Global Category Manager overseeing sourcing and category management for maritime products at Wilhelmsen. Supporting supplier qualifications and collaborating with international teams across various locations.
About the role
- SAP Lead Consultant – Procurement driving solution design and execution in SAP S/4HANA solutions. Collaborating with teams and ensuring alignment with industry best practices and methodologies in Amstelveen.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design of SAP S/4HANA procurement solutions using SAP Best Practices and industry standards.
- Apply the SAP Activate methodology across project phases: Discover, Prepare, Explore, Realize, Deploy, and Run.
- Integrate Grow, Rise, and CALM practices into overall delivery, governance, and lifecycle management.
- Own the endtoend SourcetoPay (S2P) process, ensuring strong process integration across finance, logistics, and sourcing.
- Lead FittoStandard workshops following the Activate framework.
- Configure and optimize SAP MM and related procurement modules (Ariba, Central Procurement, Inventory Management, etc.).
- Utilize SAP Cloud ALM for: Requirement, task, and project management Process documentation and traceability Test preparation and orchestration Deployment and transport governance Operations monitoring and continual improvement.
- Drive testing cycles, migration activities, cutover plans, and golive.
- Support enablement, training, and change management activities.
- Act as functional lead for the procurement workstream in S/4HANA programs.
- Mentor junior consultants and manage functional delivery teams.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, developers, and external SAP partners.
- Use insights from CALM analytics and monitoring to improve service quality and process performance.
- Promote SAP innovations such as digital procurement tools, automation, Fiori apps, and embedded analytics.
Requirements
- Minimum 7 years of professional and project experience in the area of SAP MM and S/4HANA Logistics (in particular in procurement to pay, as well as supply chain planning processes).
- Proven track record as Lead Consultant in SAP S/4HANA implementations.
- Strong handson experience with: SAP Activate methodology SAP Cloud ALM (CALM) Grow with SAP and/or Rise with SAP (must have).
- Deep functional knowledge of procurement, purchasing, vendor management, invoicing, sourcing, and inventory.
- Experience running FittoStandard workshops (Activate Explore phase).
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to lead functional teams across multiple countries or business units.
- For this position, you must already have a valid work permit to work in the Netherlands.
- And we are particularly interested in candidates who are proficient in Dutch as well as English.
Benefits
- Good salary based on skill level and experience.
- Permanent employment contract.
- 40-hour workweek (hybrid-working with homework allowance).
- Room for personal development and excellent career opportunities.
- An excellent pension plan and 8% holiday allowance.
- An 8.33% year-end allowance.
- Contribution to health insurance.
- 29 vacation days.
- A sustainable transport policy, including 100% free travel to work by public transport (within the Netherlands) or € 0.23 per km.
- Access to SAP certifications, training, and Atos learning programs.
- International, collaborative working culture.
- Cafeteria system, see below Cafeteria system allows employees to tailor specific labor conditions to individual preferences, such as extra holiday hours/cash/pension accrual. The system also allows for the Year End Payment and the Holiday Allowance to be paid monthly (1/12th).
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