SAP Transportation Management TM Functional Consultant

Vector Consulting, Inc; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 165,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

Vector Consulting, Inc. is seeking an accomplished SAP Transportation Management Functional Consultant for a remote 6-12 month AMS contract.

The role includes owning steady-state support, incident resolution, and enhancements across TM processes, with an initial 2-month travel to Minneapolis, MN to establish onboarding and knowledge transfer. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in SAP TM, strong integration touchpoints with 3PL, EWM, and CPI, and experience in ITIL/AMS governance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of SAP logistics experience with TM focus.
• Experience in AMS environments with SLA-driven support.
• Strong problem solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide L2/L3 functional support for SAP TM in ITIL/AMS framework.
• Perform RCA and triage planning/execution failures.
• Support end-to-end TM processes: order integration, tendering, and settlement.
• Manage minor enhancements, changes, and documentation.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to refine requirements and priorities.

Skills

SAP S/4HANA TM

Planning & Tendering

Stakeholder management

AMS governance

Root cause analysis

Tools

Jira

ServiceNow

ABAP

CPI Integration Suite

Job description

Our client is seeking an accomplished SAP Transportation Management Functional Consultant on a remote (2 months of travel initially to Minneapolis) 6-12 months renewable contract opportunity in Minneapolis, MN.

*** This role required 2 months of travel initially to Minneapolis***

Role – SAP Transportation Management Functional Consultant

Role Description

Serve as the primary functional consultant for SAP S/4HANA Transportation Management (TM) in an Application Management Services (AMS) model. Own steady-state support, incident/problem resolution, minor enhancements, and continuous improvement across transportation planning, execution, settlement, and analytics - ensuring stable operations and SLA performance.

Key responsibilities (AMS-focused)

• Provide L2/L3 functional support for SAP TM (incidents, service requests, problems, changes) aligned to ITIL/AMS governance.
• Perform triage and root-cause analysis for planning/execution failures (order integration, freight units, planning runs, tendering, event handling, charges).
• Support and configure end-to-end TM processes:
  • Order integration from SD deliveries, STOs, purchase orders, or ERP shipments (as applicable)
  • Tendering (spot/contract), acceptance/rejection, re-tender and exception handling
  • Freight settlement: charge calculation, disputes, accruals/settlement documents, integration to FI/CO
• Manage minor enhancements/config changes (profiles, planning settings, charge calculation, statuses, output forms) including documentation and testing.
• Support monitoring and controls: TM cockpit, message logs, integration queues, and operational KPIs; reduce repeats via RCA and knowledge articles.
• Partner with business stakeholders (transport ops, procurement, finance) to refine requirements, prioritize backlog, and deliver improvements.
• Support release management: impact assessment, regression testing, UAT support, and cutover activities.
• Maintain support artifacts: runbooks, SOPs, process flows, functional specs, and training/KT materials.

Required functional expertise

• Strong hands-on SAP S/4HANA experience in TM including planning, tendering, execution, and settlement.
• Solid understanding of integration touchpoints with:
  • 3PL, EWM (warehouse handoffs where applicable)
  • Carrier connectivity (middleware/EDI/API patterns) and exception management
• Experience working in an AMS model with SLA-driven ticketing (ServiceNow/Jira) and structured RCA.

Technical and delivery skills

• Ability to translate issues into actionable analysis for technical teams (ABAP, CPI Integration Suite).
• Comfortable with TM monitoring tools/logs, interface/error handling, and Batch job monitoring.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication in a fast-paced operations environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years (typical) SAP logistics experience with meaningful depth in SAP TM.

Highly Desired

• Exposure to 3PL, SAP - EWM, CPI or advanced analytics/reporting for logistics.
• Experience with rate management, complex charge calculation, and carrier contract processes.

Success measures (typical AMS KPIs)

• SLA attainment, reduced planning/execution disruptions, lower repeat incidents through RCA.
• High-quality releases with low defect leakage; improved stakeholder satisfaction and measurable process efficiency.

About Vector:

Vector Consulting, Inc., (Headquartered in Atlanta) is an IT Talent Acquisition Solutions firm committed to delivering results. Since our founding in 1990, we have been partnering with our customers, understanding their business, and developing solutions with a commitment to quality, reliability and value. Our continuing growth has been and continues to be built around successful relationships that are based on our organization's operating philosophy and commitment to ** People, Partnerships, Purpose and Performance - THE VECTOR WAY