Value Advisor-SAP Supply Chain

Westernacher Consulting; Karnataka; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Westernacher Consulting in Karnataka, India seeks a seasoned supply chain and logistics consultant with SAP EWM/TM expertise. You will plan discovery workshops, map current operations, and shape transformation roadmaps with automation and AI insights.

You will build business cases, quantify value, and support multi-site deployments across warehousing and transportation, collaborating with customers and internal teams to defend numbers and drive ROI.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years in supply chain or logistics consulting.
• Solid understanding of warehouse and transportation operations.
• Experience running discovery sessions and building business cases.
• Excellent storytelling and written English; able to defend numbers.

Responsibilities

• Plan and lead discovery workshops and site walk-throughs.
• Map current-state operations and KPIs.
• Turn findings into a clear problem statement and prioritized improvement opportunities.
• Build transformation roadmaps for SAP EWM, SAP TM, and related systems.
• Advise on automation and robotics integration and multi-site rollout strategy.
• Identify where AI and emerging technology create impact and build value cases.

Skills

Supply chain consulting

SAP SCM advisory

Value engineering

Solution consulting

Storytelling

Executive presence

Written English

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain or related field

MBA

Tools

SAP EWM

SAP TM

S/4HANA

MFS

Job description

• Plan and lead discovery workshops and site walk-throughs across inbound, storage, picking, packing, outbound, yard and transport.
• Map current-state operations and KPIs: order cycle time, pick productivity, inventory accuracy, dock-to-stock time, OTIF, freight cost per unit, truck utilization, empty miles.
• Turn findings into a clear problem statement and prioritized improvement opportunities.
• Transformation roadmap
• Build phased roadmaps for SAP EWM, SAP TM, Yard Logistics and SAP Business Network for Logistics, including legacy WMS/TMS migration and S/4HANA alignment.
• Advise on automation and robotics integration (AS/RS, AMRs, conveyors, MFS), labor management and multi-site rollout strategy.
• Identify where AI and emerging technology create impact: slotting and wave optimization, demand-driven labor planning, predictive ETA, route and load optimization, computer vision, IoT, digital twins and agentic workflows.
• Connect execution to the wider supply chain: how planning (SAP IBP), inventory and order promising shape what happens in the warehouse and on the road.
• Value case and deal support
• Build business cases with operational baselines, benefit levers, investment, ROI, payback and NPV, using benchmarks and customer data.
• Present and defend the value case to operations leaders, finance and procurement.
• Co-own deal strategy with the Account Executive: win themes, solution narrative, proposal storyline and orals.
• Brief and drive Presales and Practice Directors for demos and solution designs prove the value case.
• Thought leadership and growth
• Build reusable assets: discovery guides, warehouse and transport value-lever libraries, ROI calculators, industry point-of-views.
• Track the SAP supply chain roadmap, automation market and AI developments; turn them into customer-ready stories.
• Contribute to events, webinars and content that reinforce Westernacher's leadership in supply chain.

Your Expertise:

• 3-5 years in supply chain or logistics consulting, SAP SCM advisory, value engineering or solution consulting, ideally at a consulting firm, SAP partner, 3PL or SAP itself.
• Solid understanding of warehouse and transportation operations and how SAP EWM and/or SAP TM support them.
• Proven experience running discovery sessions and building business or value cases.
• Strong financial and operational literacy: you can link a productivity gain to cost, service and working capital.
• Hands-on curiosity about AI and emerging technology, with examples of applying it to an operational problem.
• Excellent storytelling, executive presence and written English; comfortable defending numbers under challenge.
• Degree in supply chain, industrial engineering, operations or business; MBA a plus.

Nice to have

• SAP certification in EWM, TM or IBP; APICS / ASCM (CPIM, CSCP) certification.
• Exposure to warehouse automation vendors or MFS projects.
• Industry experience in supply chain heavy industries.
• Additional languages relevant to local market unit.