SAP EWM Solution Architect
SAP EWM Solution Architect - Warehouse Automation
An experienced SAP EWM Solution Architect is required to support a large-scale SAP EWM Transformation programme with a strong focus on warehouse automation and intralogistics integration.
This role requires a senior-level EWM architect who can design and lead end-to-end solutions across SAP EWM, MFS, and automated warehouse technologies, acting as the bridge between functional EWM design, technical integration, and customer-facing architecture discussions.
The successful contractor will play a key role in shaping the automation strategy, defining integration approaches, and working closely with stakeholders across IT, systems integrators, and warehouse automation vendors.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead SAP EWM solution architecture for a complex warehouse automation programme
- Design end-to-end SAP EWM-centric automation solutions supporting high-volume operations
- Own architecture and design for EWM-integrated automation including:
- Automated Storage & Retrieval Systems (AS/RS)
- Goods-to-Person (G2P/G2P2) solutions
- Conveyor and sortation systems
- Warehouse Control Systems (WCS)
- Define and design SAP EWM MFS (Material Flow System) architecture
- Lead integration discussions across:
- SAP EWM
- MFS
- PLC systems (via Middleware)
- Third-party automation platforms
- Translate business and operational requirements into scalable functional and technical designs
- Act as a senior customer-facing architect, confidently discussing:
- Solution options
- Trade-offs
- Integration constraints
- Automation best practices
- Support blueprinting, design governance, and build oversight through the delivery life cycle
- Collaborate with EWM functional leads, technical teams, and external automation partners
Essential Skills & Experience
- 10+ years SAP EWM experience, with recent hands-on Solution Architect roles
- Proven experience delivering SAP EWM in automated warehouse environments
- Strong expertise in SAP EWM MFS (Material Flow System)
- Demonstrable experience integrating SAP EWM with:
- AS/RS
- GTP/G2P solutions
- Conveyor systems
- WCS/PLC environments
- Strong understanding of EWM-MFS-PLC integration models
- Ability to design automation-led EWM solutions, not just configure EWM
- Excellent stakeholder-facing skills, able to communicate complex designs clearly
- Experience working on long-running transformation programmes
Preferred/Advantageous Experience
- Exposure to AMRs/AGVs within SAP EWM landscapes
- Experience working with large-scale intralogistics or distribution centres
- Background in SAP S/4HANA EWM transformations
- Prior work with system integrators or automation vendors
- Experience operating in multi-vendor, multi-system environments
Why This Role?
- Long-term programme (18-month scope) with strong extension potential
- High-impact architecture role within a complex automation-led transformation
- Senior, autonomous position with real design ownership
- Competitive contract rate aligned to niche EWM automation expertise
Contract | UK Based | January 2026 Start
- Role: SAP EWM Solution Architect (Warehouse Automation)
- Contract Length: Initial 3 months (project scope ~18 months, strong extension likelihood)
- Location: UK-based (remote with occasional site engagement)
- Eligibility: UK-based candidates with full UK working rights (British Passport/ILR)