SAP Solution Architect

Role:-   Senior SAP Solution Architect (Logistics and TMS)

Location:-  Houston, TX (Two days work from Spring, TX office) is mandatory

Fulltime

 

Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities:

We are seeking a Senior SAP Solution Architect (Logistics and TMS)  with 15+ years of experience to lead architecture and delivery of large-scale, high value global logistics, and transportation, transformation programs.

The role requires deep, hands on expertise across SAP S/4HANA Logistics Execution (LE TRA), Material Management (MM), ARIBA SCC, EDI and IG guide configuration, 3PL and 4PL logistics, Sales & Distribution (SD –  Secondary Skill), and enterprise Transportation Management Systems (TMS). The architect will be accountable for end to end solution design, ensuring seamless integration between order management, procurement, inventory, transportation execution, billing, and financial settlement

Roles & Responsibilities

End to End Solution Architecture

Own the overall SAP logistics and transportation solution architecture spanning:

SAP MM (Procurement, Inventory Management, STOs)

SAP LE TRA (Shipment creation, execution, freight settlement)

SAP S/4HANA SD (Order to Cash, Secondary Skill)

Enterprise Transportation Management System (any leading TMS software- SAP TMS, BY TMS, Oracle TMS)

Design future state architectures that ensure seamless flow from:

Customer order to delivery and final shipment to customer 

Procurement and internal stock movements

Delivery, shipment, carrier execution

Billing, freight settlement, and financial posting

Define clear functional and system boundaries between SAP modules, boundary applications, and TMS to avoid duplication, ensure clean ownership, and simplify operations.

Procurement, Inventory & MM Integration

Design MM and Inventory Management integrations with LE and TMS, including:

Procurement flows and inbound logistics

Stock transfers (STO) and intercompany movements

Inventory visibility across plants, storage locations, and distribution centers

Customer order and STO to outbound logistics, shipment 

Ensure clean linkage between MM, WM/EWM (where applicable), LE TRA, and TMS.

Support network and inventory optimization initiatives across hubs, 3PL, 4PL, DCs, and consolidation centers

High Value Program Leadership

Provide architecture leadership for multi year, multi million dollar global transformation programs.

Support discovery, blueprinting, rollout, and stabilization phases with strong architectural governance.

Agile Delivery & Architecture Governance

Act as the architecture authority within Agile, SAFe, or hybrid delivery models.

Translate business epics across MM, LE, SD, ARIBA SCC and TMS into architecture ready features and solution designs.

Balance incremental delivery with long term architecture sustainability and roadmap alignment

Integration & Data Architecture

Define and govern integration architecture across SAP modules (MM, WM, eWM, LE, SD), TMS, carriers, 3PLs, Middleware and external platforms.

Oversee EDI, API, and event driven integrations for orders, deliveries, shipments, freight, and invoices.

Establish master data governance across customers, materials, routes, carriers, rates, and locations.

Vendor & SI Governance

Provide architectural leadership and assurance for System Integrators and technology vendors.

Review and approve:

Solution Design Documents (SDD)

Technical Design Documents (TDD)

Integration, migration, and rollout strategies

Ensure SI proposals and solutions align with enterprise architecture standards, business objectives, and commercial commitments