SAP - Variant Configuration - Manager - Consulting - Location OPEN

EY•Hartford, DC

1d•$142,600 - $297,200

About The Position

EY is seeking an SAP professional to join its Technology Consulting team, specializing in SAP Variant Configuration within the Core Supply Chain capability. The role helps clients design and implement scalable product configuration solutions that connect sales, engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain processes across SAP S/4HANA. The Manager works with business and technology stakeholders to assess configurable product models, gather and analyze requirements, and translate them into functional designs. The position leads delivery of SAP Variant Configuration solutions, including product modeling, configuration logic, pricing dependencies, integration, testing, data migration, and deployment, while ensuring alignment with business requirements and broader SAP architecture. The Manager leads complex initiatives and teams through solution design, implementation, and deployment, applying analytical judgment, cross-functional coordination, and practical knowledge of configurable products. The role involves regular travel to meet client needs, estimated at 40–60%.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree (4-year degree).
Typically, no less than 4–6 years of relevant experience in SAP-enabled manufacturing, product configuration, engineering, or order-to-production environments.
At least 3 years of hands-on SAP Variant Configuration experience, including designing and configuring materials, characteristics, classes, configuration profiles, and object dependencies.
Experience designing and configuring product models using configurable materials, classes, characteristics, class types, configuration profiles, object dependencies, constraints, procedures, preconditions, and selection conditions.
Experience integrating Variant Configuration with SAP Sales and Distribution, Production Planning, Materials Management, pricing, bills of material, routings, and master data.
A proven track record of leading teams to deliver project outcomes within critical deadlines.
Experience managing an SAP project or workstream and project-based team members in manufacturing or engineer-to-order environments.
Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, client service, and technical writing skills.
Flexibility and willingness to travel to meet client needs; travel is estimated at 40–60%.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to translate complex product rules into sustainable SAP configuration models.
Experience leading cross-functional teams and managing change in complex transformation environments.

Nice To Haves

Consulting experience focused on leading SAP transformation projects and cross-functional delivery teams.
Experience with SAP S/4HANA Advanced Variant Configuration, including knowledge of its capabilities, modeling approach, and differences from classic Variant Configuration.
Experience with Variant Configuration and Pricing services, SAP Commerce Cloud, CPQ solutions, or integration of configurable products across digital sales channels.
Experience with SAP Product Lifecycle Management, Engineering Change Management, Document Management System, product structures, classification, and engineering-to-manufacturing integration.
Experience supporting make-to-order, engineer-to-order, assemble-to-order, or configure-to-order business processes.
Experience with at least three full-cycle SAP implementations involving Variant Configuration or configurable product solutions.
SAP certification in SAP S/4HANA manufacturing, sales, product lifecycle management, or a related solution area.

Responsibilities

Lead SAP Variant Configuration workstreams from planning and design through testing, deployment, and stabilization.
Facilitate client workshops to assess current-state processes, define future-state requirements, and recommend SAP S/4HANA best practices for configurable products.
Design and oversee end-to-end variant configuration solutions, including configurable materials, classes, characteristics, configuration profiles, and object dependencies.
Lead product modeling and configuration governance to ensure models are maintainable, reusable, scalable, and aligned with business rules.
Guide the design of Advanced Variant Configuration capabilities in SAP S/4HANA and evaluate fit with classic Variant Configuration based on client requirements.
Coordinate integration across Sales and Distribution, Production Planning, Materials Management, Product Lifecycle Management, pricing, engineering, and manufacturing processes.
Oversee functional specifications, configuration, data conversion, unit testing, system integration testing, user acceptance testing, cutover, and post-production support.
Manage onshore and offshore team members, project milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, and delivery quality.
Cultivate trusted relationships with client stakeholders and communicate solution decisions, project status, risks, and results.
Lead requirements gathering, fit-to-standard design, solution modeling, testing, documentation, and deployment while overseeing integrations with related SAP and non-SAP systems.
Manage engagement economics, resource planning, delivery risks, and project priorities.
Identify opportunities for additional services and lead specific RFP responses.