SAP Advanced Variant Configuration (AVC) Lead

IBM; Irvine (CA); Remote; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a SAP Advanced Variant Configuration Lead who will be responsible for guiding the design and optimization of product configuration solutions. The role includes overseeing AVC models, collaborating with teams to ensure accurate representation of products, and enforcing configuration governance. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree and hands-on experience with SAP AVC and strong communication skills. This position offers the flexibility to work from anywhere in the United States.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with SAP Advanced Variant Configuration, including model creation and rules development.
• Strong knowledge of product configuration processes and configurable product structures.
• Ability to analyze business requirements and translate them into detailed configuration logic.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the creation and maintenance of AVC models, including characteristics, classes, and pricing.
• Collaborate with teams to understand configuration requirements and translate them into solutions.
• Define and enforce configuration governance, ensuring alignment with master data.

Skills

SAP Advanced Variant Configuration

Product configuration processes

Integration with SAP SD

Strong communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Overview

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted in long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio.

Role

The SAP Advanced Variant Configuration (AVC) Lead will be responsible for guiding the design, implementation, and optimization of complex product configuration solutions using SAP’s Advanced Variant Configuration capabilities. This role serves as the primary expert on configuration modeling, pricing logic, and integration with manufacturing, sales, and supply chain processes. The AVC Lead will partner closely with business and technical teams to ensure that configurable products are accurately represented in the system and that end‑to‑end processes support efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the creation and maintenance of AVC models, including characteristics, classes, constraints, rules, and pricing.
• Collaborate with product engineering, sales, manufacturing, and IT teams to understand configuration requirements and translate them into robust system solutions.
• Define and enforce configuration governance, ensure alignment with master data and product structures, and support integration with upstream and downstream processes such as order management, production planning, and variant BOMs.
• Support testing cycles, resolve system defects, document configuration logic, and drive continuous improvement to enhance model performance and user experience.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Technical and Professional Expertise

• Hands‑on experience with SAP Advanced Variant Configuration, including model creation and rules development
• Strong knowledge of product configuration processes and configurable product structures
• Experience integrating AVC with SAP SD, PP, MM, and related modules
• Ability to analyze business requirements and translate them into detailed configuration logic
• Familiarity with variant BOMs, variant pricing, and classification systems
• Experience supporting system testing, troubleshooting, and issue resolution
• Strong communication skills for working with product engineering, manufacturing, and sales teams
• Ability to manage configuration governance and maintain high‑quality, scalable models

Location

This job can be performed from anywhere in the US.