About this SAP WM / EWM Consultant role at Qode
SAP WM / EWM Consultant
Position Overview
We are looking for an experienced SAP WM / EWM Consultant with strong expertise in warehouse management processes and SAP S/4HANA Extended Warehouse Management. The consultant will be responsible for requirements gathering, solution design, configuration, testing, implementation, rollout, and production support for warehouse and logistics processes.
The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in SAP WM and/or SAP EWM, with strong knowledge of inbound, outbound, internal warehouse operations, inventory management, RF, handling units, warehouse tasks/orders, and integration with SAP MM, SD, PP, QM and TM.
Key Responsibilities
- Analyze business requirements and translate warehouse processes into SAP WM/EWM solutions.
- Conduct requirement workshops, fit-gap analysis and solution design.
- Configure and support SAP WM / SAP EWM processes.
- Design warehouse organizational structures.
- Configure and support inbound warehouse processes,
- Configure and support outbound processes,
- Configure internal warehouse processes
- Configure warehouse process types, warehouse tasks, warehouse orders and warehouse order creation rules.
- Work with Handling Units (HU), packaging specifications, batch management and serial number management.
- Configure and support POSC (Process-Oriented Storage Control) and LOSC (Layout-Oriented Storage Control).
- Support slotting, rearrangement, replenishment and storage optimization.
- Configure and support RF framework, RF transactions, mobile devices and barcode/scanner integration.
- Work with Warehouse Monitor for operational monitoring and issue resolution.
- Support PPF actions, exception handling and warehouse automation scenarios.
- Support integration with automated warehouse equipment, MFS/WCS/PLC where applicable.
SAP identifies inbound processing, storage/operations and outbound processing as the major EWM process areas, with warehouse tasks/orders driving physical warehouse movements.
Integration Experience
Strong integration knowledge with:
- SAP MM
- Purchase orders
- Goods receipt
- Stock transport orders
- Inventory management
- SAP SD
- Sales orders
- Outbound deliveries
- Picking
- Packing
- Goods issue
- SAP PP
- Production supply
- Staging
- Consumption
- Production integration
- SAP QM
- Inspection processes
- Quality inspection integration
- SAP TM
- Transportation and shipment integration
- SAP S/4HANA
- External WMS and warehouse automation systems
Technical / Interface Skills
- IDoc / ALE
- qRFC / queues
- BAPI / RFC
- PPF
- Web services/interfaces where applicable
- Interface monitoring and troubleshooting
- Basic ABAP debugging knowledge
- WRICEF/RICEFW requirements
- Functional specification preparation
- Coordination with ABAP and integration teams
Current EWM roles also commonly require troubleshooting of IDocs, queues and PPF, plus functional-specification and WRICEF experience.
SAP EWM Expertise
Candidates should have practical experience with several of the following:
- Embedded EWM
- Decentralized EWM
- SAP S/4HANA
- EWM Master Data
- Warehouse structure
- Storage types and bins
- Activity areas
- Warehouse process types
- Warehouse tasks
- Warehouse orders
- Warehouse Order Creation Rules
- Handling Units
- Packaging specifications
- Inbound/Outbound Delivery Processing
- POSC
- LOSC
- Wave Management
- VAS
- Replenishment
- Cross Docking
- Slotting
- Rearrangement
- Yard Management
- Physical Inventory
- Cycle Counting
- RF Framework
- Resource Management
- Labor Management
- Warehouse Monitor
- QIE
- Batch and Serial Number Management
- Kitting
- Cartonization
- MFS/WCS integration
SAP WM Experience
For candidates with classic WM experience:
- Warehouse structure and organizational elements
- Storage types and storage bins
- Transfer requirements
- Transfer orders
- Putaway and picking strategies
- Storage unit management
- Handling Unit Management
- Inventory management
- Physical inventory
- Replenishment
- Stock transfers
- WM movement types
- RF transactions
- Batch management
- Integration with MM, SD and PP
- WM enhancements and user exits
- WM-to-EWM migration/conversion exposure
Required Experience
- 5–10+ years of SAP WM/EWM experience, depending on seniority.
- Strong hands-on configuration experience in SAP WM and/or EWM.
- At least 2 full-cycle SAP implementations/rollouts preferred.
- Experience with SAP S/4HANA EWM preferred.
- Strong understanding of warehouse and logistics business processes.
- Experience working with business users, developers and technical teams.
- Experience in production support and incident resolution.
- Strong integration knowledge with MM, SD and PP.
For senior EWM positions, current postings commonly seek around 5–8 years of experience and multiple full-cycle implementations/rollouts.
Preferred Qualifications
- SAP EWM / S/4HANA certification.
- Experience with global/template-based implementations.
- Experience with decentralized EWM.
- Experience with warehouse automation.
- Knowledge of SAP TM integration.
- RF/mobile warehouse implementation experience.
- Barcode/RFID and label-printing experience.
- Experience with automated storage and retrieval systems.
- Experience with Agile/Scrum delivery methodologies.
