Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. AppLab Systems, Inc is seeking a hands-on SAP HCM Functional Consultant to own SAP Cross Application Time Sheets (CATS) configuration and development for complex labor and payroll requirements. The role focuses on CATS validation, enhancements, integrations, testing, troubleshooting, and stakeholder collaboration, while also providing backup support for SAP BASIS operations, development, and technical governance.
Responsibilities
- Configure and maintain CATS profiles, data entry views (CAT2/CAC2), and field selection to support complex, multi-shift labor reporting requirements
- Design and program CATS validation rules, time evaluation logic, and error-message handling to enforce labor and union contract compliance
- Build and maintain custom CATS enhancements (BAdIs, user-exits, ABAP logic) to support non-standard payroll rules, differentials, and labor codes
- Manage integration between CATS and Time Management (Infotypes 2001/2002), Payroll, and downstream cost/labor-distribution processes
- Partner with Payroll, HR, and Manufacturing & Quality stakeholders to translate complex labor and union agreement requirements into CATS configuration
- Support CATS-related transports, testing, and cutover activities for payroll-cycle changes, union contract updates, and regulatory changes
- Troubleshoot and resolve CATS data entry, approval workflow, and time-transfer issues, including root cause analysis on payroll discrepancies
- Maintain documentation of CATS configuration, custom logic, and business rules for audit and knowledge transfer purposes
- Serve as designated backup to the SAP Technical Lead, providing continuity of coverage across BASIS operations, the development team, and technical delivery when the Technical Lead is out or overloaded
- Maintain working familiarity with BASIS activities (system health, transport management, client operations) sufficient to escalate or triage in the Technical Lead's absence
- Provide technical oversight and unblock developers on in-flight SAP development work as needed
- Represent the technical team in governance forums (e.g., TIRB) on an as-needed basis when the primary Technical Lead is unavailable
- Support technical requirements gathering and solution design for cross-functional SAP initiatives
Skills
- 5+ years of hands-on SAP CATS configuration and development experience, including complex labor and payroll rule implementation
- Strong working knowledge of SAP Time Management (PT) and Payroll (PY) integration points with CATS
- Demonstrated experience programming custom CATS logic (BAdIs, user-exits, or comparable ABAP-based enhancements)
- Experience supporting manufacturing, shift-based, or union labor environments (differentials, overtime rules, multi-shift reporting)
- Solid understanding of core SAP technical architecture sufficient to provide credible backup coverage for BASIS and development functions
- Strong communication skills; able to work directly with Payroll, HR, and manufacturing stakeholders to translate business rules into system configuration
- Experience in aerospace, defense, or other complex union-labor manufacturing environments
- Exposure to SAP BASIS fundamentals (transport management, system monitoring, client administration)
- Experience supporting SAP governance processes (change control boards, technical review boards)
- Prior experience as a technical lead or lead developer on an SAP team
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