SAP Supply Chain Management (SCM) Solution Architect

SAP Supply Chain Management (SCM) Solution Architect Work Location: 9515 - 107 ST Edmonton Alberta CAN T5K 2C3

The expectation will be for the resource to work from the office 5 days a Week/Month.

The SAP SCM Solution Architect is the strategic leader responsible for designing and governing the organization's end-to-end digital supply chain, procurement, and finance ecosystem. This role ensures that processes across Plan Source Make Deliver Return, as well as Source to Contract (S2C) and Procure to Pay (P2P), are fully integrated and optimized across SAP S/4HANA, Ariba, Fieldglass, OpenText, and SAP BTP.

The architect brings a big picture, enterprise wide perspective, ensuring that all systems, data flows, and business processes work together as a cohesive, scalable, and compliant environment. This role requires deep cross functional expertise, strong integration capabilities, and the ability to translate complex business needs into sustainable architectural solutions.

Duties End-to-end Architecture Leadership

• Own the overall architecture for Supply Chain, Procurement, and Finance processes across S/4HANA, Ariba, Fieldglass, and OpenText.
• Design solutions with a holistic, end-to-end mindset, ensuring upstream and downstream impacts are fully understood and accounted for.
• Align solution architecture with organizational strategy, public-sector procurement frameworks, and long-term digital transformation goals.

Complex Integration & System Design

• Architect and govern complex integration points across SAP and non-SAP platforms, ensuring seamless data flow, workflow orchestration, and financial alignment.
• Define integration patterns using SAP BTP Integration Suite, CIG, APIs, IDocs, and Datasphere.
• Ensure consistency of master data, supplier data, and transactional data across the entire ecosystem.

Cross Functional Business Process Leadership

• Lead workshops with Supply Chain, Procurement, Finance, and Vendor Management teams to translate business requirements into architectural designs.
• Provide thought leadership on digital supply chain modernization, procurement transformation, and financial integration.
• Ensure solutions comply with public-sector procurement rules, audit requirements, and financial controls.

Project Delivery & Governance

• Lead solution blueprinting, feasibility assessments, and cross platform impact analysis.
• Provide architectural direction to functional consultants, developers, and testing teams.
• Oversee testing and validation activities, including Ariba and Fieldglass quarterly release cycles.
• Ensure solution quality through governance, documentation, and continuous improvement.

Analytics, Reporting & Data Strategy

• Partner with data and reporting teams to design analytics solutions using SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) and Datasphere.
• Ensure data models support operational reporting, compliance, and strategic decision-making.

Must Have Education

• Yes/No - Bachelor degree or diploma in IT, Computer Science, Business, Accounting, Finance, Supply Chain or related discipline: Yes

Work Experience

• Ability to design solutions with a long term architectural vision, balancing standardization, scalability, and business requirements 6 years
• Experience with SAP Finance (FI), including financial postings, invoice processing, and related finance integration 5 years
• Experience working with SAP ECC or S/4HANA in S2C (Source to Contract) or P2P 10 years
• Hands on experience with enterprise wide transformation programs, including process transformation and technology modernization 8 years
• Hands-on experience with SAP S/4 HANA, Ariba, applications 5 years
• Leadership or supervisory experience in IT testing and validation, especially for Ariba 5 years
• Proven ability to lead requirement gathering sessions and evaluate solution feasibility 5 years
• Solid understanding of public-sector procurement practices and compliance frameworks 5 years
• Strong understanding of end to end supply chain processes: source to pay, inventory management, procurement, and logistics 8 years

Nice to Have

• Yes/No - Certification with Ariba: Yes
• Yes/No - Certification with Fieldglass: Yes
• Yes/No - PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification: Yes
• Yes/No - SAP certification that covers S/4HANA P2P (Procure to Pay): Yes

Work Experience

• Experience implementing recognized project management methodologies and standards 1 year
• Experience with TOGAF framework 1 year
• Experience working in or for the public sector 1 year
• Yes/No - Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP): Yes

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