SAP S4/HANA MM/P2P Functional Consultant

Salt South Africa · Bellville, Western Cape

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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

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

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.