Senior SAP Supply Chain & Basis Architect —
Job Description

Role summary
The Senior SAP Supply Chain & Basis Architect owns two things for an LNG export
operator moving from construction into operations: the design of the SAP S/4HANA
supply chain (procure-to-pay, inventory, warehouse, MRO spares and logistics) and the
health of the SAP technical platform underneath it (Basis, HANA, landscape, security and
upgrades). The role is the single design authority where supply chain process meets
system architecture.
Location: Houston, TX (hybrid; periodic site travel)
Reports to: Head of Enterprise Applications / CIO
Type: Full-time, senior individual contributor with technical leadership of partner
teams
Key responsibilities
SAP supply chain architecture
Own end-to-end supply chain design in S/4HANA: MM, IM, EWM/WM, PP/PM
materials, SD and logistics execution.
Lead procure-to-pay: sourcing, contracts, purchase requisitions, POs, service entry
sheets, GR/IR and invoice verification.
Design MRO and spares management: criticality, stocking strategy, MRP, reservations
against PM work orders, and warehouse operations at site.
Integrate with Ariba/SAP Business Network, supplier portals, freight and customs
providers.
Set material, vendor and BOM master data standards and the governance to keep
them clean.
Drive fit-to-standard and minimize custom code across supply chain processes.
SAP Basis and technical architecture
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Own the SAP landscape design: DEV/QA/PRD tiers, sandboxes, system copies and
refreshes, client strategy.
Oversee HANA database administration, sizing, performance tuning, backup/restore,
high availability and disaster recovery.
Run upgrades, support packs, kernel patches, Notes and release management; manage
the transport (CTS/ChaRM) process.
Lead SAP security architecture with the security team: roles and authorizations, SSO,
GRC/SoD controls, audit readiness.
Manage SAP on cloud hosting (RISE, Azure orAWS) and the relationship with hosting
and AMS providers.
Own monitoring and operations through SAP Solution Manager or Cloud ALM,
including job scheduling and incident response.
Integration
Design supply chain interfaces on SAP BTP Integration Suite (Cloud Integration, API
Management, Event Mesh) and keep IDoc/RFC connectivity healthy.
Govern links to maintenance, document management, OT/historian and data platforms.
Leadership and delivery
Act as design authority over systems integrators, Basis/AMS vendors and hosting
partners; review their deliverables and SLAs.
Estimate effort, shape statements of work and support release planning.
Mentor functional and technical analysts; present options and trade-offs to IT and
business leadership.
Required qualifications
12+ years in SAP, with 5+ years architecting supply chain solutions and hands-on Basis
experience.
At least two full-lifecycle S/4HANA implementations or conversions covering MM, IM
and EWM/WM.
Deep procure-to-pay and inventory expertise, including MRO spares and integration
with PM and FI.
Hands-on Basis: HANA administration, system installs and copies, upgrades,
transports, performance tuning and HA/DR.
SAP security and authorization design experience, including GRC or SoD controls.
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SAP on hyperscaler or RISE experience, and managing hosting/AMS vendors to SLAs.
Integration experience with BTP Integration Suite, IDocs and RFC.
Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, supply chain or equivalent.
Preferred qualifications
Energy, LNG, chemicals or other asset-intensive industry background.
Greenfield experience taking warehouses, spares and SAP operations from project
phase to steady state.
Ariba, SAP IBP, Transportation Management or Fieldglass exposure.
SAP Solution Manager / Cloud ALM, ChaRM and Focused Run experience.
SAP certifications: S/4HANA Sourcing & Procurement, EWM, or SAP Technology
Associate (Basis/HANA).
Experience feeding SAP supply chain data into Databricks, Azure or similar platforms.
Success in the first 12 months
Procure-to-pay, inventory and MRO spares processes running on standard S/4HANA
with clean material and vendor master data.
Site warehouse operations live in EWM/WM with accurate stock and reservation flow
from maintenance.
A documented SAP landscape with tested HA/DR, a patch and upgrade calendar, and
on-time refreshes.
Role design and SoD controls that pass audit with no material findings.
Measurable gains in system availability, transport cycle time and P2P cycle time.
A 3-year SAP supply chain and platform roadmap agreed with the CIO and supply chain
leadership.