SAP S/4HANA Functional Consultant

Position Overview

Working Hours:

• August, September, October, February, March: IST working hours
• November, December, January, April, May, June: Korea or Australia working hours

About the Role

We are seeking an exceptionally talented and highly experienced SAP S/4HANA Advanced Available-to-Promise (aATP) Functional Consultant to support the design, configuration, testing, cutover, deployment, and stabilization of SAP S/4HANA aATP solutions for implementation projects across South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand.

This is a hands-on implementation delivery role requiring deep, dedicated SAP aATP expertise and multiple full-lifecycle SAP S/4HANA implementation experiences. The consultant will work closely with business stakeholders, solution architects, integration teams, system integrators, and regional process owners across the APAC region.

Critical Requirement

This is not a support or AMS role. Candidates whose experience is primarily focused on production support, incident management, or ticket-based support will not be considered.

Candidates must have a minimum of 8 years of dedicated SAP aATP experience, including substantial hands-on experience delivering SAP S/4HANA implementation projects.

Key Responsibilities

1. SAP S/4HANA aATP Solution Design & Delivery

• Lead the end-to-end design and delivery of SAP S/4HANA aATP solutions across implementation and rollout phases.
• Facilitate fit-gap assessments, requirements workshops, process-design discussions, and solution blueprinting.
• Translate business requirements into scalable SAP aATP solutions aligned with global template standards and regional business requirements.
• Own functional design decisions and provide expert-level SAP aATP subject matter expertise.
• Ensure solution designs support business priorities while maintaining global template integrity.

2. Advanced Available-to-Promise Functional Scope

Provide hands-on functional expertise across the following SAP S/4HANA aATP capabilities:

• Product Availability Check (PAC)
• Backorder Processing (BOP)
• Product Allocation (PAL)
• Alternative-Based Confirmation (ABC)
• Supply Protection (SUP)
• Release for Delivery (RfD)
• Availability Check Control
• Confirmation strategies
• Checking groups and checking rules
• Business prioritization rules
• Fulfillment and confirmation logic
• Material availability and supply allocation processes

3. Cross-Functional Integration

• Partner closely with SAP SD / Order-to-Cash, MM, EWM, PP, TM, FI/CO, Master Data, and Integration teams.
• Ensure effective aATP integration with:
• Sales orders
• Deliveries
• Warehouse processes
• Production and supply processes
• Inventory planning
• External fulfillment systems
• External planning and integration platforms
• Collaborate with technical teams on WRICEF objects, enhancements, interfaces, and CPI/integration requirements.
• Analyze cross-functional impacts and ensure end-to-end process integrity.

4. Testing, Cutover & Deployment

• Prepare and review Functional Design Documents, configuration documentation, test scripts, and solution specifications.
• Lead and support SIT, UAT, defect triage, regression testing, and solution validation for aATP processes.
• Support cutover planning, go-live preparation, deployment readiness, and hypercare stabilization.
• Drive timely issue resolution while maintaining global template integrity and regional deployment commitments.
• Support deployment teams throughout implementation and go-live activities.

5. Stakeholder Engagement

• Serve as the functional SAP S/4HANA aATP SME within the Aurora program.
• Engage directly with business users, process owners, deployment leads, system integrators, solution architects, and technical workstreams.
• Lead business and solution workshops.
• Present solution options and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Document design decisions and drive alignment across countries and workstreams.
• Effectively communicate complex aATP concepts to both technical and business audiences.

Required Skills & Experience

Mandatory Requirements

• 8+ years of dedicated SAP aATP experience, with deep hands-on configuration and implementation delivery expertise.
• Multiple SAP S/4HANA implementation experiences; a minimum of three full-lifecycle implementations is strongly preferred.
• Strong hands-on implementation experience with:
• PAC
• BOP
• PAL
• ABC
• Supply Protection
• Release for Delivery
• Deep understanding of Order-to-Cash (O2C) processes and aATP integration with sales, inventory, delivery, and fulfillment processes.
• Strong understanding of:
• Material availability
• Supply allocation
• Inventory management
• Fulfillment confirmation
• Confirmation strategies and prioritization
• Experience working on large-scale, global, multi-country SAP transformation programs.
• FMCG / Consumer Products experience is strongly preferred.
• Strong functional documentation, configuration, testing, deployment, cutover, and go-live experience.
• Demonstrated ability to lead business workshops and work directly with senior stakeholders and regional deployment teams.
• Knowledge of SAP Fiori applications relevant to SAP aATP.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills

• SAP EWM and/or SAP TM integration experience.
• Experience designing and working with interfaces and integration solutions.
• Prior experience in FMCG, Consumer Products, or Manufacturing industries.
• Experience supporting APAC rollouts and multi-country deployment programs.
• Experience working with global SAP templates and regional localization requirements.

Soft Skills & Competencies

• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
• Ability to work independently in fast-paced transformation and rollout environments.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively across functional, technical, business, and system-integrator teams.
• Ability to manage competing priorities across multiple countries, project teams, and delivery timelines.
• Strong ownership mindset with the ability to drive deliverables through to completion.
• Comfortable working with geographically distributed teams and flexible working hours aligned to regional deployment requirements.

Implementation Focus

The selected consultant will be responsible for SAP S/4HANA aATP implementation deliverables supporting deployments across South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand.

The primary focus of the role will be:

• Solution design and blueprinting
• Hands-on aATP configuration
• Functional documentation
• Business requirements and fit-gap analysis
• Integration design and coordination
• SIT and UAT
• Defect resolution and solution validation
• Cutover and deployment readiness
• Go-live execution
• Hypercare and stabilization
• Regional rollout support while maintaining global template integrity

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will be a senior SAP S/4HANA aATP specialist, rather than a general SAP SD or supply-chain consultant, with extensive dedicated aATP implementation experience and a proven track record of delivering complex, multi-country S/4HANA transformations.

Candidates with primarily SAP support/AMS experience, without substantial hands-on aATP implementation experience, will not be considered.