SAP S4/HANA MM/P2P Functional Consultant Job at Salt South Africa

About the Role

• We are looking for an experienced SAP S/4HANA MM/P2P Functional Consultant to join an established SAP Centre of Excellence team.
• The role focuses on functional support, testing, documentation, business engagement and continuous improvement across Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Materials Management (MM), Vendor Invoice Management (VIM) and related Accounts Payable processes.
• This is a full-process P2P role, requiring strong understanding of the procurement-to-invoice lifecycle, particularly vendor invoice processing, workflow management, exception handling, process optimisation and user adoption.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide functional support across SAP S/4HANA MM, P2P, VIM and AP processes.
• Analyse and resolve P2P/VIM incidents, workflow issues and invoice exceptions.
• Support procurement processes including requisitions, purchase orders, goods receipt and invoice verification.
• Identify invoice processing bottlenecks and opportunities for automation and process improvement.
• Support VIM workflows, exception queues, approvals and user adoption.
• Analyse integration issues across MM/P2P, vendor invoices and Finance/AP.
• Conduct root-cause analysis, testing, UAT and resolution documentation.
• Prepare functional specifications, test cases, knowledge articles and process documentation.
• Support business workshops, training, change delivery and post-implementation stabilisation.
• Work with JIRA, SAP Solution Manager, Confluence and SAP Fiori.
• Use approved AI-enabled SAP tools such as SAP Joule to support research and documentation, applying appropriate professional judgement.
• Escalate complex FI/CO, audit, control and cross-module matters where required.

Required Experience & Knowledge

• 6+ years’ experience in SAP MM, P2P, VIM, AP or related SAP functional support.
• Strong hands-on SAP S/4HANA Procurement and MM experience.
• Strong understanding of the end-to-end Procure-to-Pay lifecycle.
• Experience with purchasing, purchase orders, goods receipt and invoice verification.
• Practical Vendor Invoice Management (VIM) and invoice workflow experience.
• Understanding of invoice exceptions, approval workflows, AP processes and invoice optimisation.
• Working knowledge of SAP FI integration, including GR/IR, vendor accounts, AP postings and reconciliation.
• Experience in a BAU/application support environment.
• Experience with JIRA or similar ITSM tools, testing, UAT and functional documentation.
• Strong stakeholder engagement across Procurement, Finance, AP and SAP teams.
• Knowledge of supplier/vendor master data and MDG is mandatory.

Advantageous

• OpenText VIM
• Kofax or invoice capture solutions
• SAP Business Workflow
• SAP Fiori and Solution Manager
• SAP Notes, KBAs and SAP Help
• SAP Joule / AI-assisted SAP tools
• Process automation and invoice optimisation
• Supplier/master data management
• SAP MM or S/4HANA Procurement certification
• SAP Finance integration experience

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, IT, Commerce or related field.
• SAP MM, S/4HANA Sourcing & Procurement or SAP Finance integration certification is advantageous.

Key Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability
• Incident and root-cause analysis
• Process improvement
• Business and stakeholder engagement
• Functional testing and UAT
• Clear technical documentation
• Strong organisation and prioritisation
• Ability to work independently and under pressure
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Ability to work within SAP governance and control frameworks

Ideal Candidate

• The ideal candidate combines strong SAP S/4HANA MM/P2P experience with practical VIM and vendor invoice management capability.
• You should be comfortable supporting the full procurement-to-invoice lifecycle, troubleshooting production issues, engaging with business users and driving improvements across P2P and AP.