SAP Sales, Service & VMS Solution Architect

McLaren Automotive Ltd; Woking; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days’ holiday

Enhanced pension

Discretionary bonus

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Sabbatical option

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

McLaren Automotive seeks an SAP Sales, Service & VMS Solution Architect to shape end-to-end SAP solutions for the Commercial unit, covering vehicle sales planning, ordering, fulfilment and service. You will design scalable, fit-to-standard SAP solutions aligned to automotive best practices and lead SI partnerships.

You will drive S/4HANA adoption, oversee architecture documents, and ensure integration with MM, PP, FI, VC and external PLM/CRM/MES/3PL systems.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as an SAP Solution Lead and Architect in automotive environments.
• Deep knowledge of SAP SD, CS, VMS and integration with MM, PP, FI, VC and external PLM/CRM/MES/3PL.
• Excellent stakeholder management and ability to influence senior business and IT stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Solution Design & Architecture across SAP domains.
• Partner with stakeholders to understand objectives and operational challenges.
• Design end-to-end SAP solutions leveraging clean core principles.
• Produce blueprints, designs and architecture documents for SI partners.
• Guide S/4HANA migration and future growth planning.
• Governance, standards, delivery and quality assurance.
• Engage with advisory stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.

Skills

SAP Solution Lead

SAP Architect

Automotive domain experience

Stakeholder management

Agile / delivery methods

SAP integration experience

Tools

SAP Activate

Cloud ALM

Signavio

WalkMe

Testing automation tools

Job description

What to Expect

The SAP Sales, Service & VMS Solution Architect is responsible for shaping, designing and governing end-to-end SAP solutions supporting McLaren's Commercial business unit, covering the lifecycle of vehicles, from sales planning, order management and fulfilment, intercompany sales, vehicle distribution and service.

The role ensures McLaren's SAP landscape supports vehicle traceability, customer fulfilment, operational efficiency and standardisation whilst enabling the transition to SAP S/4HANA and maintaining clean core principles.

The role requires deep expertise across SAP Sales & Distribution (SD), SAP Customer Service (CS), SAP Vehicle Management System (VMS) for automotive, with the ability to translate complex business requirements into scalable, supportable and integrated SAP solutions aligned to SAP Automotive best practice.

Scope of the Role

• SAP ECC EHP8, SAP S/4HANA, SAP VMS, SAP Fiori, SAP BTP and relevant integration capabilities.
• Vehicle Sales, Vehicle Ordering, Vehicle Allocation, Vehicle Lifecycle Management, Pricing & Commercials, Dealer & Distributor Processes (intercompany sales), Vehicle Logistics & Delivery, Customer Service (service orders), Order-to-Cash, Variant Configuration Integration, Vehicle Master Data, and integration with SAP modules (MM, PP, FI, VC) and external PLM, CRM, MES, 3PL solutions.

What You'll Do

• Solution Design & Architecture
• Partner with business stakeholders to understand strategic objectives, commercial processes and operational challenges.
• Design end-to-end SAP solutions for processes for the scoped domains.
• Define scalable, fit-to-standard solutions leveraging SAP best practices and clean core principles.
• Produce solution blueprints, process designs, architecture documents, both challenging and guiding SI partners.
• Ensure solutions support future S/4HANA adoption and business growth / efficiency targets.
• Migration & Modernisation
• Provide guidance on S/4HANA capabilities including embedded analytics, Fiori and automation opportunities.
• Support transformation roadmaps that balance business value, operational risk, technical debt reduction and adoption readiness.
• Governance & Standards
• Delivery & Quality Assurance
• Stakeholder Engagement & Advisory

What You'll Bring

• Extensive experience as an SAP Solution Lead and Architect, within the stated domains, in complex automotive environments.
• Deep knowledge of SAP sales, distribution, vehicle management, customer service processes and integration with SAP modules (MM, PP, FI, VC) and external PLM, CRM, MES, 3PL solutions.
• Excellent stakeholder management, facilitation and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior business and IT stakeholders
• Experience defining and implementing SAP capabilities within the stated domains.
• Experience using SAP Activate, agile, hybrid-agile or waterfall delivery methods across full project lifecycles. embedded analytics, SAP Integration Suite and cloud integration patterns.
• Experience of familiarity with SAP Business Transformation Management capabilities; Cloud ALM, Signavio, WalkMe, and testing automation tools.

What We'll Do for You

• Structured career development framework
• 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days
• Enhanced company pension scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus award
• Private medical insurance and health cash plan
• Life assurance benefit
• Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years’ service
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• Generous parental leave policies
• A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice

Who Are We?

No restraints. No limitations. We don’t simply push boundaries. We completely rethink them. McLaren Automotive exists to create breath-taking performance road cars.

It takes a community to do what we do. A diverse group of people with many areas of expertise, united by their passion to deliver visionary products and set new benchmarks.

McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special. Join us on our journey.