployment activities.

• Previous SAP GROW implementation experience.

• Experience with SAP Fiori applications and embedded analytics for procurement and inventory.

• Energy, LNG, oil and gas, chemical, refining or industrial asset-management experience.

• SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition certification.

• Experience transitioning an implementation into an SAP AMS or managed-support model.

Scope Clarification

This position is focused on maintenance-related procurement and MRO inventory. Broader enterprise sourcing transformation, advanced supply-chain planning, manufacturing, warehouse management and custom SAP development are not part of the current Phase 1 scope.