[Hiring] Principal SAP EWM Architect @RS Group

Role Description

The SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) Architect is a senior solution and process authority responsible for the global design, governance, implementation, and continuous improvement of SAP EWM and related supply chain execution solutions. This role combines deep warehouse operations expertise, strong SAP EWM solution architecture knowledge, and disciplined program governance to ensure business requirements are translated into scalable, standardised, and sustainable warehouse solutions aligned to the global template strategy.

The role will act as the primary design authority for warehouse management processes, leading fit-to-standard discussions, governing solution decisions, managing systems integrators, and ensuring that warehouse operations are supported through industry-leading processes and technologies. The role will bridge business operations and technology, providing both strategic direction and hands-on leadership through transformation programmes and operational support activities.

What You Will Be Doing

• Lead the end-to-end design and architecture of SAP EWM solutions aligned to SAP S/4HANA best practices and enterprise architecture standards.
• Act as the global design authority for warehouse management processes including inbound logistics, outbound logistics, inventory management, internal warehouse movements and physical inventory.
• Drive fit-to-standard principles, minimising customisation and maximising adoption of SAP standard functionality.
• Define and govern global versus local warehouse process requirements to ensure scalable multi-country deployments.
• Provide architectural leadership across warehouse automation, material handling equipment (MHE), robotics, RF solutions, barcode technologies and external logistics platforms.
• Challenge business stakeholders on legacy processes, operational inefficiencies and non-standard solution requests.
• Drive process harmonisation and warehouse standardisation across manufacturing, distribution and fulfilment networks.
• Ensure warehouse solutions support operational performance, customer service objectives, inventory accuracy and compliance requirements.
• Lead solution design workshops and facilitate decision-making across global and regional stakeholder groups.
• Together with our S/I partners, translate business requirements into scalable S/4HANA functional and technical solutions.
• Collaborate with IT and architecture teams to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards and seamless integration with adjacent applications (e.g. SAP ECC, S/4HANA, Metapack, Exotec, Blue Yonder).

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience delivering warehouse management and supply chain execution solutions with a strong focus on SAP EWM.
• Extensive experience leading SAP EWM implementations, transformations and operational support engagements in complex environments.
• Deep understanding of end-to-end warehouse operations including receiving, putaway, replenishment, inventory control, picking, packing, shipping and returns management.
• Strong hands-on and solution design experience in SAP EWM deployments and integration with other systems.
• Strong knowledge of warehouse automation technologies including MHE integration, conveyors, sortation systems, ASRS, robotics and warehouse control systems.
• Experience designing and supporting RF solutions, mobile warehouse execution and barcode-enabled processes.
• Proven experience supporting multi-country and multi-site warehouse deployments.
• Strong understanding of warehouse operational KPIs, inventory accuracy, productivity measurement and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to lead senior stakeholders, challenge requirements, govern systems integrators and make architecture decisions in complex environments.
• Experience managing distributed global teams, offshore delivery resources and complex vendor relationships.

Benefits

• Financial - pension/retirement; life assurance; salary finance (payroll deduction loan scheme)
• Wellbeing - medical plans; health screening; critical illness; disability insurance; holiday / paid time off; employee assistance programme; discounted gym/health club membership
• Lifestyle - transportation assistance schemes (e.g., cycle to work, travel loans, car leasing); onsite catering/lunch vouchers; retail discounts
• Spotlight – our global recognition programme provides a platform to highlight and recognise people role modelling our values

Company Description

At RS, we are making amazing happen for a better world. As a global product and service solutions provider, we help industrial customers operate more efficiently and sustainably. Operating in 33 markets, we support around one million customers worldwide with more than 875,000 stocked products, access to over five million additional products, and a range of service solutions designed to help businesses thrive.

What sets us apart is our people. More than 8,500 colleagues around the world bring technical expertise, digital innovation, and a customer first mindset to everything we do. Guided by our values – We are one team, We deliver brilliantly, We do the right thing, and We make every day better, we're creating an environment where our people can grow, contribute and make a meaningful impact.

Join us and help make amazing happen.