SAP S/4HANA MM/P2P Functional Consultant

Location: Bellville, Cape Town
Employment Type: Permanent

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.

Key combination: MM + P2P + VIM + FI/AP Integration.

Location: Bellville, Cape Town
Employment Type: Permanent

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