SAP Manufacturing Architect

Next Ventures; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 111,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

Next Ventures is seeking a SAP Manufacturing Solution Architect to design and govern the end-to-end SAP S/4HANA manufacturing solution for automotive clients. The role drives best-practice adoption and ensures integration across manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, quality, and finance.

You will lead solution design with business and technology stakeholders, focusing on multi-plant production, sequencing, model-year changeovers, and supplier collaboration.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering SAP S/4HANA manufacturing solutions in automotive.
• Strong expertise in PP, EWM, QM and Supply Chain processes.
• Proven experience designing integrated SAP solutions for complex manufacturing environments.
• Excellent stakeholder management and architecture governance skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and own end-to-end SAP S/4HANA manufacturing solution for automotive ops.
• Lead solution design across manufacturing, production planning, logistics, QA, and SCM.
• Ensure SAP supports multi-plant, JIT/JIS production, model-year changes.
• Define SAP-MES, SAP-PLM, warehouse and shop-floor integrations.
• Govern standards, architecture principles, and best practices throughout the program.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, delivery teams and partners to meet requirements.
• Provide architectural leadership during design, build, test, deploy, and hypercare.

Skills

SAP S/4HANA

Manufacturing

PP (Production Planning)

EWM

QM

MES integration

Architecture governance

Stakeholder management

Tools

Integration with MES

PLM integration

Job description

SAP Manufacturing Solution Architect

6 month contract
UK based - 2 days per week onsite

Role Summary

The SAP Manufacturing Solution Architect is responsible for designing and governing the end-to-end SAP S/4HANA manufacturing solution for automotive clients. The role ensures the SAP landscape supports complex vehicle manufacturing operations, including multi-plant production, sequencing, model-year changeovers, supplier collaboration, regulatory compliance, and global distribution. Working closely with business and technology stakeholders, the architect defines the target solution, drives best-practice adoption, and ensures seamless integration across manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, quality, and finance.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and own the end-to-end SAP S/4HANA manufacturing solution architecture for automotive operations.
• Lead solution design across manufacturing, production planning, logistics, quality management, and supply chain processes.
• Ensure SAP capabilities support multi-plant manufacturing, just-in-time/just-in-sequence production, model-year transitions, and engineering changes.
• Define integration between SAP and MES, PLM, warehouse, supplier, and shop-floor systems.
• Govern solution standards, architecture principles, and SAP best practices throughout the programme lifecycle.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, delivery teams, and third-party partners to ensure solutions meet operational and regulatory requirements.
• Provide architectural leadership during design, build, testing, deployment, and hypercare phases.
• Identify opportunities for process standardisation, automation, and continuous improvement across manufacturing operations.

Skills & Experience

• Extensive experience delivering SAP S/4HANA manufacturing solutions within the automotive industry.
• Strong expertise across SAP Production Planning (PP), Manufacturing, Extended Warehouse Management (EWM), Quality Management (QM), and Supply Chain processes.
• Proven experience designing integrated SAP solutions supporting complex manufacturing environments.
• Strong understanding of automotive production processes, supplier collaboration, sequencing, and global supply chain operations.
• Experience integrating SAP with MES, PLM, automation, and other manufacturing technologies.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and architecture governance skills.