Top level Advisor, Transport Management Initiative at Dangote group in India (Hyderabad)

Position Overview

An skilled and devoted Top level Advisor, SAP TMS to join Dangote SAP Dispatch Center in India. In this vital function, you'll be in charge of the full lifecycle management of our SAP Transportation Management (TMS) initiatives, from thorough design and setup to execution, running test, and continuous help. You will serve as a key domain specialist, operating closely with logistics, sales, and stock chain business participants to convert sophisticated transportation qualifications into strong SAP TMS functionalities, enhance freight methods, reduce logistics expenses, and improve entire stock chain effectiveness. The preferred candidate will have in-depth operational competence in SAP TMS, a established history of successful project involvement (which includes S/4HANA scene changes), and robust logical, issue resolution, and verbal abilities.

Project Execution & Dispatch:

• Actively head or engage in all phases of the SAP TMS program duration (e.g., Organize, Explore, Realize, Deploy, Run), taking ownership of allocated outputs connected with transportation.
• Organize thorough operational requirements for custom progress updates (RICEF objects: Documentation, Interfaces, Switches, Upgrades, Forms) and team up with ABAP/CPI developers, making sure compliance to design and quality benchmarks.
• Supervise and assist data migration initiatives for TMS master data (e.g., carriers, sites, transportation lanes, freight agreements).

Running test & QA:

• Formulate complete test scenarios and scripts for SAP TMS functionalities.
• Head and implement unit running test, assistance network consolidation running test (SIT), and coordinate user acceptance testing (UAT) to confirm the capability, precision, and effectiveness of transportation initiatives.
• Recognize, evaluate, and settle sophisticated concerns, faults, and discrepancies encountered during running test phases and post-go-live.
• Development & Recordkeeping:
• Formulate premium quality development materials and carry out specialist-level development sessions for logistics, organizing, and finance teams on SAP TMS functionalities and status updates.
• Produce and preserve thorough recordkeeping, which includes process flows, operational requirements, setup advisors, and end-user guides.

Guidance & Expert influence:

Offer guidance, direction, and expertise move to entry-level TMS advisors and internal assist teams, nurturing their career progression. Stay abreast of the latest SAP progress updates within SAP S/4HANA Stock Chain (particularly TMS) and related sector practices in logistics and transportation management.

Expertise:

• At least 8+ years of devoted, practical experience as an SAP TMS Advisor.
• Demonstrated expertise engaging in a minimum of 2-3 full lifecycle SAP TMS execution projects or significant improvement/rollout projects.
• In-depth understanding in various components of transportation management, which includes freight organizing, implementation, and settlement.
• Comprehensive practical experience with SAP S/4HANA Transportation Management (Embedded TMS or standalone) is a robust advantage. Expertise with SAP ECC LE-TRA is also precious, but direct TMS expertise is desirable.

Technical expertise:

• Specialist-level expertise in SAP TMS module settings, master data, and operational workflows.
• Deep knowledge of freight calculation, charge management, and settlement methods within TMS.
• Capability to compose clear, thorough, and complete operational requirements for sophisticated custom progress updates (RICEF objects).
• Understanding with consolidation technical solutions (e.g., IDocs, APIs, CPI) is highly preferred.
• Competence in ABAP diagnosing will be an added advantage.
• Expertise with status updates and data analysis resources for transportation data.

Core Skills:

• Exceptional logical and strategic challenge-solving competencies, with the capability to recognize root causes and propose efficient, combined SAP TMS initiatives.
• Outstanding verbal and professional writing competencies, with the capability to communicate effectively sophisticated technical and logistics notions to multifaceted target groups, which includes top level management.
• Robust people skills, competent of developing trust, shaping participants, and pushing general agreement.
• Initiative-driven, self-driven, outcomes-oriented, and highly structured with close focus to description.
• Capability to oversee various key focuses, work with little to no supervision, and thrive under pressure in a dynamic logistics environment.
• Deep knowledge of project coordination structured approaches (e.g., Nimble, Waterfall, Hybrid).

Preferred Credentials

• SAP TMS Accreditation (e.g., SAP Accredited Application Associate - Transportation Management in SAP S/4HANA).
• Understanding with other SAP SCM parts like EWM, SuccessFactors, APO, or Ariba
• Expertise with third-party logistics (3PL) consolidation scenarios.