Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Confidential Jobs is seeking a Senior or Principal SAP Variant Configuration (VC) Consultant to lead the design and implementation of enterprise-scale SAP VC solutions. This role involves partnering with business leaders and engineering teams to modernize product configuration processes while providing technical and functional leadership across SAP VC initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end SAP Variant Configuration (LO-VC and/or AVC) implementations and enhancements
- Design scalable product configuration models supporting complex configurable products
- Partner with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, sales, and product management teams to gather business requirements
- Develop configuration models including:
- Characteristics
- Classes
- Dependencies
- Object Dependencies
- Configuration Profiles
- Super Bills of Material (BOMs)
- Routings
- Design configuration logic that improves product flexibility while minimizing maintenance
- Integrate SAP VC with SD, PP, MM, PLM, Engineering, and Manufacturing processes
- Lead solution architecture discussions and recommend best practices
- Perform system analysis, troubleshooting, testing, and production support
- Develop functional specifications and work closely with ABAP developers on custom enhancements
- Participate in data migration, product model conversion, and deployment planning
- Lead workshops with executive stakeholders and business users
- Mentor junior consultants and provide technical leadership across project teams
- Support multiple concurrent projects in Agile and Waterfall delivery environments
Skills
- 10+ years of SAP consulting experience
- 7+ years of hands-on SAP Variant Configuration (VC) experience
- Multiple full lifecycle SAP VC implementations
- Deep expertise configuring: Characteristics, Classes, Dependencies, Constraint-based configuration, Super BOMs, Routings
- Strong knowledge of Configure-to-Order (CTO), Make-to-Order (MTO), and Engineer-to-Order (ETO) manufacturing
- Experience integrating SAP VC with: Sales & Distribution (SD), Production Planning (PP), Materials Management (MM), Engineering Change Management
- Strong business process analysis skills
- Experience writing functional specifications and collaborating with technical development teams
- Excellent client-facing consulting and communication skills
- Experience with SAP Advanced Variant Configuration (AVC) in SAP S/4HANA
- SAP S/4HANA implementation experience
- Knowledge of SAP Classification System
- Experience with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
- Knowledge of SAP CPQ integration
- Experience supporting global manufacturing organizations
- SAP certification preferred
Benefits
- 100% Remote (U.S.)
- Long-term contract with potential extensions
- Travel: 30% max, as needed
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