SAP Transportation Management Functional Consultant

Our client is seeking an accomplished SAP Transportation Management Functional Consultant for a 6+ months renewable contract opportunity based remotely, with an initial 2 months of travel to Minneapolis, MN.

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• 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)
  • Transportation planning (manual/optimizer-assisted), freight unit/building, routing, carrier selection
  • Tendering (spot/contract), acceptance/rejection, re-tender and exception handling
  • Execution: bookings, load building, shipment documents, status updates, event management (if used)
  • 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.

Requirements

• 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.

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

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years SAP logistics experience with meaningful depth in SAP TM.
• Transportation domain experience (parcel/LTL/TL/ocean/air) preferred.

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.
• SAP TM certification.

Success Measures

• 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.