SAP Warehouse Management Consultant

Job Title: SAP Warehouse Management Consultant
Location: Remote
Duration: 6+ Months Contract

Required Experience:

Project Overview

Cargill is implementing Embedded Warehouse Management (EWM) within SAP S/4HANA and is seeking a consultant with strong SAP WM/EWM expertise to support the effort.

Key objectives include:

• Establishing a foundational SAP warehouse management template that can be leveraged across additional warehouses and plants.
• Supporting an initial pilot warehouse implementation.
• Ensuring the system is configured correctly based on approved design solutions.
• Supporting the project from requirements gathering through go-live and UAT.
• Providing knowledge transfer and training to internal resources.

Consultant Requirements

Functional Expertise

• Strong SAP Warehouse Management (WM) experience, specifically with Embedded EWM in S/4HANA.
• Focus is on basic EWM functionality, not advanced warehouse automation or advanced EWM capabilities.
• Experience configuring SAP and aligning solutions to business requirements.
• Ability to document current and future state processes.

Project Responsibilities

• Requirements gathering.
• Solution design support.
• SAP configuration.
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT) support.
• Go-live preparation and support.
• Process documentation.
• Training and knowledge transfer to internal team members.

Soft Skills

• Strong communicator who can effectively work across both business and IT teams.
• Able to explain concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Capable of influencing process improvements and driving adoption of new ways of working.
• Sufficient seniority to serve as a trusted advisor and mentor.

Experience Profile

• Full lifecycle implementation experience is more important than total years of experience.
• Approximately 5+ years of relevant SAP WM/EWM experience is sufficient if the candidate has completed end-to-end implementations.
• Looking for someone hands-on who can contribute immediately within a defined project scope.
• This is a relatively short-term, focused implementation effort.

Key Takeaways

• SAP is already integrated; the focus is implementing basic Embedded EWM within S/4HANA.
• Not pursuing advanced EWM functionality.
• Need a senior functional consultant who can:
• Configure SAP correctly.
• Support requirements through go-live.
• Lead UAT activities.
• Document business processes.
• Train and mentor internal resources.
• Bridge communication between business and IT teams.
• Full-cycle implementation experience is the highest priority.

This aligns closely with the guidance in, including emphasis on full lifecycle SAP WM implementations, requirements gathering, configuration, testing/UAT, go-live support, and knowledge transfer.

Non-negotiable communication, ability to communicate

Job description:

Job Description: SAP WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT

Subject matter specialist who will independently maintain, integrate and implement software applications within the organization.
In this role, you will:

• conduct strategic software application testing, quality assurance, configuration, installation and support to ensure smooth, stable and timely implementation of new software and updates to installed applications.
• Assist with the strategy and technical planning of system/application technology in accordance with internal and external software compliance standards. Independently analyze business requirements and prepare detailed technical specifications to write applications and programs.
• Independently perform advanced and highly complex programming, coding and documentation of systems and applications software.
• Compile and prioritize enhancements and defect resolutions to applications, implementing changes.
• Independently conduct or advise others in technical software testing and debugging of systems and software applications, as needed.
• Provide expert thought leadership in your field and work with limited direction, using additional research and interpretation to identify issues or problems.