Managing Consultant, Digital Consulting

ERM • Houston, TX

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

ERM is seeking a Managing Consultant to lead complex SAP Product Compliance and Sustainability initiatives for some of the world's leading organizations. This role involves shaping client strategies, influencing executive decisions, driving business growth, and delivering transformational solutions for evolving environmental, health, safety, and sustainability challenges. Organizations face increasing pressure to manage product compliance, chemical regulations, sustainability reporting, and supply chain transparency globally. As a Managing Consultant, you will help clients transform these challenges into opportunities by implementing innovative SAP-based solutions that improve compliance, operational efficiency, and business performance. You will serve as both a strategic advisor and delivery leader, guiding clients through technology selection, solution design, implementation, and long-term success.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, or a related technical discipline.
• 5-10 years of consulting and/or industry experience within Product Compliance, Sustainability, EHS, or SAP solutions.
• Proven experience delivering at least six full lifecycle implementations, from requirements gathering through deployment and support.
• Experience leading four or more full-cycle SAP Product Compliance implementations within ECC and/or S/4HANA environments.
• Strong expertise in Product Stewardship, Product Compliance, chemical regulations, and sustainability-related business processes.
• Deep understanding of SAP Product Compliance, Specification Database, Substance Data Model, SDS authoring and distribution, Dangerous Goods management, Global Label Management, and related compliance solutions.
• Strong knowledge of SAP integrations across Materials Management, Procurement, Logistics, Shipping, Customer Master Data, and Manufacturing processes.
• Demonstrated success in business development, proposal management, project estimation, and client relationship management.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Proven ability to deliver projects successfully within scope, timeline, and budget expectations.

Nice To Haves

• Project Management certifications.
• Strong experience within manufacturing, high-tech, pharmaceutical, chemical, or industrial sectors.
• SAP EHS Product Compliance architecture expertise, including WWI, GenPC, Expert, OCC, ADM, and Cloud Loader solutions.
• Knowledge of SAP Product Compliance content providers and platforms such as 3E, Yordas, Opesus, CDX, and SAP content services.
• SAP technical expertise including ABAP, BTP, APIs, iDocs, ALE, and integration technologies.
• Experience with SAP adjacent solutions including GTS, PLM, Sustainability Control Tower, Sustainability Footprint Management, and Responsible Design & Production.
• Expertise in global product compliance regulations and regulatory frameworks.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary consulting teams across complex global programs.

Responsibilities

• Drive digital transformation initiatives for global clients within Product Compliance, Product Stewardship, and Sustainability programs.
• Lead business development activities, solution strategy, and proposal development that help expand ERM's SAP practice.
• Build trusted relationships with executive stakeholders and become a strategic advisor on compliance and sustainability technology.
• Deliver complex SAP Product Compliance solutions that help organizations reduce risk and improve operational performance.
• Mentor and lead consulting teams while fostering technical excellence and client success.
• Influence the future direction of ERM's SAP EHS and Sustainability consulting capabilities.
• Lead sales pursuits, proposal development, scoping exercises, effort estimation, and project planning activities.
• Develop and execute growth strategies, sales campaigns, thought leadership initiatives, and market-facing programs.
• Lead client presentations, workshops, demonstrations, and executive-level discussions.
• Advise clients on SAP EHS, Product Compliance, and Sustainability technology strategies.
• Assess business requirements and design scalable SAP solutions that align with client objectives.
• Lead blueprinting, requirements gathering, process assessment, and solution architecture activities.
• Develop functional and technical specifications to support successful implementations.
• Oversee end-to-end delivery of SAP Product Compliance projects across all project phases.
• Guide configuration, testing, deployment, integration, data migration, and user adoption activities.
• Support organizational change management and adoption of new business processes and technologies.
• Manage consulting teams and provide technical leadership, mentorship, and quality assurance.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, industry partners, SAP stakeholders, and broader professional networks.
• Deliver knowledge transfer, training programs, and long-term support strategies to ensure client success.

Benefits

• ERM does not accept recruiting agency resumes.
• ERM is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
• ERM is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager