Senior Consultant - Retail - SAP S/4HANA Data Migration

Role Purpose:
We are seeking an experienced SAP S/4HANA Data Migration Senior Consultant with a strong background in the retail industry to support the SAP S/4HANA store rollout for the MAF Retail operating company. The consultant will play a critical role in designing, building and executing the migration of master and transactional data into S/4HANA for each store wave, with a focus on data quality, reconciliation, and cutover readiness.
The ideal candidate will have expertise in SAP Migration Cockpit and SAP Data Services (BODS), retail master data objects such as article, site, vendor and customer, and the data dependencies between retail business streams and SAP systems.

Key Responsibilities:
Functional Specification Review: Collaborate with retail business stakeholders and stream leads to define migration scope, data ownership and acceptance criteria. Review and validate mapping and transformation specifications, providing recommendations for data cleansing, deduplication and enrichment.
Migration Build and Execution: Build and maintain extraction, transformation and load routines using SAP Migration Cockpit, LSMW or SAP Data Services for retail objects across MM, SD, FI and IS-Retail. Manage end-to-end data flow, execute mock loads, reconcile record counts and values, and secure business sign-off ahead of cutover.
Data Quality and Governance: Define data quality rules, validation reports and defect tracking. Design repeatable, automated load procedures for high-volume retail article and inventory data. Coordinate with data owners to maintain templates and audit evidence.
Project Management Support: Serve as SME for data migration throughout the rollout lifecycle. Identify risks, propose mitigation strategies, and ensure alignment of rollout milestones related to data readiness and cutover.
Stakeholder Collaboration: Act as primary contact for data migration topics, collaborating with functional leads, legacy system owners, SAP consultants, and external partners. Conduct workshops and data validation sessions to drive data quality ownership.

Education & Experience:
Bachelor’s/master’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Management, or related field. Minimum 8+ years of experience in SAP data migration with at least 2 full-cycle SAP S/4HANA implementations or rollouts. Proven expertise in retail master data objects and multi-location inventory/open item balances. Strong background in the full migration lifecycle. Hands-on experience in SAP S/4HANA store rollout and multi-site deployment projects.

Technical & Soft Skills:
Hands-on skills in SAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit, LTMC/LTMOM, SAP Data Services (BODS), and SQL. Experience with retail-specific SAP modules (CAR, IS-Retail, EWM). Proficiency in mapping documentation, reconciliation reporting and defect management tooling. Familiarity with SAP Master Data Governance and S/4HANA retail data models. Strong communication, analytical mindset, and ability to manage high-pressure cutover windows.