JOB DESCRIPTION

SAP TM & BN4L Lead Consultant

Experience: 8-12+ years in SAP, including 5+ years in SAP TM

Location: Nearshore with US time-zone overlap

Project Type: SAP S/4HANA TM and BN4L rollout and implementation

We are seeking an experienced SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM) and SAP Business Network for Logistics (BN4L) Lead Consultant to support end-to-end implementation and rollout activities for a US-based client. The consultant will lead solution design, configuration, integration, testing, carrier onboarding, deployment, cutover, hypercare, and stakeholder coordination across transportation and logistics processes.

Mandatory

Mandatory:

• SAP TM Skills
• Transportation Planning and Transportation Cockpit
• Freight Unit Building Rules (FUBR) and freight unit management
• Freight Order and Freight Booking management
• Carrier selection, tendering, confirmation, and transportation execution
• Transportation Charge Management, rate tables, freight agreements, charge calculation sheets, and freight settlement
• Planning profiles, selection profiles, BRF+, PPF actions, and VSR optimizer concepts
• SAP TM integration with SAP S/4HANA, EWM, SD, MM, and FI/CO
• SAP Fiori applications and interface/background-job monitoring
• BN4L Skills
• Hands-on experience with SAP Business Network for Logistics / Logistics Business Network (BN4L/LBN).
• Carrier onboarding and carrier-network configuration.
• Freight tendering and carrier collaboration through BN4L.
• Shipment visibility, track-and-trace, event and milestone processing.
• EDI/IDoc integration and troubleshooting between SAP TM, BN4L, carriers, and external logistics platforms.
• Experience resolving tender-response failures, connectivity issues, and transaction exceptions.
• Integration and Technical Exposure
• EDI transactions such as 204, 210, 214, and 990.
• IDoc, API, and SAP Integration Suite / CPI concepts.
• Project44 or similar transportation visibility platform integration.
• BOPF framework, BRF+, PPF, Fiori, and SAP TM enhancement concepts.
• Data migration using applicable SAP tools such as BAPI, migration templates, or approved conversion utilities.
• Working knowledge of ServiceNow, Jira, and SAP Solution Manager.
• Project Delivery Experience
• Minimum two end-to-end SAP TM implementations, with at least one rollout or template-deployment engagement.
• Experience covering design, build, testing, deployment, cutover, go-live, hypercare, and stabilization.
• Ability to estimate effort, plan deliverables, identify dependencies, and manage cross-functional issues.
• Experience working in an onsite, nearshore, and offshore delivery model with US stakeholders.
• Behavioral and Client-Facing Skills
• Strong communication, workshop facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable SAP TM and BN4L solutions.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and decision-making capabilities.
• Ability to work independently, coordinate distributed teams, and manage competing priorities.
• Willingness to support US business hours and critical deployment activities when required.

Nice to Have:

• SAP TM certification or equivalent demonstrated implementation expertise.
• Experience in consumer products, manufacturing, retail, beverage, logistics, or supply-chain industries.
• Knowledge of road, intermodal, ocean, and international transportation processes.
• Understanding of transportation compliance, dangerous goods, freight cost posting, and audit-relevant settlement controls.
• Prior experience as a workstream lead, solution lead, or rollout lead.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead requirement-gathering, fit-gap, solution-design, and process-validation workshops with business and IT stakeholders.
• Design and configure SAP TM processes, including transportation planning, freight units, freight orders, freight bookings, carrier selection, tendering, execution, charge management, and freight settlement.
• Define and deploy transportation master data, including business partners, locations, transportation zones, lanes, resources, means of transport, and planning profiles.
• Execute rollout activities using the approved global template while identifying localization, legal, operational, and integration gaps.
• Coordinate BN4L carrier onboarding, network configuration, tender collaboration, track-and-trace, milestone updates, proof-of-delivery, and document exchange.
• Lead integration design and issue resolution across SAP S/4HANA, EWM, SD, MM, FI/CO, BN4L, Project44, EDI platforms, and external carrier systems.
• Prepare functional specifications and work closely with ABAP, Basis, Security, Fiori, and integration teams for developments and enhancements.
• Plan and support unit testing, functional testing, SIT, UAT, dress rehearsal, cutover, go-live, hypercare, and stabilization.
• Manage defects, risks, dependencies, business readiness, and deployment status; provide clear reporting to US client stakeholders.

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