SAP S/4HANA Transportation Management (TM) Consultant (AMS)
Location: Forest City or Eagen near Minneapolis area
Role summary
Serve as the primary functional consultant for SAP S/4HANA Transportation Management (TM) in an Application Management Services (AMS) model. Own steady-state support, incident/problem resolution, minor enhancements, and continuous improvement across transportation planning, execution, settlement, and analytics-ensuring stable operations and SLA performance.
Key responsibilities (AMS-focused)
- Provide L2/L3 functional support for SAP TM (incidents, service requests, problems, changes) aligned to ITIL/AMS governance.
- Perform triage and root-cause analysis for planning/execution failures (order integration, freight units, planning runs, tendering, event handling, charges).
- Support and configure end-to-end TM processes:
- Order integration from SD deliveries, STOs, purchase orders, or ERP shipments (as applicable)
- Transportation planning (manual/optimizer-assisted), freight unit/building, routing, carrier selection
- Tendering (spot/contract), acceptance/rejection, re-tender and exception handling
- Execution: bookings, load building, shipment documents, status updates, event management (if used)
- Freight settlement: charge calculation, disputes, accruals/settlement documents, integration to FI/CO
- Manage minor enhancements/config changes (profiles, planning settings, charge calculation, statuses, output forms) including documentation and testing.
- Support monitoring and controls: TM cockpit, message logs, integration queues, and operational KPIs; reduce repeats via RCA and knowledge articles.
- Partner with business stakeholders (transport ops, procurement, finance) to refine requirements, prioritize backlog, and deliver improvements.
- Support release management: impact assessment, regression testing, UAT support, and cutover activities.
- Maintain support artifacts: runbooks, SOPs, process flows, functional specs, and training/KT materials.
Required functional expertise
- Strong hands-on SAP S/4HANA experience in TM including planning, tendering, execution, and settlement.
- Solid understanding of integration touchpoints with:
- 3PL , EWM (warehouse handoffs where applicable)
- Carrier connectivity (middleware/EDI/API patterns) and exception management
- Experience working in an AMS model with SLA-driven ticketing (ServiceNow/Jira) and structured RCA.
Technical and delivery skills
- Ability to translate issues into actionable analysis for technical teams (ABAP, CPI Integration Suite).
- Comfortable with TM monitoring tools/logs, interface/error handling, and Batch job monitoring .
- Strong stakeholder management and communication in a fast-paced operations environment.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience).
- 5+ years (typical) SAP logistics experience with meaningful depth in SAP TM.
- Transportation domain experience (parcel/LTL/TL/ocean/air) preferred.
Nice-to-have
- Exposure to 3PL ,SAP EWM , CPI or advanced analytics/reporting for logistics.
- Experience with rate management, complex charge calculation, and carrier contract processes.
- SAP TM certification.
Success measures (typical AMS KPIs)
- SLA attainment, reduced planning/execution disruptions, lower repeat incidents through RCA.
- High-quality releases with low defect leakage; improved stakeholder satisfaction and measurable process efficiency.
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