Ariba, Asset Management, Best Practices, Calendar Management, Communication Skills, Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), Cross-Functional, Establish Priorities, High Availability, Inventory Cycle Counts, Inventory Management, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Manufacturing, Oil and Gas, Operational Strategy, Order Picking/Packing, People Management, Physical Inventory, Preventative Maintenance, Purchase Orders, Purchasing/Procurement, Regulatory Compliance, SAP, Schedule Development, Supply Chain, Variance Analysis, Warehousing, Willing to Travel
Title: Maintenance Lead
Location: Parsippany, NJ (Travel is required)
Duration: 12+ months
Role Overview (Maintenance Lead)
The SAP S/4HANA EAM Lead is responsible for leading the design, implementation, and optimization of Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) capabilities within SAP S/4HANA, with a strong focus on work management, detailed scheduling, and integrated MRO supply chain execution. This role plays a critical part in connecting maintenance operations, warehouse execution, and procurement to ensure high asset availability, efficient maintenance execution, and optimized inventory management.
This role requires deep hands on expertise in S/4HANA Asset Management, work order planning and scheduling, and directed warehouse processes for MRO parts, along with strong integration knowledge of SAP Ariba.
Key Responsibilities
SAP EAM / Asset Management
- Lead end to end SAP S/4HANA EAM solution design covering:
- Maintenance notifications and orders
- Preventive maintenance (maintenance plans and task lists)
- Corrective and shutdown maintenance
- Asset hierarchies, functional locations, and equipment
- Design and support work order lifecycle management from create → plan → schedule → execute → close.
- Enable segregation of duties between Planner, Scheduler, Supervisor, and Technician roles.
Work Management & Scheduling
- Design and configure detailed maintenance scheduling using standard SAP S/4HANA EAM capabilities.
- Support:
- Weekly and daily scheduling
- Capacity based scheduling by work center and craft
- Prioritization of preventive maintenance vs backlog work
- Enable schedule freezing, dispatching, and execution tracking.
- Support schedule compliance measurement and execution variance analysis.
MRO Warehouse & Inventory Integration
- Integrate EAM with warehouse processes supporting MRO material flow.
- Enable directed picking for maintenance orders based on:
- Required date
- Order status
- Optimized bin sequence
- Enable directed putaway for inbound and return MRO materials, including:
- Receipt to staging or dock
- Putaway to final bin locations
- Ensure materials are staged, issued, returned, and counted accurately for maintenance execution.
Procurement & Ariba Integration
- Design and support integration between SAP S/4HANA EAM and SAP Ariba for:
- External services procurement
- MRO material sourcing
- Purchase requisitions and purchase orders generated from maintenance orders
- Ensure seamless flow of:
- Service entry sheets
- Goods receipts
- Invoice verification
- Support governance, compliance, and audit requirements for indirect procurement.
Inventory Accuracy & Controls
- Support cycle counting and physical inventory processes for MRO parts.
- Enable counting strategies by:
- ABC classification
- Storage location and bin ranges
- Ensure reconciliation of inventory movements tied to maintenance work orders.
Business Partnership & Leadership
- Act as the EAM functional lead for business stakeholders in Maintenance, Operations, Reliability, Supply Chain, and Procurement.
- Translate maintenance strategy and operational requirements into scalable S/4HANA solutions.
- Provide guidance on SAP best practices while accommodating real world maintenance execution realities.
- Support testing, cutover, training, and hypercare activities.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of hands on experience with SAP EAM / Asset Management
- Proven experience delivering S/4HANA EAM implementations or conversions
- Deep knowledge of:
- Maintenance work management
- Work order planning and detailed scheduling
- MRO inventory and warehouse integration
- Strong integration experience with SAP Ariba for services and material procurement
- Solid understanding of manufacturing, utilities, oil & gas, chemicals, or asset intensive industries
- Strong communication skills with the ability to lead cross functional workshops
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting shutdown, turnaround, or outage maintenance
- Exposure to EWM enabled or WM integrated MRO environments (directed picking/putaway)
- Experience with SAP Fiori apps for EAM and warehouse operations
- Background working in globally distributed asset environments