SAP Procurement Consultant – Amsterdam – Freelance

SAP Procurement Consultant – Amsterdam – Freelance

Leading consultancy are looking for an experienced SAP Lead Consultant – Procurement with deep expertise in SAP S/4HANA, MM and SAP deployment frameworks including SAP Activate, Grow with SAP, Rise with SAP and SAP Cloud ALM (CALM).

In this exciting job, you will drive solution design, execution, and continuous improvement of procurement processes, ensuring alignment with SAP Best Practices and cloudready delivery methodologies.

Key Responsibilities

Solution Design & Architecture

• Lead the design of SAP S/4HANA procurement solutions using SAP Best Practices and industry standards.
• Apply the SAP Activate methodology across project phases: Discover, Prepare, Explore, Realize, Deploy, and Run.
• Integrate Grow, Rise, and CALM practices into overall delivery, governance, and lifecycle management.
• Own the endtoend SourcetoPay (S2P) process, ensuring strong process integration across finance, logistics, and sourcing.

Implementation & Delivery

• Lead FittoStandard workshops following the Activate framework.
• Configure and optimize SAP MM and related procurement modules (Ariba, Central Procurement, Inventory Management, etc.).
• Utilize SAP Cloud ALM for:
• Requirement, task, and project management
• Process documentation and traceability
• Test preparation and orchestration
• Deployment and transport governance
• Operations monitoring and continual improvement
• Drive testing cycles, migration activities, cutover plans, and golive.
• Support enablement, training, and change management activities.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum 7 years of professional and project experience in the area of SAP MM and S/4HANA Logistics (in particular in procurement to pay, as well as supply chain planning processes).
• Proven track record as Lead Consultant in SAP S/4HANA implementations.
• Strong handson experience with:
• SAP Activate methodology
• SAP Cloud ALM (CALM)
• Grow with SAP and/or Rise with SAP (must have)
• Deep functional knowledge of procurement, purchasing, vendor management, invoicing, sourcing, and inventory.
• Experience running FittoStandard workshops (Activate Explore phase).
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to lead functional teams across multiple countries or business units.
• For this position, you must already have a valid work permit to work in the Netherlands.
• And we are particularly interested in candidates who are proficient in Dutch as well as English.

This is a freelance position based in Amsterdam offering 600 euro per day for an initial 6 month engagement. Hybrid with 2/3 days a week in the central Amsterdam office with the rest WFH.