SAP Transportation Management, Event SME

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Assist a DoW client in a significant enterprise modernization project aimed at transforming legacy logistics and transportation management capabilities into a unified SAP S/4HANA environment.

• Collaborate with functional stakeholders, technical teams, and business process owners to design and implement upgraded supply chain, transportation, hazardous materials, and logistics processes.

• Act as the functional expert for SAP TM Event Management, providing guidance on event capture, milestone tracking, exception handling, alerts, notifications, and process visibility.

• Convert business and operational needs into functional specifications and solution designs that align with SAP S/4HANA, SAP TM, and enterprise integration architecture.

• Oversee the design and configuration for transportation milestones, tracking of freight order and freight unit statuses, event profiles, expected and actual events, exception monitoring, alerting, and visibility dashboards.

• Ensure consistency across SAP TM, EWM, MM, SD, GTS, master data, interfaces, reporting, and external carrier or logistics partner event feeds.

• Offer recommendations for process standardization, system utilization, data quality, governance, and the impacts of organizational change.

• Advise on mission requirements, operational constraints, technical feasibility, and SAP best practices.

• Convert logistics visibility needs into structured requirements, user stories, business process flows, and functional design documents.

• Validate configured event management solutions against business requirements, operational scenarios, exception workflows, and reporting needs.

• Assist in deployment planning, data readiness, cutover activities, defect triage, user readiness, and transition to operations.

• Contribute to training materials, user guidance, standard operating procedures, process documentation, and operational playbooks.

• Identify adoption risks and propose mitigation strategies.

• Recommend enhancements based on operational data, user feedback, defect trends, and evolving mission requirements.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

• Active Secret Clearance.

• A minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in SAP, logistics, supply chain, transportation management, or enterprise systems, with at least 5 years focused on SAP TM and/or transportation event management capabilities.

• Proven expertise in supporting SAP TM implementations, enhancements, sustainment, or modernization efforts within large enterprise, federal, or DoD environments.

• Practical experience with transportation event tracking, milestones, status management, exception handling, alerts, notifications, visibility processes, and operational reporting.

• Experience in translating operational requirements into functional designs, configuration guidance, integration requirements, test scenarios, and user-facing process documentation.

• Background in supporting end-to-end transportation processes across planning, execution, carrier coordination, freight order management, shipment visibility, settlement touchpoints, and exception resolution.

• Established ability to support government stakeholders, compliance reviews, design reviews, requirements traceability, and regulated implementation environments.

• Advanced functional knowledge of SAP Transportation Management, including freight orders, freight units, transportation planning, execution, tracking, and integration touchpoints.

• Strong comprehension of SAP event management concepts, including expected events, actual events, event handlers, milestone monitoring, exception management, alerting, and visibility reporting.

• Working knowledge of SAP S/4HANA logistics processes and integration with EWM, MM, SD, GTS, FI/CO, and master data governance.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Visio.

• Experience with tools such as Jira, Solution Manager, Signavio, or similar.

• Familiarity with data quality, auditability, traceability, role-based access, cybersecurity, and reporting requirements in DoD or federal environments.

• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities with a keen attention to detail.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience in executive-level briefings and stakeholder facilitation.

• Deep understanding of transportation operations, logistics visibility, event-driven process management, and enterprise system transformation.

• Ability to effectively influence and collaborate with government stakeholders, vendors, functional teams, technical teams, and cross-functional delivery partners.

• Self-motivated with the capability to manage competing priorities, drive decisions, and meet tight deadlines.

• Strong aptitude for developing practical, mission-aligned solutions to complex transportation visibility and exception management challenges.

• Creativity and adaptability in problem-solving.

• Ability to engage with clients to understand their needs.

• Strong organizational and time-management skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Professional presence.

• SAP Transportation Management certification is highly desired.

• SAP S/4HANA certification or relevant SAP logistics certification is preferred.

• ITIL Foundation certification is desired.

• Agile, SAFe, PMP, or equivalent delivery certification is preferred.

• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

• Strong customer and vendor relationship skills.

• Proven ability to adhere to data standards and policies.

• Motivation to learn new technologies and methodologies that demonstrate value.

• Previous experience working with a Federal agency is a plus.

• Experience with the Department of War is advantageous!

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salaries.

• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) package.

• Paid holidays aligned with the Federal calendar.

• Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.

• 401(k) retirement plan.

• Team building events.

• Support for professional development.