SAP Functional Consultant

Key Responsibilities

SAP Functional Consulting

• Analyze and document current business processes across core SAP Finance, Logistics and Supply Chain modules, including FI (Financial Accounting), CO (Controlling), SD (Sales & Distribution), MM (Materials Management), PP (Production Planning), QM (Quality Management), LE (Logistics Execution), PM (Plant Maintenance), and adjacent enterprise systems.
• Design solutions utilizing broader SAP components such as SCM (Supply Chain Management including APO/IBP), TM (Transportation Management), EWM (Extended Warehouse Management), PLM (Product Lifecycle Management).
• Recommend optimized SAP configurations and functional designs aligned with clean-core principles and enterprise governance.
• Lead SAP S/4HANA migrations by mapping data schemas, functional requirements, identifying gaps in legacy modules (e.g., LE-WM to EWM, APO to IBP), and assisting with data harmonization and custom code adaptation.
• Translate workshops and business requirements into solution designs that integrate SAP ERP (SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA), CRM, SCM, and data platforms.
• Design configuration documents and functional specification for WRICEF (Workflows, Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, and Forms) objects.

Enterprise Process & Integration Design

• Collaborate on end-to-end processes (e.g. lead-to-cash, plan-to-fulfill, record-to-report, source-to-pay, acquire-to-decomission), and cross-system workflows that span ERP, CRM, SCM, and data platforms.
• Define integration patterns using APIs, BAPIs, IDocs, RFCs, events, and middleware to enable seamless enterprise processes.
• Partner with architecture and delivery teams to ensure functional feasibility, scalability, and governance.

AI-Enabled Process Modernization

• Apply Tessera’s multi-agent AI platform to automate configuration, business workflows, data migration and harmonization, code remediation, and functional processes.
• Act as the conduit between customer business requirements and the Tessera AI platform's technical implementation.
• Support implementation of AI-driven automation within SAP and adjacent systems.
• Provide functional guidance during testing, validation, and post-deployment support to ensure business outcomes.

Customer Engagement & Delivery Support

• Serve as a functional advisor during enterprise transformation programs.
• Conduct workshops, process discovery sessions, and requirements validation with business stakeholders.
• Translate technical and functional insights into clear recommendations for non-technical stakeholders.
• Travel to customer sites to support solution design, deployment, and key milestones.

Ownership & Operational Excellence

• Take responsibility for functional solution quality, alignment to business requirements, and enterprise governance standards.
• Contribute to internal best practices for SAP functional consulting and process modernization.
• Ensure solutions balance speed, safety, and operational rigor in mission-critical environments.

Technical & Functional Skills

SAP Functional Expertise

• Strong knowledge of SAP business processes and modules.
• Experience supporting S/4HANA migrations, ECC modernization, and clean-core initiatives.
• Ability to map business requirements to functional SAP configurations and customizations.
• Deep expertise in configuration of business processes and data models, specifically within the designated modules.

Enterprise Integration & Process Orchestration

• Understanding of enterprise integration patterns: APIs, IDocs, RFCs, ETL, events.
• Familiarity with ERP-adjacent platforms (Salesforce, Workday, Snowflake, etc.).
• Ability to analyze cross-system process flows and ensure functional consistency.

Applied Automation & AI

• Exposure to AI-driven process automation or intelligent workflow orchestration.
• Ability to partner with technical and engineering teams to translate functional needs into automated solutions.

Consulting & Communication

• Strong skills in functional analysis, process documentation, and requirements gathering.
• Able to communicate effectively with business users, SAP specialists, AI engineers, and executive stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• 3–7+ years of SAP functional consulting or ERP business process experience.
• Hands-on exposure to SAP ECC or S/4HANA functional configuration.
• Experience mapping business requirements to ERP systems and integrations.
• Ability to operate effectively in fast-moving, ambiguous enterprise transformation programs.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites (primarily U.S.).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting SAP S/4HANA migrations or large-scale ECC modernization programs.
• Background in ERP-adjacent platforms, enterprise integration, or process automation.
• Prior experience in customer-facing consulting or delivery roles.
• Exposure to AI-enabled automation, intelligent agents, or workflow orchestration.
• Experience in regulated or audit-heavy enterprise environments.
• Ability to leverage basic ABAP knowledge to accelerate development design when required.