SAP Solution Architect - Senior Manager in Birmingham

We are seeking skilled professionals with hands‑on experience in designing and implementing SAP S/4HANA solutions. This role is pivotal in delivering high‑quality client engagements, focusing on enabling digital transformation and modern cloud‑based solutions. The position also involves supporting business development activities and contributing to proposals that help grow our SAP practice.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the functional and solution architecture design for SAP IBP programmes, ensuring tight integration with SAP S/4HANA across Supply Chain and Finance execution processes (e.g. P2P, O2C, manufacturing, and inventory management).
• Own and deliver end‑to‑end IBP solution design covering key planning processes including Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Response & Supply, Inventory Optimisation, and Integrated Business Planning / S&OP.
• Conduct senior‑level fit‑to‑standard workshops with client stakeholders to align SAP IBP capabilities to business planning objectives, operating models, and performance outcomes.
• Define and maintain the overall IBP and planning architecture, ensuring alignment with enterprise digital transformation strategies, SAP roadmaps, and KPMG Powered Enterprise principles.
• Design integrated planning and execution processes, ensuring seamless data flow between SAP IBP, SAP S/4HANA, and relevant non‑SAP planning or analytics platforms.
• Provide expert guidance on leveraging SAP IBP innovations, advanced analytics, scenario planning, and intelligent technologies (e.g. demand sensing, supply optimisation, and predictive analytics).
• Oversee integration strategies between SAP IBP and SAP S/4HANA using SAP BTP, CPI, APIs, and standard SAP integration patterns to ensure data consistency and performance.
• Provide architectural governance and quality assurance across the delivery lifecycle, from design through build, test, deployment, and hypercare.
• Lead and mentor multi‑disciplinary delivery teams (functional, technical, data, integration, and change) across onshore and offshore models.
• Act as a trusted advisor to client executives, articulating planning transformation roadmaps, solution trade‑offs, and the business value of SAP IBP‑enabled operating models.
• Strong capability in owning the commercial aspects of client engagements, including scope definition, pricing, risk management, contract structures, and margin delivery across complex transformation programmes.

Required Skills & Experience

• Deep functional expertise in SAP IBP, including Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Response & Supply, Inventory Optimisation, and IBP for S&OP.
• Strong understanding of SAP S/4HANA Supply Chain and Finance processes and how they integrate with planning solutions.
• Proven experience designing and delivering integrated planning and execution solutions, including master data, key figures, planning operators, and alerts.
• Strong knowledge of SAP IBP architecture, data integration approaches, and best practices for scalable and performant planning solutions.
• Experience applying SAP Activate and fit‑to‑standard methodologies in planning‑led transformations.
• Familiarity with SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) for integration, extensions, analytics, and innovation.
• Knowledge of integration patterns and technologies (e.g. CPI, APIs, OData) connecting SAP IBP, S/4HANA, and third‑party tools.

Experience

• Extensive SAP consulting experience, with significant experience in a Senior Manager or Lead Architect role delivering SAP IBP programmes.
• Delivery experience across 2-3 multiple end‑to‑end SAP IBP implementations, including integration with SAP ECC or SAP S/4HANA environments.
• Proven track record of leading complex planning transformations, balancing solution quality, delivery pragmatism, and client value.
• Strong experience facilitating executive‑level workshops, shaping business cases, and defining planning roadmaps and solution blueprints.
• Ability to engage credibly with CXO‑level stakeholders across Supply Chain, Finance, and Operations.
• Experience managing and mentoring high‑performing consulting teams within a professional services environment.
• Proven experience leading and shaping SAP IBP‑led RFP responses, including solution vision, delivery approach, resourcing models, and commercial inputs.

Desirable Attributes

• Exceptional communication, presentation, and client relationship skills, with the ability to simplify complex functional and technical concepts for diverse audiences.
• Strong consulting mindset with excellent stakeholder management and client‑facing skills.
• Ability to simplify complex planning and technical concepts into clear business outcomes.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with a focus on value‑driven solution design.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguous environments and leading large‑scale transformation initiatives (Supply Chain, SAP and Enterprise Transformation wide).
• Passion for developing people, building capability, and contributing to KPMG’s SAP and Supply Chain community.
• Commitment to continuous learning and staying current with SAP IBP, S/4HANA, and industry best practices.
• Track record of driving go‑to‑market (GTM) initiatives, building SAP IBP pipeline, and converting opportunities into successful client engagements through trusted client relationships and value‑led propositions.