Functional Lead- IT

High-Level Scope:

• Integrate S/4 HANA Purchase Orders (PO), Stock Transport Orders (STO), Production Orders, and Material Master Data with a 3rd party system.
• Design the data model from S/4 to the 3rd party and expose it as an OData service.
• Document the 3rd party API (endpoints, parameters, formats).
• Establish secure authentication mechanisms.
• Monitor service consumption, including logs, errors, and performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage business requirements to define, build, configure, document, test, and deliver K-C Supply Planning processes within S/4 HANA.
• Support and implement global rollout of S/4 HANA at an enterprise scale to deliver supply planning business solutions.
• Apply Agile/Scrum practices for feature delivery and support in collaboration with cross-functional IT teams.
• Work closely with ABAP developers to design and validate custom developments, reports, and interfaces.
• Identify and prioritize opportunities for continuous improvement and process optimization within Supply Planning.
• Collaborate with IT, business stakeholders, subject matter experts, consultants, and cross-functional teams to ensure smooth project delivery.
• Ensure robust integration and seamless data exchange with external systems using OData services.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Business, Engineering, or related discipline.

• 5+ years of SAP S/4 HANA implementation experience

  with at least

  5 years in SAP MM and Logistics.

• Hands-on experience with

  2–3 full life cycle S/4 HANA implementations

  (Configuration, E2E testing, deployment).
• Strong expertise in OData services for real-time data access and external system integration.
• Deep configuration knowledge of Intercompany STOs, Purchase Orders, Planned Orders, and Inventory Management.
• Strong understanding of Material Master Data distribution, including Work Centers/Resources, Production Versions, and PDS.
• In-depth knowledge of MRP views in Material Master Data and Material Planning using SAP MRP.
• Expertise in Production Orders, Planned Orders, BOM, Recipes, Work Centers, and Production Versions.
• Familiarity with integration across SAP S/4 modules such as MM, QM, and Logistics.

• Basic ABAP knowledge

  (functional specification creation, debugging, and testing).

• Preferred:

  Experience integrating with Kinaxis (significant advantage).

• Nice to have:

  Basic knowledge of Snowflake Integration.