SAP Event Management SME (Transportation Management)

We are seeking a highly experienced SAP Transportation Management (TM) Event Management Subject Matter Expert to support the Joint Transportation Management System (JTMS) program, the Department of Defense’s SAP S/4HANA platform for transportation, logistics, and supply chain operations. This role focuses on the design, configuration, integration, testing, and adoption of transportation event management capabilities that provide end-to-end visibility into logistics movements, milestone execution, exceptions, alerts, and operational status. You will work directly with government stakeholders, functional leads, technical teams, and integration partners to translate complex transportation execution requirements into SAP-enabled event management processes that improve visibility, control, auditability, and mission readiness.

What You’ll Do

• Serve as the functional authority for SAP Transportation Management (TM) Event Management capabilities, advising on event capture, milestone tracking, exception handling, alerts, notifications, and process visibility
• Translate business and operational requirements into functional specifications and solution designs aligned with SAP S/4HANA, SAP TM, and enterprise integration architecture
• Guide design and configuration decisions across key event management areas such as transportation milestones, freight order and freight unit status tracking, event profiles, expected events, actual event reporting, exception monitoring, alerting, and visibility dashboards
• Ensure alignment with integration points across SAP modules and related systems, including TM, EWM, MM, SD, GTS, master data, interfaces, reporting, and external carrier or logistics partner event feeds
• Provide expert recommendations on process standardization, system utilization, data quality, governance, and organizational change impacts
• Lead the translation of current-state logistics visibility needs into structured requirements, user stories, business process flows, and functional design artifacts
• Validate that configured event management solutions meet business requirements, operational scenarios, exception workflows, and reporting needs
• Support deployment planning, data readiness, cutover activities, defect triage, user readiness, and transition to operations
• Contribute to training materials, user guidance, standard operating procedures, process documentation, and operational playbooks
• Identify adoption risks related to event quality, interface readiness, user behavior, and process ownership, and recommend mitigation strategies

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive SAP, logistics, supply chain, transportation management, or enterprise systems experience, with at least 5 years focused on SAP TM and/or transportation event management capabilities
• Demonstrated expertise supporting SAP TM implementations, enhancements, sustainment, or modernization efforts in large enterprise, federal, or DoD environments
• Hands-on experience with transportation event tracking, milestones, status management, exception handling, alerts, notifications, visibility processes, and operational reporting
• Experience translating operational requirements into functional designs, configuration guidance, integration requirements, test scenarios, and user-facing process documentation
• Advanced functional knowledge of SAP Transportation Management, including freight orders, freight units, transportation planning, execution, tracking, and integration touchpoints
• Strong understanding of SAP event management concepts, including expected events, actual events, event handlers, milestone monitoring, exception management, alerting, and visibility reporting
• Working knowledge of SAP S/4HANA logistics processes and integration with related modules such as EWM, MM, SD, GTS, FI/CO, and master data governance
• Proven ability to support government stakeholders, compliance reviews, design reviews, requirements traceability, and regulated implementation environments
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with strong written and verbal communication skills including executive-level briefing and stakeholder facilitation experience

Nice to Have

• SAP Transportation Management certification
• SAP S/4HANA certification or relevant SAP logistics certification
• ITIL Foundation certification
• Agile, SAFe, PMP, or equivalent delivery certification
• Experience with Jira, Solution Manager, Signavio, or similar tools for requirements management, process modeling, testing, and delivery tracking, * US citizenship required
• Active Secret clearance required

Stratias is a mission-focused digital transformation firm helping the Department of Defense modernize critical systems at speed and scale. We specialize in application rationalization, code refactoring, cloud migration, data pipelining, and SaaS integration - combining Agile delivery, DevSecOps practices, and deep mission expertise to drive results for the Air Force and across the defense enterprise. You won’t be a small cog in a large machine. You’ll be a core contributor on a fast-growing team shaping the future of defense IT - with room to innovate, a collaborative environment, and benefits built for real work-life balance including full health/dental, unlimited PTO, and continuing education funding.