SAP Material Master Architect

Employment Eligibility Statement

Due to specific project and client requirements, this position is open to U.S. Citizens and U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents (Green Card holders). Sponsorship is not available at this time.

Danta Technologies evaluates all candidates in compliance with the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and EEOC guidelines. All hiring decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

This position is available to candidates across the United States and offers a 100% remote work arrangement.

The SAP S/4

HANA Material Master Management Enterprise Solution Architect is responsible for defining, designing, and governing enterprise-wide material master data solutions across SAP S/4

HANA and integrated systems. This role ensures harmonized data models, robust governance, and scalable architecture that supports business processes such as procurement, manufacturing, inventory, logistics, finance, and analytics. The architect acts as a strategic bridge between business stakeholders, master data governance teams, and technical delivery teams, ensuring material master data is accurate, consistent, compliant, and future‑ready.

• Define end-to-end enterprise architecture for SAP S/4
  
  HANA Material Master, including integration with MM, PP, SD, EWM, QM, FI/CO, and external systems.
• Design global material data models, classification strategies, and numbering schemes aligned with business and regulatory requirements.
• Establish best practices for material types, views, field controls, and extensibility (custom fields, Fiori apps, APIs).
• Ensure alignment with SAP Clean Core principles and S/4
  
  HANA extensibility standards.
• Master Data Governance & Strategy
• Lead Material Master governance strategy, including data ownership, stewardship, lifecycle management, and approval workflows.
• Define and enforce data standards, naming conventions, validation rules, and quality KPIs.
• Architect SAP MDG-M (Material Master) solutions for create/change/extend processes.
• Support data compliance requirements (e.g., SOX, auditability, regulatory reporting).
• Integration & Data Management
• Architect integrations with upstream and downstream systems (PLM, SRM/Ariba, MES, WMS, 3PLs, analytics platforms).
• Define data replication, synchronization, and error-handling strategies using SAP tools (MDG, DRF, AIF, CPI, IDocs, APIs).
• Support material master data migration and harmonization for S/4
  
  HANA transformations, rollouts, and mergers.
• Program & Stakeholder Leadership
• Act as enterprise authority for Material Master design decisions across projects and releases.
• Collaborate with business process owners, IT leadership, and global/regional teams to align requirements and priorities.
• Review and approve solution designs, ensuring consistency across landscapes and implementations.
• Mentor functional consultants, data architects, and MDG teams.
• Quality, Performance & Innovation
• Ensure data performance, scalability, and usability in high-volume, global environments.
• Drive continuous improvement through automation, Fiori UX enhancements, and advanced analytics.
• Stay current with SAP S/4
  
  HANA roadmap, MDG innovations, and industry best practices.

• Deep expertise in SAP S/4
  
  HANA Material Master (MM) data structures and dependencies.
• Strong experience with SAP MDG-M and enterprise master data governance frameworks.
• Solid understanding of S/4
  
  HANA integration technologies (CPI, APIs, IDocs, DRF).
• Experience with S/4
  
  HANA data migration approaches (e.g., Migration Cockpit, ETL tools).
• Knowledge of SAP Fiori UX and extensibility concepts.
• Architecture & Leadership
• Proven experience as a Solution Architect or Enterprise Architect in large SAP programs.
• Ability to translate complex business requirements into scalable, compliant SAP designs.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills at executive and operational levels.
• Experience working in global, multi-country SAP landscapes.

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or…