SAP EWM Lead Functional Analyst - (FT)

Dal-Tile•Dallas, TX

5h•Hybrid

About The Position

The SAP EWM Lead is accountable for warehouse business process discovery, requirements definition, functional solution design, and deployment of SAP S/4HANA Extended Warehouse Management (EWM). The role is the primary bridge between warehouse operations, supply chain stakeholders, implementation partners, and IT teams. It combines warehouse management business knowledge with SAP EWM functional expertise to improve requirements, design practical and scalable solutions, maximize standard EWM capabilities, and drive business adoption and operational readiness. The role provides end-to-end leadership from current-state assessment and future-state design through testing, cutover, go-live, stabilization, and continuous improvement. It provides day-to-day direction to EWM analysts, consultants, developers, integration teams, and implementation partners, and may lead internal analysts, external consultants, system integrators, and cross-functional business participants through project and operational work. This is a direct-hire position with a hybrid schedule: four days per week in the corporate office at 7834 CF Hawn Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75217, and remote flexibility one day per week, subject to business needs. The role requires travel to distribution centers, manufacturing sites, and project locations, and availability during planned cutovers, critical deployment windows, and high-priority production events. The employer does not provide sponsorship or relocation assistance.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a related field, or equivalent education and relevant experience.
Typically 10 or more years of combined warehouse operations, supply chain process, and SAP functional experience, including significant hands-on SAP EWM experience.
Demonstrated leadership of at least one end-to-end SAP EWM implementation or major rollout, from business requirements and solution design through testing, cutover, go-live, and stabilization.
Strong business knowledge of warehouse and distribution operations, including receiving, putaway, replenishment, inventory control, picking, packing, staging, shipping, labor execution, cycle counting, and exception management.
Deep functional knowledge of SAP EWM configuration, master data, warehouse structure, inbound and outbound processes, handling units, warehouse task and order management, RF execution, physical inventory, replenishment, wave management, and integration points.
Experience with SAP S/4HANA embedded EWM and/or decentralized EWM.
Experience integrating EWM with core S/4HANA business processes and one or more adjacent capabilities such as TM, manufacturing, quality, automation, MFS, third-party logistics, carrier systems, or reporting platforms.
Ability to develop process flows, business requirements, functional designs, configuration documents, functional specifications, test scenarios, acceptance criteria, cutover plans, and support procedures.
Experience leading fit-to-standard workshops, design reviews, defect triage, readiness assessments, and business decision forums with operational and executive stakeholders.
Working knowledge of SAP implementation methods, system development life cycle, integration principles, security roles, data migration, testing, and change management.
Ability to collaborate effectively with technical teams; ABAP coding expertise is not required.
Must report to the Dallas corporate office four days per week; the posting states this requirement is not negotiable.
Must be able to travel to distribution centers, manufacturing sites, and project locations and be available during planned cutovers, critical deployment windows, and high-priority production events as needed.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of SAP EWM 2023 or a comparable current release.
SAP EWM certification.
Lean, Six Sigma, APICS/ASCM, or warehouse operations credentials.

Responsibilities

Develop a detailed understanding of warehouse operations and lead current-state and future-state process design across receiving, putaway, replenishment, internal movements, picking, packing, staging, shipping, physical inventory, returns, and exception handling.
Plan and facilitate business workshops; document business requirements and process flows; distinguish business needs from solution preferences; and obtain stakeholder alignment and formal approval.
Translate approved requirements into an integrated, scalable, supportable SAP EWM functional design aligned with enterprise architecture and SAP best practices.
Promote standard SAP EWM capabilities, identify process simplification opportunities, recommend configuration before custom development, and document business value, risks, and support implications for enhancements.
Provide hands-on configuration leadership for embedded or decentralized EWM, covering warehouse structure, master data, inbound and outbound processing, warehouse tasks and orders, storage control, replenishment, cross-docking, wave management, labor-related processes, physical inventory, handling units, packing, staging, and shipping.
Assess and lead appropriate design of advanced EWM capabilities, including Yard Management, Slotting and Rearrangement, Labor Management, Production Supply, Quality Inspection integration, Value-Added Services, RF and mobile execution, automation, and Material Flow System integration where applicable.
Lead functional integration with SAP S/4HANA processes and adjacent solutions, including inventory management, sales and distribution, transportation, manufacturing, quality, procurement, finance, master data, reporting, and warehouse automation systems.
Maintain business process design documents, functional specifications, configuration documentation, process flows, decision logs, traceability, and operating procedures with clear ownership and version control.
Define the functional test strategy and acceptance criteria; lead unit, integration, regression, user acceptance, and operational scenario testing; and ensure defects are triaged, prioritized, resolved, and retested.
Partner with business and technical teams to define master and transactional data requirements, validate data quality, support migration and reconciliation, and confirm warehouse readiness for deployment.
Lead functional cutover planning, mock cutovers, go-live readiness assessments, command-center support, hypercare, issue resolution, and transition to the production support organization.
Partner with business process owners and warehouse leaders to define role impacts, training needs, work instructions, super-user capability, adoption measures, and sustainable operating practices.
Present solution options, tradeoffs, risks, dependencies, and recommendations to business and IT leadership; escalate decisions promptly; and maintain alignment to scope, schedule, budget, and expected business outcomes.
Provide day-to-day direction to EWM analysts, consultants, developers, integration teams, and implementation partners; review deliverables for completeness and quality; and build internal EWM capability through coaching and knowledge transfer.
Use warehouse performance indicators, production incidents, user feedback, and backlog trends to identify root causes and prioritize continuous-improvement opportunities after go-live.
Perform other duties as needed.