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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # SAP MM - Purchasing & Transportation Management Business Adoption & Stabilization Lead - **Company:** Genius Business Solutions Inc - **Location:** Charlotte, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** SAP (Applications), SAP FI/CO, SAP Materials Management, SAP Project System, SAP Sales and Distribution, Test Data, SAP PP (Production Planning), SAP S/4HANA, Data Management, Sap Extended Warehouse Management - **Published:** October 12, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/55bd1411-b265-4e90-a617-b96a1ab25018 ## About the Role * 14+ years of SAP or business transformation experience, including SAP S/4HANA deployment and post-go-live stabilization. * Strong SAP MM Purchasing and Procure-to-Pay knowledge in project-based, Engineer-to-Order manufacturing. * Working knowledge of Transportation Management, Accounts Payable integration, SAP PS, FI/CO, PP, WM/EWM, SD, and master data. * Experience leading business readiness, change, UAT, training, cutover, hypercare, incident governance, and transition to support. * Proven ability to troubleshoot operational issues, translate technical findings into business impacts, and coordinate cross-functional resolution. * Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, communication, analytical, and governance skills., * Experience with global-template or greenfield S/4HANA rollouts in industrial or asset-intensive environments. * Experience establishing key-user networks, command centers, floor support, or hypercare routines. * Familiarity with Prosci/ADKAR, SAP Activate, or agile delivery methods is beneficial. ## Description We are seeking an experienced SAP MM - Purchasing & Transportation Management Business Adoption & Stabilization Lead with strong knowledge of SAP S/4HANA manufacturing environments, particularly project-based, Engineer-to-Order (ETO) businesses. The lead will drive adoption and stabilization of SAP MM Purchasing and Transportation Management in a project-based, Engineer-to-Order (ETO) manufacturing environment. Working across Procurement, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Logistics, Accounts Payable, business users, IT, and SAP support teams, the role will coordinate readiness, testing, training, go-live support, issue resolution, hypercare, and transition to steady-state operations., Business Adoption & Process Readiness * Own business adoption and readiness for SAP MM Purchasing and end-to-end Procure-to-Pay processes. * Translate the global template into clear local roles, controls, procedures, and ways of working. * Prepare ETO procurement scenarios covering WBS/project structures, customer-specific requirements, long-lead materials, project milestones, goods receipt, invoice verification, and intercompany flows. * Partner with Accounts Payable on three-way matching, invoice blocks, payment readiness, reconciliation, and exception handling. * Identify adoption barriers and readiness risks, coordinate corrective actions, and support a network of key users and business champions. Transportation Management * Drive readiness and adoption for transportation planning, execution, procurement, and logistics processes integrated with SAP S/4HANA. * Coordinate end-to-end validation across Purchasing, Inventory, Warehouse, Manufacturing, Finance, and Accounts Payable. * Prepare users and support procedures for go-live, rapidly triage disruptions, and convert recurring issues into sustainable improvements. Stakeholder Engagement & Change Leadership * Lead stakeholder engagement, change-impact assessment, communications, and business readiness while maintaining alignment with the global template. * Facilitate decisions across Procurement, Logistics, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, SAP PS, FI/CO, Accounts Payable, IT, and support teams. * Drive process standardization, maintain clear ownership and escalation paths, and ensure process and support documentation remains current. Business Validation, UAT & Deployment Readiness * Lead business UAT, including critical scenarios, test data, defect triage, retesting, and business sign-off. * Validate end-to-end procurement, transportation, ETO project/WBS, financial, and Accounts Payable scenarios, including three-way matching and payment-impacting exceptions. * Track readiness criteria and escalate unresolved risks affecting deployment, compliance, or business continuity. Stabilization * Lead hypercare, and stabilization through transition to steady-state support. * Troubleshoot current SAP and business issues across process, master data, integration, authorization, workflow, and system areas; coordinate cross-functional resolution through closure. * Resolve Accounts Payable issues affecting invoices and supplier payments, including PO/GR mismatches, invoice blocks, account assignments, and integration defects. * Manage incidents, workarounds, root-cause analysis, recovery actions, stabilization reporting, and exit criteria. Training, Communications & Adoption Measurement * Coordinate role-based training, communications, user guides, and key-user support. * Monitor adoption and stabilization outcomes and deliver targeted coaching or process improvements where needed.