SAP EWM ASRS Development Lead

Job Title: SAP EWM ASRS Development Lead

Job Location: Dallas, TX

Job Type: Contract

Pay Range: $73.00hr - $78.00hr

Job Overview:

The SAP EWM ASRS Development Lead is responsible for leading the design, development, integration, testing, and deployment of SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) solutions supporting Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (ASRS) across manufacturing and distribution facilities. This role serves as the primary technical liaison between the organization, implementation partners, and automation vendors, ensuring seamless integration between SAP EWM and warehouse automation systems. The successful candidate will provide technical leadership for ASRS-related RICEFW objects, interface development, middleware integration, automation messaging, custom enhancements, and deployment activities while supporting the overall SAP S/4HANA and EWM transformation program. The primary responsibility is the rapid and effective management of the ASRS Development Cycle in accordance with project timelines.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end technical design and development of SAP EWM warehouse automation solutions.
• Define development standards, architecture patterns, and integration frameworks for EWM and ASRS systems.
• Review and approve technical specifications, development objects, and solution designs.
• Provide technical leadership for SAP EWM custom developments, enhancements, reports, interfaces, forms, and workflows.
• Serve as the primary technical contact for automation vendors regarding ASRS integrations.
• Coordinate interface design, message mapping, error handling, acknowledgments, and exception processing between SAP EWM and automation vendor systems.
• Ensure successful implementation of inbound, outbound, inventory, replenishment, and pallet movement integration processes.
• Lead solution design discussions involving ASRS inbound processes, expected pallet receipt integration, putaway and retrieval transactions, inventory synchronization, warehouse task execution, Handling Unit (HU) tracking, and error/exception management.
• Manage SAP EWM technical development activities across ABAP, enhancements/BAdIs, AIF, APIs, Web Services, middleware integrations, event-driven architectures, and warehouse automation interfaces.
• Perform technical reviews, ensure development quality standards are met, and lead unit testing, code reviews, defect resolution, and deployment readiness activities.
• Partner directly with automation vendors, coordinate technical workshops, design sessions, testing cycles, and defect resolution.
• Review vendor specifications, message structures, interface requirements, and integration documentation.
• Escalate and drive resolution of integration issues impacting project timelines.
• Support solution design, build, SIT, UAT, cutover, and hypercare phases while collaborating with SAP EWM Functional Leads, Solution Architects, Integration Architects, and business stakeholders.
• Provide status updates, risk identification, and mitigation plans to program leadership, and support multi-site warehouse deployments and automation rollouts.
• Ensure technical specifications, interface mappings, and support documentation are maintained.
• Establish development governance and change management processes.
• Support audit, compliance, and validation requirements for warehouse execution systems.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Supply Chain Systems, or a related field.
• 10+ years of overall experience (8+ years of SAP technical experience).
• 5+ years of SAP EWM implementation experience.
• 3+ years leading warehouse automation or ASRS integration projects.
• 8+ years of experience in ABAP Development, Enhancements, BAdIs, and RICEFW Objects.
• 3+ years of experience with ASRS/Warehouse Automation Integrations (WCS/WES).
• 5+ years of experience with SAP S/4HANA Integration, AIF, IDocs, APIs, and Middleware.
• Experience working directly with warehouse automation vendors such as System Logistics, Dematic, or Rockwell Intelligrated.
• Experience in manufacturing, food & beverage, distribution & warehousing, supply chain & logistics domains.

Preferred Qualifications:

• SAP EWM Certification.
• SAP S/4HANA Supply Chain / EWM Certification.
• Experience with SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) Integration.
• Experience with SOAP/REST Services and Event-Driven Architectures.
• Food & Beverage Manufacturing domain experience.

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• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Disability Insurance (Short-Term and Long-Term)
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Paid Sick Leave (where required by applicable state or local law)
• Supplemental Insurance Plans
• Identity Theft Protection
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Career Growth and Professional Development Opportunities