SAP TMS (Transportation Management Specialist) Consultant - Remote

***Please note that our customer is currently not considering applicants from the following locations: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Tennessee.***

Our Customer is a corporation that develops, manufactures, and markets robotic products designed to improve clinical outcomes of patients through minimally invasive surgery. Founded in 1995, their goal was to create innovative, robotic-assisted systems that help empower doctors and hospitals to make surgery less invasive than an open approach. Working with the top medical professionals, they continue to develop new, minimally invasive surgical platforms and future diagnostic tools to help solve complex healthcare challenges around the world.

We are seeking a SAP TMS Consultant on a contract basis to support our Customer's business needs. This role is 100% remote in PST hours.


Responsibilities:

• Project leadership and support of all active units and departments using SAP, with primary focus area on Transportation Management
• Transport Management: Complete process know-how of transportation management processes, configuring and customizing Order.
• Management processes OTR/DTR creation to FUBR, VSR Optimizer Planning, Transport Execution, Event Management & Settlement (FCC) process.
• Consult & support the business team for handling queries in SAP TM
• Review, analyze, and evaluate as-is business processes for transportation management within the Logistics Execution work stream.
• Designs to-be business processes for transportation management based on SAP integration to TMS.
• Lead and assist in SAP design sessions.
• Should be able to create OSS messages in case of standard issues and interact with Basis, SAP, and functional team to take issues to resolution.
• Support business users in delivery of end user training.
• Create and manage SAP project activities to implement or deploy capabilities as required: blueprints, gap analysis, end-to-end process design, testing strategy, cutover plans, training, etc.
• Build and deliver executive communication regarding project strategy decisions on scope, cost & quality.
• Perform or manage production support of SAP business processes as needed.
• Act as escalation point for solution design or troubleshooting.
• Configure and maintain the relevant ECC/S4 HANA components including but not limited to SAP TM (including documentation)

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of overall experience with minimum 5 years of SAP TMS experience + at least 1 life cycle implementation is must
• SAP TMS (Strong and latest experience) + Logistics (good to have)
• Good Knowledge in Enterprise Structure: Mapping of Organizational Structure of Company, Customizing Carrier Master data aligned to Purchase Organization, Plant codes & Company codes.
• Warehouse, distribution, and transportation logistics business process knowledge and experience as well as compliance and documentation.
• Exposure to shipper scenario with all modes of transport Road, ocean, Rail and Ocean.
• Strong knowledge in Transport Planning Processes and configure, customize, trouble shoot Selection profiles (Planning, Carrier etc.,) based on business requirements.
• Ability to handle tasks independently and be a proactive solution provider.
• Knowledge of TM integration with MM, SD & FICO
• Skills in Identifying and resolving issues by analyzing functionality and determining solutions.
• Proactive and ensure task is completed as per expectations.
• Strong communication skills (English) and soft skills (attitude and aptitude)

We offer a competitive salary range for this position. Most candidates who join our team are hired at the median of this range, ensuring fair and equitable compensation based on experience and qualifications.

Perks are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record (Available upon completion of waiting period for eligible engagements)

Health Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life (including spouse & child), 401k, STD/LTD, AD&D, and Commuter Benefits program.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.