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About Open Sky Group
Open Sky Group is an expert supply chain technology company. We have a cooperative and flexible working environment with excellent growth opportunities. We believe in giving employees the right tools to do the job and take that commitment very seriously. We offer competitive salaries and benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, Life & Disability Insurance. We also provide incentive compensation, a retirement savings plan with matching contributions, a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and a range of voluntary benefits including Accident and Critical Illness coverage.
About the role
Remote role, anywhere in the U.S.
As the Principal SAP EWM Architect (Extended Warehouse Management) for Open Sky Group ’s Professional Services team, you will lead solution architecture and guide delivery across client engagements. You will translate warehouse operational needs into scalable SAP EWM solutions, advise clients, and provide functional and technical guidance to consultants. This role emphasizes architecture and process design, supported by selective hands-on configuration and complex issue resolution. You will also support presales, interview candidates, mentor consultants, and help practice leadership build SAP capabilities and service offerings.
Immediate Requirements
Support presales through client discovery, solution demonstrations, RFP responses, proofs of concept, scope definition, effort estimates, and statements of work.
Participate in candidate interviews, assess SAP EWM architecture, functional, and technical capabilities, and provide hiring recommendations to practice leadership.
Develop solution roadmaps, implementation approaches, and cost estimates aligned with client operations and business objectives.
Own SAP EWM solution architecture across discovery, design, configuration, testing, cutover, go-live, and stabilization.
Provide expert guidance on solution design, configuration, integration, and deployment; perform targeted configuration and troubleshooting to validate designs and resolve critical issues.
Evaluate EWM deployment options and guide integration with ERP, transportation, production, quality, and warehouse automation systems.
Lead client engagements and strengthen delivery capabilities through the following activities:
Lead workshops to assess warehouse operations and translate business needs into scalable SAP EWM solutions.
Define future-state processes across inbound, outbound, inventory, replenishment, and production supply.
Guide clients through process changes, solution tradeoffs, and implementation priorities.
Establish design standards and review functional specifications, integration designs, and development requirements.
Serve as a senior advisor to client stakeholders and an escalation point for complex solution decisions.
Standardize delivery methods, documentation, and quality reviews; build reusable solution assets and implementation templates.
Guide functional consultants, developers, and integration specialists through configuration and technical execution.
Communicate architecture decisions, delivery risks, dependencies, and scope changes to client and internal teams.
Partner with project managers on resource planning, delivery readiness, and issue resolution.
Support practice leadership in developing service offerings, proposals, client expansion opportunities, and SAP EWM capabilities.
Support industry events, marketing content, and partner engagement in collaboration with practice leadership.
Mentor consultants and support onboarding, knowledge sharing, and professional development.
Ongoing Practice Contributions
Mentor consultants, share solution knowledge, and support onboarding and technical skills development.
Provide input on project staffing, skills needs, and certification priorities as the practice grows.
Develop reusable solution assets, delivery standards, and presales content in collaboration with practice leadership.
Experience Minimum of 8 years of SAP EWM experience, including multiple end-to-end implementations and demonstrated leadership of solution architecture or overall solution design.
Strong SAP EWM functional and configuration knowledge, with the ability to evaluate technical designs and guide developers and integration teams.
Proven experience leading client workshops, design decisions, and delivery teams; experience mentoring consultants and supporting team development.
Strong understanding of embedded and decentralized EWM, process integration, data migration, testing, and cutover. SAP S/4HANA transformation and legacy SAP WM migration experience preferred.
Experience supporting presales, scope definition, and estimates. Experience interviewing candidates, mentoring consultants, or developing consulting delivery methods preferred.
Excellent problem-solving and communication skills. SAP EWM certification and experience with RF, warehouse automation, or EWM labor management preferred.
Additional Skills, Abilities, and Attributes
Ability to communicate effectively with executive, operational, and technical stakeholders.
Strong workshop facilitation, presentation, and client relationship skills.
Ability to guide distributed delivery teams, provide constructive mentoring, and collaborate across sales and delivery.
Sound judgment in balancing client requirements, solution quality, and delivery commitments.
Work Location and Travel
Must be authorized to work in the US. Can live anywhere in the US.
This is a home-based, full-time, exempt role.
This position requires travel up to 70% by airplane and/or car, with overnights.
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Regularly required to talk and hear.
Frequently required to stand, walk, use hands to , handle, or feel, and reach with hands and arms.
This position requires the ability to occasionally lift, carry, or pull office products and supplies, up to 40 pounds.
Benefits
Open Sky Group offers benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, Life & Disability Insurance, a retirement savings plan with company contribution, as well as a flexible and fun work environment.
Annual salary range: $150,000-$170,000.
The salary range reflects the anticipated base salary for this position. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. Individual salary will be commensurate with skills, experience, certifications or licenses, and other relevant factors.