SAP Business Network Supply Chain Collaboration Consultant

AMS is a global workforce solutions partner committed to creating inclusive, dynamic, and future-ready workplaces. We help organisations adapt, grow, and thrive in an ever-evolving world by building, shaping, and optimising diverse talent strategies.

Our Contingent Workforce Solutions (CWS) is one of our service offerings. Acting as an extension of their recruitment teams, we connect them with skilled interim and temporary professionals, fostering workplaces where everyone can contribute and succeed.

Our Client is a big four consultancy firm with a global presence, operating in over 150 countries. This organisation works with many public and private companies spanning multiple industries. The advisory work that they cover spans across audit, Accountancy, tax, corporate finance and consulting.

On behalf of this organisation, AMS are looking for a SAP Business Network Supply Chain Collaboration Consultant for a 6-month contract based in London, (hybrid with regular travel to Barcelona).

Purpose of the role:

We are looking for an experienced SAP Business Network for Supply Chain consultant with hands-on experience delivering end-to-end Supply Chain Collaboration implementations.

The successful candidate will have strong functional knowledge of Order Collaboration, Forecast Collaboration and Supplier-Managed Inventory, including integration with SAP ECC or SAP S/4HANA.

What you'll do:

• Lead/support end-to-end SAP Business Network Supply Chain Collaboration implementations, covering requirements, solution design, configuration, testing, deployment and hypercare.
• Run client workshops and translate procurement, logistics, planning, inventory and supplier collaboration requirements into SAP Business Network solutions.
• Design and configure Order Collaboration, Forecast Collaboration and Supplier-Managed Inventory (SMI) processes, including forecasting, replenishment, inventory visibility, supplier commitments and exception management.
• Define and support SAP Business Network integration with SAP S/4HANA using SAP Integration Suite, Managed Gateway (CIG), APIs and IDocs, including document flows, mappings, interfaces and error handling.
• Assess configuration and master data dependencies, validate end-to-end business scenarios, and develop functional specifications for integrations, enhancements and reporting.
• Support SIT, UAT and supplier testing, resolve functional/integration issues, and coordinate onboarding, enablement and transaction support across suppliers, client teams and SAP.
• Plan and execute supplier enablement, including onboarding strategy, registration, account setup, testing, training, communications and support processes.
• Support cutover, go-live, hypercare, knowledge transfer and training, while establishing monitoring, exception management and operational support processes.
• Manage delivery risks, dependencies, project planning, effort estimation, status reporting and stakeholder management throughout the programme.

The skills you'll need:

• At least one complete end-to-end implementation of SAP Business Network Supply Chain Collaboration integrated with SAP ECC or SAP S/4HANA, including hands-on Order Collaboration experience and practical experience with Forecast Collaboration and Supplier-Managed Inventory.
• Strong understanding of supply-chain processes covering procurement, forecasting, replenishment, inventory visibility and inbound logistics, as well as buyer and supplier document flows across SAP Business Network.
• Experience enabling both portal-based and integrated suppliers, including supplier assessment, onboarding, relationship establishment, account configuration, trading-partner setup and testing.
• Working knowledge of SAP ECC or SAP S/4HANA Materials Management and relevant supply-chain processes.
• Experience in preparing workshop documentation, SAP Signavio process flow and producing functional, solution-design and integration documentation.
• Experience supporting integration testing, user acceptance testing, supplier testing, cutover, go-live and hypercare.
• Strong stakeholder-management and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with business users, IT teams, suppliers and third-party implementation partners.
• Ability to work independently, take ownership of assigned solution and delivery areas, and coordinate cross-functional activities.

Next steps

This client will only accept workers operating via an Umbrella or PAYE engagement model.

If you are interested in applying for this position and meet the criteria outlined above, please click the link to apply and we will contact you with an update in due course.

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