SAP WM Lead Consultant

Position: SAP WM Lead Consultant
Employment Type: Contract
Start: ASAP(August/September 2026)
Duration: 12 Months
Location: West Midlands, UK
Language(s): English

Focus on SAP is a specialist SAP and ERP Recruitment organisation offering both permanent and contract staffing solutions on a global scale.

Client - Partnered with a global leader in digital transformation and IT services, working with some of the world's biggest brands. Their mission is not only to deliver cutting-edge technology but also to empower organisations to create meaningful impact for the people and communities they serve. For you, this means working on challenging projects that demand innovation, collaboration, and thought leadership .

Role - A leading global organisation is seeking an experienced SAP WM Lead Consultant to provide application support, maintenance, incident resolution, change delivery and continuous improvement across business-critical SAP warehouse and logistics operations.

The successful consultant will have deep expertise in SAP Warehouse Management (WM) and strong knowledge of end-to-end warehouse processes including inbound logistics, outbound logistics, inventory management, picking, packing, replenishment, stock transfers and physical inventory .

This is a hands-on SAP functional role requiring extensive experience within SAP application support/AMS environments , combined with strong integration knowledge across SAP MM, SD, PP and wider transportation and logistics processes .

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide L2/L3 SAP WM functional support across warehouse and logistics applications.
• Analyse, troubleshoot and resolve production incidents and service requests within agreed SLAs.
• Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for recurring incidents and implement sustainable fixes and preventative actions.
• Support end-to-end warehouse processes including:
• Inbound
• Outbound
• Picking
• Packing
• Replenishment
• Stock transfers
• Inventory management
• Physical inventory

Work across integrations between SAP WM, MM, SD, PP and transportation/logistics solutions .

Collaborate with SAP Basis, Security, Middleware and technical development teams.

Produce detailed functional specifications for SAP enhancements.

Work closely with ABAP teams across reports, interfaces, forms, workflows and enhancements.

Support regression testing, UAT, release management, cutover and transport deployments .

Monitor SAP WM process stability and identify opportunities for automation and continuous improvement.

Create and maintain support documentation, knowledge articles, process documentation, runbooks and user guides.

Provide functional support to business users and key stakeholders.

Participate in critical incident, release, month-end and on-call activities where required.

Key Skills:

• 10+ years' SAP Warehouse Management (SAP WM) experience
• Strong hands‑on SAP WM functional expertise
• SAP WM configuration and support
• End‑to‑end warehouse management processes
• Inbound Logistics
• Outbound Logistics
• Goods Receipt/Goods Issue
• Picking & Packing
• Replenishment
• Stock Transfer
• Inventory Management
• Physical Inventory
• SAP application support/AMS
• L2/L3 Support
• Incident Management
• Problem Management
• Change Management
• Root Cause Analysis
• Functional Specifications
• Testing/UAT
• Release & Deployment Management
• Strong stakeholder and business‑user engagement skills

Applicants must be a UK resident and holds a valid right to work status.

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