SAP Functional Consultant

Job Title: Senior SAP Functional Consultant Electronics & Manufacturing

Department: Information Technology / ERP / Digital Transformation

Reporting To: ERP Program Head / Head IT & Digital / CIO / Business Head

Employment Type: Full-time (Employee)

Location: Bangalore / Onsite (as per project requirement)

Role Summary

The Senior SAP Functional Consultant will be responsible for end-to-end SAP functional consulting, implementation, and optimization for Electronics and Manufacturing business processes. The role requires strong functional expertise, business process understanding, and project management capabilities to ensure SAP solutions are aligned with organizational goals, compliance requirements, and operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end SAP implementations, rollouts, and enhancements across Electronics / Manufacturing business functions
• Conduct business requirement gathering, process mapping, fit-gap analysis, and solution design
• Configure SAP modules based on business needs and industry best practices
• Prepare functional specifications (FS) and collaborate with ABAP / technical teams for developments
• Support unit testing, integration testing, UAT, cutover, go-live and hypercare activities
• Act as functional project lead, managing timelines, risks, dependencies, and deliverables
• Coordinate with business stakeholders, IT teams, and system integrator partners
• Ensure integration across SAP modules and with external systems (PLM, MES, third-party tools)
• Support L2/L3 production issues, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Ensure adherence to documentation standards, internal controls, audit, and compliance requirements

Electronics & Manufacturing Domain Responsibilities

Understand and map Electronics manufacturing processes including:

• Engineering and product lifecycle management
• Bill of Materials (BOM), routings, and variants
• Production planning, MRP, and capacity planning
• Quality management, traceability, and compliance
• Inventory, warehouse, and logistics processes
• Translate complex business requirements into robust and scalable SAP solutions

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelors degree in Engineering, Information Technology, or related discipline
• 10-12 years of hands-on SAP Functional Consulting experience
• Experience in minimum 23 full lifecycle SAP implementation projects
• Strong exposure to Electronics / Hi-Tech / Discrete Manufacturing domain
• Proven experience in project coordination or functional project leadership
• Strong documentation, analytical, and stakeholder management skills

SAP Module Expertise

• SAP QM Quality Management
• SAP MM Materials Management
• SAP FI/CO Integration understanding preferred
• Exposure to SAP S/4 HANA is highly desirable
• SAP PP – Production Planning
• SAP SD – Sales & Distribution