Title: SAP Material Master Architect w/MDG
Location: Remote
Key Responsibilities Solution Architecture & Design
- Define end-to-end enterprise architecture for SAP S/4HANA Material Master, including integration with MM, PP, SD, EWM, QM, FI/CO, and external systems.
- Design global material data models, classification strategies, and numbering schemes aligned with business and regulatory requirements.
- Establish best practices for material types, views, field controls, and extensibility (custom fields, Fiori apps, APIs).
- Ensure alignment with SAP Clean Core principles and S/4HANA extensibility standards.
Master Data Governance & Strategy
- Lead Material Master governance strategy, including data ownership, stewardship, lifecycle management, and approval workflows.
- Define and enforce data standards, naming conventions, validation rules, and quality KPIs.
- Architect SAP MDG-M (Material Master) solutions for create/change/extend processes.
- Support data compliance requirements (e.g., SOX, auditability, regulatory reporting).
Integration & Data Management
- Architect integrations with upstream and downstream systems (PLM, SRM/Ariba, MES, WMS, 3PLs, analytics platforms).
- Define data replication, synchronization, and error-handling strategies using SAP tools (MDG, DRF, AIF, CPI, IDocs, APIs).
- Support material master data migration and harmonization for S/4HANA transformations, rollouts, and mergers.