Senior Consultant - SAP Transportation Management

Job Title: Senior Consultant - SAP Transportation Management

Career Level: D2

Introduction to role:

Are you ready to build a global S/4HANA Transportation Management (TM) platform that keeps life-changing medicines moving to patients? Can you turn sophisticated TM challenges into a simple, standardized solution for a growing enterprise? This is your opportunity to lead with impact.

Based in Chennai, you will be a Senior Consultant in our Order, Dispatch to Cash capability, designing and delivering SAP TM solutions that underpin the reliable distribution of materials and finished goods across our global operations. Your work will directly enable on-time, cost-efficient, and process compliant delivery from site-to-site and to external customers, improving visibility and accelerating supply to patients.

You will partner with enterprise process leaders and multi-functional teams to harness S/4HANA standard features, integrate with adjacent modules and non-SAP systems, and scale robust processes globally. Bring your 8–10 years of SAP experience to a modern, data-led environment where you will drive standards, reduce customizations, and create measurable business value.

Accountabilities:

• SAP TM Solution Ownership: Design and lead the global S/4HANA Embedded TM solution for Order, Dispatch to Cash, ensuring it enables standardized processes for material movements between sites and finished goods' distribution to distribution centres and external customers.
• Process Design and Integration: Lead process design with business teams aligned to SAP standard functionality; integrate TM with BN4L, S/4 core modules, and external partners to create end-to-end, resilient flows from transportation planning through carrier invoice settlement.
• Innovation and Standards: Continuously evaluate the latest industry and SAP capabilities; adopt new features that improve planning, execution, monitoring, and cost control while minimizing local customization.
• Domain Expertise: Serve as a primary guide in TM sub-processes, including freight unit and order management, freight cost calculation, and settlement; guide decisions with clear rationale and data.
• Process Improvement: Define, analyze, and communicate current, interim, and future-state processes; identify and prioritize improvement opportunities tied to service, cost, and compliance outcomes.
• Data and Analytics Collaboration: Partner with IT, Master Data, and Analytics to build data models, integration patterns, and reporting that drive visibility, proactive monitoring, and decision-making.
• Non-SAP Integration: Ensure requirements for non-SAP systems and external logistics partners are fully incorporated into process and data designs.
• Documentation and Knowledge: Create clear process maps and design documentation; facilitate sharing of knowledge and capability uplift across teams and regions.
• Deployment and Change Enablement: Plan and support deployments, testing, and organizational change activities to secure adoption and measurable benefits.
• Collaborator Leadership: Build influential, collaborative relationships across regions and functions; communicate with clarity to align diverse collaborators and accelerate delivery.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• S/4HANA TM Certified and implementation experience for sophisticated global organizations from design to completion.
• Experience of pharmaceutical supply chain business activities and the required business outcomes within the relevant capability area
• Significant experience in TM, which includes complete transportation planning and execution with deep knowledge of freight units and order management, freight cost and settlement management.
• Good Hands-on experience implementing SAP BN4L and integrating it with S/4HANA Embedded TM
• Demonstrate high degree of knowledge in SAP S/4HANA TM configuration requirements.
• Possess solid grasp across other SAP modules on all integration aspects and interfaces between internal and external systems and partners.
• Good Communication and Relationship Building skills with an ability to Influence others to achieve Objectives.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a diverse, distributed team, within and across functions. Experience with global working and across cultures.
• Solid Understanding about the SAP technologies and functionalities
• Good collaborator management and communication skills with Business and IT areas
• Solid skills in understanding business operations, communications, customer and partner engagement, and internal collaborator management
• Comfortable with ambiguity and possessing an agile and open outlook.
• Self-motivated with the ability to prioritise and ensure project goals are achieved.
• Demonstrate personal credibility and positive energy to handle large work efforts and meet bold timelines.
• Innovative capabilities, agile outlook requiring critical thinking and foresight.
• Knowledge of the SAP application roadmap as it is relevant to your line of business and the ability to translate that roadmap into the AZ strategic view
• Good presentation skills and the ability to explain sophisticated concepts to multi-functional audiences.
• Knowledge of standard project tools like JIRA, Smartsheets and Solman

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Certification /Experience in SAP S/4HANA – S4 Sales and Distribution or readiness to complete additional certifications.
• SAP Global Trade Services experience
• Experience in Data Governance
• Exposure to different testing tools
• Worked in a hybrid environment with a mix of internal & external resources across multiple geographical locations.

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we ignite bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and high-reaching world.

If you’re ready to lead the charge on enterprise level data and turn meticulous governance into real-world impact, step forward and shape what better looks like with us today!

Why AstraZeneca:

Join a technology community that pairs deep scientific purpose with leading digital platforms to transform how medicines reach patients. You will work with diverse set of people, experiment with modern tools, and help scale a data-led enterprise where ideas turn into real-world impact. We value kindness alongside ambition, back bold thinking with investment, and bring unexpected teams together to solve challenges that few have taken on before—so your work in SAP TM measurably improves speed, quality and reliability across our global supply chain.

Call to Action:

Bring your SAP TM expertise to where it matters most—submit your CV today to lead a global platform that moves medicines faster, smarter and safely to patients.

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.