SAP Transportation Management Specialist

About the role

We are seeking an SAP Transportation Management (TM) Specialist to play a hands-on role in designing, configuring, and supporting SAP TM solutions across transportation planning, execution, and settlement. This role supports our logistics and supply chain transformation strategy, leveraging SAP S/4HANA TM, integrations with logistics partners, and transportation data for operational visibility and analytics.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior functional expert for TM solution design, configuration, and production support
• Ensure alignment with end-to-end supply chain processes across Order-to-Cash and Source-to-Pay
• Configure TM master data including transportation lanes, resources, business partners, and charge management schemas
• SAP & External Integration
• Support integrations with external transportation platforms, carriers, tracking providers, and logistics partners
• Collaborate with SAP technical teams to ensure integrations meet TM process requirements
• Support EDI/B2B message exchanges (shipment status, tenders, confirmations, invoices, bills of lading)
• Troubleshoot and resolve integration issues with internal teams and external partners
• Ensure scalability and stability of logistics partner integrations
• Data & Analytics Enablement
• Enable transportation data integration into enterprise analytics and reporting platforms
• Support data pipelines for freight cost analysis, performance metrics (OTIF, carrier KPIs), and shipment visibility
• Design and support batch, near real-time, and event-driven integration patterns
• Partner with analytics teams to ensure TM data supports enterprise reporting and data models
• Operations & Continuous Improvement
• Support SAP TM across the full lifecycle including design, testing, deployment, and production support
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and exception management capabilities
• Identify recurring issues and drive preventative improvements
• Maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and system configurations
• Identify optimization opportunities, performance issues, and technical debt
• Contribute to continuous improvement and logistics transformation initiatives
• Collaboration & Innovation
• Partner with logistics, transportation, and supply chain stakeholders to deliver business-aligned solutions
• Evaluate and adopt new SAP TM capabilities including embedded analytics, event-based processing, and real-time visibility tools
• Drive innovation in transportation planning, execution, and digital logistics

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field; Master’s degree preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in SAP Supply Chain solutions, with at least 4 years on SAP Advance Transportation Management
• Hands-on experience configuring and supporting SAP S/4HANA Advance Transportation Management
• Strong understanding of: Transportation planning and execution processes, Freight order lifecycle and settlement processes, SAP TM master data and charge management
• Experience integrating SAP TM with SAP and non-SAP systems using IDocs, APIs, or EDI
• Familiarity with logistics integration standards and communication methods
• Experience integrating SAP TM with SAP EWM, SD, or GTS
• Knowledge of freight settlement integration with SAP FI/CO
• Familiarity with transportation analytics and KPI frameworks

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SAP Embedded TM in S/4HANA
• Experience with SAP Event Management or Transportation Visibility solutions
• Experience with B2B/EDI standards in logistics
• Experience integrating SAP TM with SAP EWM, SD, or GTS
• Knowledge of freight settlement integration with SAP FI/CO
• Familiarity with transportation analytics and KPI frameworks