SAP S/4 HANA SD Application Architect

ASSA ABLOY Group; Chennai District; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

ASSA ABLOY Group in Chennai seeks a Senior SAP SD Consultant to lead design and configuration of SAP S/4HANA SD for a global rollout. You will translate business requirements into scalable solutions, manage data migration, testing, training, cutover, and provide post-go-live support in alignment with SAP best practices.

The role requires 15+ years of consulting experience across multiple industries, hands-on SD customization, and strong English communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in business or computer science or equivalent.
• Minimum 4 full lifecycle implementations / roll outs & support experience in Sales & Distribution in S/4HANA or SAP ECC.
• Hands-on SD configurations and SAP Best Practices in SD module.
• Experience with S/4HANA and Fiori applications.
• Strong English communication and ability to manage multiple priorities in a constrained timeline.

Responsibilities

• Configure SD components such as sales order types, item categories, ATP, pricing procedures, delivery types, billing types and coordinate with WRICEF developments.
• Translate business requirements into system solutions, manage data migration, testing, training, cutover and go-live activities.
• Collaborate with BRIM, MM, FI, PP and EWM module consultants to support cross-functional processes.
• Provide post-go-live support and incident/change request handling for live business units.
• Create/maintain functional specifications for WRICEF objects.

Skills

English communication

Solution design

Requirement analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor / Master in CS or Business

Tools

SAP SD

S/4HANA

Fiori

WRICEF

Job description

ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions is rolling out SAP S/4 HANA across the Division which will enable and support its business expansion strategy in line with the new operating business model.

PRIMARY JOB PURPOSE

Responsible to deliver design and system configuration for the Sales and Distribution (SD) module in SAP S/4HANA, ensuring successful rollout and adoption of standardized Quote-to-Cash processes across business units. The candidate is responsible for translating business requirements into system solutions, managing data migration, testing, training, and post-go-live support, while aligning with SAP best practices and project timelines.

KEY POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Being part of Global IT team and responsible for SAP SD (Sales and Distribution) module configuration and associated developments are designed, built, tested & deployed according to S/4 HANA best practices.
• Facilitate and support workstream managers / Solution Architects & leads right from requirement gathering, solution design with focus on Sales and Customer Service processes and integration of same with operations, finance & product management workstreams.
• Analyse business requirements related to sales quotations, sales orders management, order fulfilment, invoicing, returns and credit management processes.
• Configure core SD components such as sales order types, item categories, ATP, pricing procedures, delivery types, billing types and work with technical teams for WRICEF developments
• Responsible for creating/maintaining functional specifications for WRICEF (Workflow, Report, Interface, Conversion, Enhancement, Forms) objects.
• Perform configuration, testing, training, migration, cutover, go-live and hyper care activities.
• Support incidents or change requests for the live Business units.
• Collaborate with BRIM, MM, FI, PP and EWM module consultants to support cross-functional processes.

SELECTION CRITERIA

Essential:

• Bachelor / master’s degree in business, Computer Science, or equivalent discipline is required with minimum 15 years of consulting experience with multiple Industries.
• Minimum 4 full lifecycle implementations / roll outs & support experience in Sales & Distribution module in S/4 HANA or SAP ECC Projects.
• Extensive experience in the core SD customizing including Quotations, Sales contracts, Sales order management, Available to Promise (ATP), outbound logistics, pricing, billing and returns and credit management.
• Hands-on experience in SD configurations.
• Understanding on SAP Best Practices in SD module and their integrations & technology.
• Experience in S/4HANA environment and Fiori applications.
• Strong communication skills in English, self-driven and motivated.
• Ability to manage and deliver multiple priorities in a constrained timeline

Desirable:

• SAP S/4 HANA Certification in SAP SD.
• Knowledge of new features in SAP S/4HANA like embedded analytics, user experience using Fiori, SAP cloud platform
• Basic ABAP debugging or familiarity with enhancement frameworks.

WORK ENVIRONMENT FACTORS

• Office based/Remote with occasional international travel.
• Health and Safety accountability statements.
• Working times are European time zone, however open to be available in APAC/US time zone as well for the need basis.