Senior SAP Solution Architect (Logistics and TMS)

Job Title: Senior SAP Solution Architect (Logistics and TMS)
Duration- Fulltime Permanent
Location: Houston, TX (Onsite from Day1)

Job Description:
Roles & Responsibilities:
We are seeking a Senior SAP Solution Architect (Logistics and TMS) with 15+ years of experience to lead architecture and delivery of large-scale, high value global logistics, and transportation, transformation programs.
The role requires deep, hands on expertise across SAP S/4HANA Logistics Execution (LE TRA), Material Management (MM), ARIBA SCC, EDI and IG guide configuration, 3PL and 4PL logistics, Sales & Distribution (SD Secondary Skill), and enterprise Transportation Management Systems (TMS). The architect will be accountable for end to end solution design, ensuring seamless integration between order management, procurement, inventory, transportation execution, billing, and financial settlement
Roles & Responsibilities
End to End Solution Architecture
Own the overall SAP logistics and transportation solution architecture spanning:
SAP MM (Procurement, Inventory Management, STOs)
SAP LE TRA (Shipment creation, execution, freight settlement)
SAP S/4HANA SD (Order to Cash, Secondary Skill)
Enterprise Transportation Management System (any leading TMS software- SAP TMS, BY TMS, Oracle TMS)
Design future state architectures that ensure seamless flow from:
Customer order to delivery and final shipment to customer
Procurement and internal stock movements
Delivery, shipment, carrier execution
Billing, freight settlement, and financial posting
Define clear functional and system boundaries between SAP modules, boundary applications, and TMS to avoid duplication, ensure clean ownership, and simplify operations.
Procurement, Inventory & MM Integration
Design MM and Inventory Management integrations with LE and TMS, including:
Procurement flows and inbound logistics
Stock transfers (STO) and intercompany movements
Inventory visibility across plants, storage locations, and distribution centers
Customer order and STO to outbound logistics, shipment
Ensure clean linkage between MM, WM/EWM (where applicable), LE TRA, and TMS.
Support network and inventory optimization initiatives across hubs, 3PL, 4PL, DCs, and consolidation centers
High Value Program Leadership
Provide architecture leadership for multi year, multi million dollar global transformation programs.
Support discovery, blueprinting, rollout, and stabilization phases with strong architectural governance.
Agile Delivery & Architecture Governance
Act as the architecture authority within Agile, SAFe, or hybrid delivery models.
Translate business epics across MM, LE, SD, ARIBA SCC and TMS into architecture ready features and solution designs.
Balance incremental delivery with long term architecture sustainability and roadmap alignment
Integration & Data Architecture
Define and govern integration architecture across SAP modules (MM, WM, eWM, LE, SD), TMS, carriers, 3PLs, Middleware and external platforms.
Oversee EDI, API, and event driven integrations for orders, deliveries, shipments, freight, and invoices.
Establish master data governance across customers, materials, routes, carriers, rates, and locations.
Vendor & SI Governance
Provide architectural leadership and assurance for System Integrators and technology vendors.
Review and approve:
Solution Design Documents (SDD)
Technical Design Documents (TDD)
Integration, migration, and rollout strategies
Ensure SI proposals and solutions align with enterprise architecture standards, business objectives, and commercial commitments