Senior Consultant – Functional SAP LO-AB (SAP Logistics - Agency Business)

Senior Consultant - Functional SAP LO-AB ( SAP Logistics - Agency Business) - The Settlement Management component supports all types of settlement processes, including core business processes that need to be fully integrated in the order-to-cash cycle or within in a procure-to-pay scenario, such as rebate settlement, as well as standalone processes, whereby we provide special financial settlement services for our business partners. This is part of SAP LO-AB (SAP Logistics - Agency Business) suite of SAP EA-RETAIL module. We offer benefits or services to the parties involved, such as del credere guarantees or simplified payment transactions, and perform settlement accounting in the system. We are end-to-end responsible for these solutions that are used by METRO countries and Metro Business Partners.

Your role will be in Settlement Management where you can support the digital innovation of a modern SAP S/4 HANA based Settlement Management solution based on SAP LO-AB (SAP Logistics - Agency Business). This solution is deployed for the METRO countries and is part of the foundation of the payment factory of METRO IT landscape.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the in-house senior functional expert, ensuring the stability and performance of SAP LO-AB (SAP Logistics - Agency Business) payment factory solution.
• Collaborate with business teams, IT service manager and local IT team to define functional requirements and enhancements to ensure the proper integration of business processes.
• Coordinate and functionally validate the deliverables.
• Support system integration with S/4HANA, SAP ECC and non-SAP systems via IDOC, SFTP and APIs.
• Participate in system design, configuration reviews, and change control processes.
• Troubleshoot system issues and lead root cause analysis.
• Ability to continuously evaluate and optimize SAP LO-AB (SAP Logistics - Agency Business) processes to improve efficiency and performance. 
• Support system upgrades in collaboration with Basis, GRC (user and rights management) and infrastructure teams.
• Ensure proper transport management, versioning, and documentation.
• Support testing activities: functional testing, SIT, UAT, defect management.
• Support data migration activities related to supplier master data.
• Prepare and review project documents such as design documents, configuration documents, technical/functional specification documents and present them to the stakeholders. Ensure updated documentation for primary support areas.
• Demand /Requirement Management - Ensure daily monitoring of assigned Incidents and Change Requests to avoid any slippage or SLA breaches.

Required key competencies and technical skills:

• Minimum 5-8 years SAP functional expertise, with at least 4 years in SAP LO-AB (SAP Logistics - Agency Business)
• At least 1 end-to-end implementation of SAP LO-AB (SAP Logistics - Agency Business) release cycle
• In-depth knowledge of S/4HANA and SAP Business Partner, Settlement Management, Condition based Pricing, Contract Management (WCOCO)
• Hands on experience in below core components of SAP LO-AB (SAP Logistics - Agency Business) –
  • Business partner master: Supplier
  • Business partner master: Customer
  • CVI Cockpit
  • Customizing Settings for Settlement Management
  • Calculation Schema Determination
  • Price Determination Using the Condition Technique – Pricing
  • Purchasing and sales account determination
  • Organizational structures for Purchasing
  • Settlement Request
  • Remuneration Document
  • Condition Contract Management
  • Idoc processing and configuration
  • Supports in FI integration of SAP LO-AB (SAP Logistics - Agency Business)
  • Supports functionally for RICEF developments
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Strong team player with excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Being a team player and collaborating well with colleagues from IT and business across all METRO units and countries.