SAP Material Master Architect w/MDG

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.