Principal SAP EWM Architect

Open Sky Group

5h•$150,000 - $170,000•Remote

About The Position

The Principal SAP EWM Architect is part of Open Sky Group’s Professional Services team and leads solution architecture and delivery guidance across client engagements. The role translates warehouse operational needs into scalable SAP EWM solutions, advises clients, and provides functional and technical guidance to consultants. It emphasizes architecture and process design, with selective hands-on configuration and complex issue resolution. The architect supports presales, candidate interviews, consultant mentoring, and practice leadership in developing SAP capabilities and service offerings. The role is home-based and can be performed anywhere in the United States. It is full-time and exempt, requires authorization to work in the U.S., and involves travel up to 70% by airplane and/or car, including overnight stays.

Requirements

Minimum of 8 years of SAP EWM experience, including multiple end-to-end implementations and demonstrated leadership of solution architecture or overall solution design.
Strong SAP EWM functional and configuration knowledge, with the ability to evaluate technical designs and guide developers and integration teams.
Proven experience leading client workshops, design decisions, and delivery teams.
Strong understanding of embedded and decentralized EWM, process integration, data migration, testing, and cutover.
Ability to communicate effectively with executive, operational, and technical stakeholders.
Strong workshop facilitation, presentation, and client relationship skills.
Ability to guide distributed delivery teams, provide constructive mentoring, and collaborate across sales and delivery.
Sound judgment in balancing client requirements, solution quality, and delivery commitments.
Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
Ability to travel up to 70% by airplane and/or car, with overnight stays.
Regularly required to talk and hear; frequently required to stand, walk, use hands to handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms; occasionally lift, carry, or pull office products and supplies up to 40 pounds.

Nice To Haves

SAP S/4HANA transformation experience.
Legacy SAP WM migration experience.
Experience interviewing candidates, mentoring consultants, or developing consulting delivery methods.
SAP EWM certification.
Experience with RF, warehouse automation, or EWM labor management.

Responsibilities

Support presales through client discovery, solution demonstrations, RFP responses, proofs of concept, scope definition, effort estimates, and statements of work.
Participate in candidate interviews, assess SAP EWM architecture, functional, and technical capabilities, and provide hiring recommendations to practice leadership.
Develop solution roadmaps, implementation approaches, and cost estimates aligned with client operations and business objectives.
Own SAP EWM solution architecture across discovery, design, configuration, testing, cutover, go-live, and stabilization.
Provide expert guidance on solution design, configuration, integration, and deployment; perform targeted configuration and troubleshooting to validate designs and resolve critical issues.
Evaluate EWM deployment options and guide integration with ERP, transportation, production, quality, and warehouse automation systems.
Lead workshops to assess warehouse operations and translate business needs into scalable SAP EWM solutions.
Define future-state processes across inbound, outbound, inventory, replenishment, and production supply.
Guide clients through process changes, solution tradeoffs, and implementation priorities.
Establish design standards and review functional specifications, integration designs, and development requirements.
Serve as a senior advisor to client stakeholders and an escalation point for complex solution decisions.
Standardize delivery methods, documentation, and quality reviews; build reusable solution assets and implementation templates.
Guide functional consultants, developers, and integration specialists through configuration and technical execution.
Communicate architecture decisions, delivery risks, dependencies, and scope changes to client and internal teams.
Partner with project managers on resource planning, delivery readiness, and issue resolution.
Support practice leadership in developing service offerings, proposals, client expansion opportunities, and SAP EWM capabilities.
Support industry events, marketing content, and partner engagement in collaboration with practice leadership.
Mentor consultants and support onboarding, knowledge sharing, and professional development.
Provide input on project staffing, skills needs, and certification priorities as the practice grows.
Develop reusable solution assets, delivery standards, and presales content in collaboration with practice leadership.