SAP MM Consultant - FORD chennai

Skills Required:SAP S4 HANA, Materials ManagementSkills Preferred:Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) 6+ years SAP MM Functional experience with preferably with greenfield implementation experienceExperience Required:Engineer 3 Exp: Proficient In 2 coding lang. or adv. Prac. in 1 lang. 6+ years in IT; 4+ years in developmentExperience Preferred:0Education Required:Bachelor's DegreeEducation Preferred:Master's DegreeAdditional Information:Functional & Design End-to-End Ownership: Drive assigned functional areas with full accountability, from initial requirement gathering to post-production stability. Business Analysis: Review and analyze Fords business processes; conduct Fit-Gap analysis between "As-Is" designs and "To-Be" functional requirements. Documentation & Specification: Create high-quality Functional Design Documents (FDD), Technical Design Documents (TDD), use cases, and user stories. Technical Collaboration: Partner with Software Engineers (ABAP, GCP/PCF, Fiori) to translate functional requirements into technical solutions. 2. Operational Support & Delivery Production Support: Provide day-to-day operational support for SAP MM processes, ensuring timely troubleshooting and resolution of critical issues. Global Deployment: Support the pilot launch and global rollout, including cutover activities, data profiling, extraction, and cleansing. Continuous Improvement: Proactively identify and implement initiatives to reduce operational pain points and enhance the user experience. Testing Excellence: Lead and support various testing phases, including Functional, Security, Integration (SIT), and User Acceptance Testing (UAT). 3. Integration SME Expertise: Act as a Subject Matter Expert for Source-to-Pay processes within the automotive industry to help define the global design roadmap. Legacy Integration: Analyze requirements for integrating SAP S/4 HANA with Ford’s legacy non-SAP systems. Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with Ford Business teams, IT partners, and implementation vendors to align on ERP scope and delivery timelines.