Senior Functional Consultant - P2P

Role Purpose:

We are seeking an experienced Procure-to-Pay (P2P) Senior Consultant with a strong background in the retail industry to support the SAP S/4HANA stores rollout. The consultant will play a critical role in designing, reviewing, and deploying P2P processes across store and distribution centre operations, with a focus on retail-specific requirements, functional specification reviews, and integration oversight.

The ideal candidate will have expertise in SAP S/4HANA Materials Management and Invoice Verification, IS-Retail purchasing and replenishment, supplier and vendor management, and the integration of procurement with finance, logistics and store operations.

Role Details Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

Functional Specification Review:

• Collaborate with retail buying, supply chain and store operations stakeholders to gather and document P2P requirements specific to the store rollout.
• Review and validate functional specifications for P2P processes, ensuring alignment with retail industry best practices and SAP standards.
• Provide recommendations for process optimization across purchase requisitions, purchase orders, goods receipt, invoice verification, consignment, rebates and vendor reconciliation.

Integration Oversight:

• Oversee the integration of P2P processes with retail-specific components such as SAP IS-Retail article master, SAP EWM, SAP Ariba and downstream Finance (FI/CO) postings.
• Manage end-to-end data flow between store replenishment, distribution centre inventory management, supplier invoicing and financial reporting.
• Validate test scenarios, integration tests, and UAT results to ensure seamless integration across procurement, logistics and finance streams.

Retail-Specific Procurement Compliance:

• Define and implement purchasing and invoice verification configurations tailored for retail, ensuring compliance with regional VAT requirements and MAF procurement policy.
• Design automated three-way match, tolerance and self-billing processes for high-volume retail transactions.
• Coordinate integration with supplier portals, EDI partners and third-party procurement platforms used across the retail supply base.

Project Management Support:

• Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) for P2P in retail processes throughout the rollout lifecycle, from design through store go-live and hypercare.
• Identify risks and propose mitigation strategies for rollout-specific challenges, such as high purchase order volumes, supplier onboarding and store readiness.
• Ensure alignment of rollout milestones related to procurement readiness, master data and integration.

Stakeholder Collaboration:

• Act as the primary contact for P2P topics in the retail stream, collaborating with buying and merchandising teams, supply chain, finance, SAP consultants, and external suppliers.
• Conduct workshops and training sessions for store and buying users to drive adoption of P2P functionalities.

Functional/Technical Competencies

Experience:

• Minimum 10+ years of experience in SAP MM/P2P with at least 2 full-cycle SAP S/4HANA implementations or rollouts.
• Proven expertise in retail procurement processes, including store replenishment, purchasing, goods receipt and multi-location supplier management.
• Strong background in P2P processes: requisitioning, purchasing, inventory postings, logistics invoice verification, and accounts payable integration.
• Hands-on experience in SAP S/4HANA store rollout and multi-site deployment projects.

Technical Skills:

• Knowledge of SAP MM configuration, pricing and condition techniques, output determination and release strategies.
• Experience with retail-specific SAP modules (e.g., IS-Retail, EWM, Ariba, CAR).
• Proficiency in functional spec documentation and SAP module integration.
• Familiarity with Fiori apps for procurement and S/4HANA retail innovations.

Soft Skills:

• Strong communication skills for engaging with cross-functional and store-based teams.
• Analytical mindset to identify gaps and propose tailored solutions.
• Ability to manage high-pressure environments with fixed store opening deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications:

• SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement Certification.
• Experience with large-scale retail SAP projects involving multi-location, multi-country and multi-currency operations.
• Familiarity with Agile or hybrid project methodologies.