SAP S/4HANA PS with EAM SOLUTION ARCHITECT WITH EPC INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
The SAP S/4HANA Solution Architect will provide end-to-end solution architecture leadership for the SAP S/4HANA rollout, while taking significant hands-on ownership of the SAP Project Systems (PS) & SAP Enterprise Asset management (EAM) solution.
The architect must have broad cross-functional expertise spanning SAP Supply Chain, Logistics, Quality Management, and Finance.
The ideal candidate will combine enterprise-level S/4HANA Solution Architecture capability with deep hands-on SAP PS & EAM expertise and should be comfortable moving between architecture discussions, business workshops, detailed solution design, configuration, integration troubleshooting, testing, and Go-Live support.
Role requires a candidate who has strong FI + CO + MM + SD + EAM + PS cross-functional expertise, with deep hands-on PS configuration.
Key Responsibilities
Overall Solution Architecture
- Lead the overall SAP S/4HANA solution architecture for the North American rollout.
- Review the existing live Global Template architecture and assess its applicability to the Canadian entity.
- Lead cross-functional Fit-to-Template workshops.
- Strong understanding of the integration of FI/CO with MM, SD, EAM, and PS.
- Proven experience as an SAP S/4HANA Solution Architect responsible for end-to-end, cross-functional solution design.
- Strong and demonstrable cross-functional expertise across SAP FI, CO, MM, SD, EAM, and Project Systems (PS).
- Ability to understand and architect end-to-end business processes spanning multiple SAP modules, rather than operating within a single functional silo.
- Define and adapt end-to-end business process architecture across:
- Project Systems
- Procurement
- Inventory Management
- Supply Chain
- Sales & Distribution
- Quality Management
- Finance
- Asset Management / EAM
- Ensure end-to-end integration between functional areas.
- Identify impacts of Canadian requirements on the Global Template.
- Govern local deviations and ensure appropriate architecture approva
- Drive standard SAP functionality and Clean Core principles.
- Review WRICEF requirements and challenge unnecessary custom development.
Required Experience
- 15+ years SAP consulting experience in North America.
- Strong experience at SAP PS / EPPM & EAM, preferably with global SAP S/4HANA implementations in capacity of Solution Lead or Architect.
- Demonstrated experience leading SAP Global Template rollouts with limited localization.
- Strong hands-on experience with SAP PS & EAM configuration in an SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud environment.
- Strong SAP S/4HANA Solution Architecture experience.
- Broad expertise across:
- Supply Chain
- Logistics
- SD
- MM
- Inventory Management
- Quality Management
- Finance
- Strong understanding of end-to-end business processes.
- Experience with RISE with SAP / S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition.
- Strong Clean Core and extensibility knowledge.
- Experience with SAP BTP and Integration Suite is preferred.
- Strong enterprise architecture and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to make cross-functional architecture decisions.
Global Template & Rollout Experience
- Proven experience leading Global Template assessment, localization, and rollout programs.
- Experience distinguishing legitimate local requirements from process preferences that should not drive Global Template deviations.
- Strong experience documenting and governing:
- Fit/Gap decisions
- Localizations
- Architecture decisions
- Design exceptions
- Cross-functional dependencies
- Experience working with global template owners and local business stakeholders.
Data, Testing & Deployment
- Strong understanding of cross-functional data migration dependencies across FI, CO, MM, SD, EAM, and PS.
- Experience validating master data and opening balances across integrated processes.
- Experience leading or supporting:
- SIT
- UAT
- Mock Cutover
- Production Cutover
- Go-Live
- Hypercare
- Ability to identify cross-functional impacts during testing and drive resolution through the appropriate functional and technical teams.
Leadership & Stakeholder Management
- Strong ability to communicate complex SAP architecture and design decisions to both business and technical stakeholders.
- Proven experience leading cross-functional workshops with senior business stakeholders.
- Ability to challenge requirements constructively and drive standardization.
- Strong architecture governance, decision-making, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to provide direction to functional leads while remaining sufficiently hands-on to resolve complex issues, particularly within SAP PS & EAM.
- Experience managing distributed onshore/offshore SAP teams and coordinating multiple functional and technical workstreams.
