Consulting Senior Managing SAP Advanced Variant Configuration; AVC Professional

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The SAP Advanced Variant Configuration (AVC) Lead will be responsible for guiding the design, implementation, and optimization of complex product configuration solutions using SAP’s Advanced Variant Configuration capabilities. This role serves as the primary expert on configuration modeling, pricing logic, and integration with manufacturing, sales, and supply chain processes. The AVC Lead will partner closely with business and technical teams to ensure that configurable products are accurately represented in the system and that end‑to‑end processes support efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.

Your role and responsibilities

The SAP AVC Lead will oversee the creation and maintenance of AVC models, including characteristics, classes, constraints, rules, and pricing. This role will collaborate with product engineering, sales, manufacturing, and IT teams to understand configuration requirements and translate them into robust system solutions. The Lead will define and enforce configuration governance, ensure alignment with master data and product structures, and support integration with upstream and downstream processes such as order management, production planning, and variant BOMs.

Additional responsibilities include supporting testing cycles, resolving system defects, documenting configuration logic, and driving continuous improvement to enhance model performance and user experience.

This Job can be Performed from anywhere in the US
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Required education

Bachelor s Degree

Preferred education

Bachelor s Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Hands-on experience with SAP Advanced Variant Configuration, including model creation and rules development
• Strong knowledge of product configuration processes and configurable product structures
• Experience integrating AVC with SAP SD, PP, MM, and related modules
• Ability to analyze business requirements and translate them into detailed configuration logic
• Familiarity with variant BOMs, variant pricing, and classification systems
• Experience supporting system testing, troubleshooting, and issue resolution
• Strong communication skills for working with product engineering, manufacturing, and sales teams
• Ability to manage configuration governance and maintain high-quality, scalable models

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