SAP Sales and Distribution Team Lead

Confidential; Greensboro (NC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Regional bonus

Relocation assistance

401K with company match

Education reimbursement

Job summary

Honda seeks a Team Lead - SAP Sales and Distribution to act as functional lead and SME for SAP SD and logistics. You will guide ECC to S/4HANA transformation, manage projects, enhancements, and post-go-live stabilization, while partnering with business and IT stakeholders to deliver scalable SAP solutions.

The role requires hands-on SD configuration, strong leadership, and end-to-end delivery across O2C, pricing, credit, and contracts. Onsite with one remote day per week in Greensboro, NC.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in a STEM field (see Education).
• 8+ years of SAP SD experience with full lifecycle implementations.
• Strong knowledge of Order-to-Cash, pricing, delivery, billing, and contracts.
• Experience with SD integration to MM/LE/WM/EWM/FI/CO and master data.
• At least one full SAP S/4HANA implementation and ongoing production support experience.
• Leadership of medium-size teams with cross-functional stakeholder engagement.
• Proficiency in requirements gathering, functional specs, SIT/UAT, and SOX controls.
• Experience with SAP integration topics (IDocs, ALE, EDI, APIs) and RICEF lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Lead SAP SD functional activities and serve as SME between business and IT for SD processes.
• Manage hands-on configuration for O2C processes including serialized materials and pricing.
• Support ECC to S/4HANA transformation, fit-to-standard workshops, cutover planning, and hypercare.
• Coordinate production support, incident management, and change control with SLAs.
• Drive Center of Excellence activities, SOX ITGC/ITAC, and audit support.
• Lead integration efforts for IDocs, EDI, APIs, middleware, and batch processing.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Stakeholder management

Requirements gathering

Cross-functional collaboration

UAT coordination

Change control

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Information Technology / Data Analytics / Data Science / Electronics or related STEM field

Tools

SAP SD

SAP S/4HANA

SAP ECC

IDocs / ALE / EDI

SAP BTP / Fiori

Job description

Job Purpose

The Team Lead - SAP Sales and Distribution supports enterprise SAP solutions for AHM's Enterprise system services by serving as the functional lead and subject matter expert for SAP SD and related logistics processes. This role partners with business and IT stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable SAP solutions, supports Honda AHM’s transition from SAP ECC to SAP S/4 HANA, and ensures reliable delivery of projects, enhancements, production support, compliance activities, and post-go-live stabilization. The candidate must have participated in at least one full‑cycle SAP S/4HANA implementation and must bring demonstrated team lead experience.

Key Accountabilities

SAP SD Functional Leadership: Serve as functional lead and SME between AHM's enterprise system business stakeholders and IT for SAP Sales and Distribution processes. Lead requirements gathering, facilitate business workshops, validate functional designs and specifications, review UAT plans and results, coordinate change control, approve transports as appropriate, and support post-go‑live stabilization for SAP SD, Logistics Execution, WM/EWM, and related processes. Manage hands‑on configuration for Order‑to‑Cash and related business processes, including serialized equipment, material classification, pricing and condition technique, material listing and exclusion, sales contracts, credit management, ATP, and third‑party order processing. SAP ECC to S/4 HANA Transformation: Support Honda AHM’s SAP S/4 HANA transformation by contributing to Fit‑to‑Standard workshops, S/4 HANA SD simplification review, Fiori application adoption, embedded analytics, SAP Activate methodology, cutover planning, data migration, testing, and hyper care readiness. Production Support and Enhancements: Partner with internal teams and external vendors to maintain stable production operations. Monitor incidents, coordinate timely resolution against SLAs, prioritize enhancement requests with business points of contact, and ensure delivery commitments are tracked through completion. Center of Excellence and Compliance: Support SAP Center of Excellence activities, including user onboarding and access requests, SOX ITGC and ITAC procedures, internal and external audit support, process documentation, change request validation, production transport review, privileged access monitoring, and knowledge transfer. Integration and Technical Coordination: Provide functional leadership for integration topics involving IDocs, ALE, EDI transactions such as 850, 855, 856, and 810, APIs, middleware, SAP BTP concepts, RICEF development lifecycle, debugging support, troubleshooting, and batch job processing.

Qualifications, skills and experience

Education :

• Must have a college level Bachelor’s degree preferably in Computer Sc / Information Technology / Data Analytics/ Data Science / Electronics or a related STEM field of study

Minimum relevant work experience in the industry:

• At least 8 or more years of SAP SD experience
• Strong SAP SD configuration and Order-to-Cash process knowledge, including sales orders, pricing, delivery, billing, returns, ATP, credit management, and contracts.
• Working knowledge of SD integration with MM, LE, WM/EWM, FI/CO, third‑party logistics systems, and related master data.
• Understanding IDocs, ALE, EDI, APIs, middleware, SAP BTP concepts, RICEF lifecycle, debugging support, and batch jobs.
• Participation in at least one full-cycle SAP S/4 HANA implementation.
• Hands‑on participation in at least one full‑cycle SAP S/4 HANA implementation, including design, testing, cutover, go‑live, and hyper care. At least 5 or more years of project management, team lead, and cross‑functional stakeholder management experience.
• Proven experience leading teams, mentoring team members, managing priorities, and communicating status, risks, and issues.
• Experience with requirements gathering, functional specifications, SIT, UAT, change control, SOX controls, incident management, and production support.
• Experience with SAP full‑cycle implementations, production support, and post‑go‑live stabilization.
• Proven leadership of medium‑size teams, including coaching, mentoring, work planning, and delivery accountability.
• Strong understanding of project management principles, Honda IT Project Management Methodology, quality management, incident management, and problem management.
• Strong business case analysis, problem‑solving, root cause analysis, written communication, presentation, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Workstyle

This is an onsite job. One remote workday per week may be possible with prior departmental approval.

What differentiates Honda and makes us an employer of choice?

Total Rewards:

• Competitive Base Salary (pay will be based on several variables that include, but not limited to geographic location, work experience, etc.)
• Regional Bonus (when applicable)
• Manager Lease Car Program (No Cost - Car, Maintenance, and Insurance included)
• Industry-leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx)
• Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, shutdown
• Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• 401K Plan with company match + additional contribution
• Relocation assistance (if eligible)
• Career Growth: Advancement Opportunities
• Career Mobility
• Education Reimbursement for Continued learning
• Training and Development Programs
• Additional Offerings: Lifestyle Account
• Childcare Reimbursement Account
• Elder Care Support
• Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Repayment
• Wellbeing Program
• Community Service and Engagement Programs
• Product Programs

Honda is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.