SAP Materials Management Functional Consultant and Tester

Ford Motor; Chennai; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Ford Motor is seeking an experienced SAP MM Functional Consultant and Tester to drive end-to-end SAP MM processes in S/4HANA environments. You will configure P2P and inventory management, support cross-module integrations with FI/CO, SD, and PP, and prepare detailed functional specifications for ABAP developers.

You will participate in SIT/UAT, regression testing, and defect management, while coordinating with global teams on test plans, data, and interfaces.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on SAP MM functional experience.
• Strong P2P and inventory management knowledge.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA deployments and global projects.
• Experience with SIT, UAT, regression testing and defect management.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end SAP MM testing across SIT, UAT, and regression phases.
• Analyze requirements and prepare functional specs for ABAP developers.
• Support cutover, go-live, and post-production stabilization.
• Coordinate with global teams for test planning and data management.

Skills

8+ years SAP MM

P2P configuration

P2P & Inventory Mgmt

S/4HANA implementation

Cross-module FI/CO/SD/PP

SIT/UAT testing

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Tricentis Tosca

IDocs

EDI

APIs

Job description

SAP MM Functional Consulting and Tester

The candidate should demonstrate strong hands-on experience across the following areas:

• Procure-to-Pay (P2P) Configuration: Configure and support end-to-end P2P processes in SAP S/4HANA , including purchase requisitions, purchase orders, goods receipts, invoice verification, and related procurement processes.
• Inventory & Logistics Management: Configure and support inventory and logistics processes, including Stock Transport Orders (STO), physical inventory, batch management, subcontracting, and vendor consignment.
• Cross-Module Integration: Demonstrate strong integration knowledge between SAP Materials Management (MM) and related modules, particularly Finance and Controlling (FI/CO), Sales and Distribution (SD), and Production Planning (PP).
• Functional Specifications & Interfaces: Analyze business requirements and prepare detailed functional specifications for ABAP developers , covering custom reports, enhancements, interfaces, and integrations using IDocs, APIs, and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).
• Testing & Quality Assurance: Participate in all phases of testing, including unit testing, System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), regression testing, and defect resolution . Create test scenarios, test cases, and test data, and collaborate with testing teams on automated test scripts.
• Implementation & Production Support: Support cutover, go-live, end-user training, hypercare, and post-production support , including troubleshooting and resolution of SAP MM functional issues.
• Business Process Analysis: Understand existing business processes across global regions and plants, including the current Material Requirements Planning (MRP) landscape and its upstream and downstream systems.
• Process Transformation: Partner with business and technology stakeholders to transition legacy processes and systems toward standardized, industry-aligned processes using SAP S/4HANA Materials Management (MM).
• Requirements & Fit-to-Standard Analysis: Lead requirements gathering, business process analysis, and Fit-to-Standard/Fit-Gap assessments to document as-is and to-be processes, identify gaps, and recommend appropriate process or technology solutions.
• Global SAP S/4HANA Deployment: Support the deployment of SAP S/4HANA MM across global sites and facilitate integration with legacy systems and other enterprise applications.
• Solution Design & Customization: Assess requirements for customization, identify and prioritize RICEFW objects (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms, and Workflows), and provide effort-sizing inputs in collaboration with technical teams.
• Functional & Technical Documentation: Develop functional specifications, key design documents, prototypes, and Proofs of Concept (PoCs) as required.
• SAP MM Technical Integration: Apply strong functional knowledge of IDocs, BAdIs, SAP Fiori applications, APIs, EDI, and other relevant SAP integration technologies while collaborating with ABAP and integration teams.
• Test Strategy & Planning: Define the overall test strategy, scope, approach, test plans, scenarios, schedules, entry/exit criteria, and required test evidence for project releases.
• End-to-End Testing: Coordinate and support System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), regression testing, and other relevant testing phases across releases of the program.
• Defect Management: Ensure defects are accurately documented, analyzed, prioritized, assigned, tracked, retested, and followed through to closure.
• Test Governance: Ensure test evidence, documentation, traceability, and business/technical sign-offs are completed in accordance with project governance standards.
• Test Automation: Work closely with the Test Automation team, providing SAP MM functional expertise to design and develop automated test scenarios and scripts using Tricentis Tosca for SAP S/4HANA.
• Production Support & Troubleshooting: Investigate and resolve SAP MM functional issues and collaborate with technical teams to address defects and integration issues.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve SAP MM processes, solution design, testing efficiency, system performance, and overall business outcomes.

Requirements

• 8+ years of hands-on SAP MM functional experience, preferably including SAP S/4HANA implementations or transformation programs.
• Strong configuration knowledge across Procure-to-Pay (P2P), purchasing, inventory management, STO, physical inventory, batch management, subcontracting, and vendor consignment.
• Strong understanding of integration between SAP MM and FI/CO, SD, and PP.
• Experience with requirements gathering, Fit-to-Standard analysis, solution design, functional specifications, and RICEFW objects.
• Experience across SIT, UAT, regression testing, defect management, cutover, go-live, and production support.
• Functional understanding of IDocs, BAdIs, SAP Fiori, APIs, EDI, and ABAP-related enhancements.
• Experience supporting test automation using Tricentis Tosca is highly desirable.
• Experience working on multi-site or global SAP S/4HANA deployments is preferred.

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