SAP Principal Architect, Transportation Management

Amgen

SAP Principal Architect driving Transportation Management architecture and solutions at Amgen. Collaborating across teams to enhance IT effectiveness and compliance in global manufacturing.

Posted 5/27/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $167,720 - $226,916 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ERP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Be accountable for helping drive the successful design, architecture, build, test and implementation SAP S/4 Transportation management solution across all the Amgen manufacturing and distribution sites
Partner with business leads, business engagement teams to support the development of business cases for delivering the IT roadmap and Business strategy
Collaborate with Business, Operations IS and ERP solution architects (Order-to-Cash, Record to Report, Source to Settle) for cross functional integrations and E2E solution design
Serve as solution owner for the SAP transportation management solutions within the global ERP architecture team
Lead continuous improvements to drive IT effectiveness with the business and IT
Collaborate with business and operations IS teams to identify future business needs and prioritize resources/effort to support the delivery of business-critical projects, enhancements and process improvements
Deliver on portfolio investments and ensure business value outcomes are realized based on prioritized business needs
Drive implementation of cross functional initiatives required for regulatory compliance
Uses deep business knowledge to drive engagement on major IT initiatives
Influence architecture decisions and solution choices with business stakeholders and enterprise architects
Manage Implementation vendor to ensure the effective execution of the projects and services, holding them accountable to project scope, SLAs and critical metrics
Drive configuration and development activities to meet business requirements through a combination of internal and external teams
Ensure all the required functional, configuration and technical design documents of SAP TM capabilities are created in compliance with GxP requirements and ERP architecture standards
Support Validation/QA teams on ensuring GxP compliance of SAP TM capabilities with the corporate standard for IT change management and IT SOPs following 21 CFR Part 11 and Annex 11 requirements
Promotes adoption of SAP industry best practices within in S/4 transportation management and logistics execution workstream.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Doctorate degree and 2 years of SAP TM implementation experience OR Master’s degree and 6 years of SAP TM implementation experience OR Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of SAP TM implementation experience OR Associate’s degree and 10 years of SAP TM implementation experience OR High school diploma / GED and 12 years of SAP TM implementation experience
10 to 15 years of experience in SAP Transportation Management with minimum of 3 to 4 end to end S/4 TM implementations
Good understanding of SAP supply chain processes
Possess solid knowledge in SAP TM master data, Transportation Requirement Management, Transportation planning and execution, Charge calculation and Freight settlement
Should have adequate knowledge in real time tracking, monitoring, exception handling and analysis of Sales orders, deliveries, shipments (Freight Orders, Units, Parcels, Vehicles, Containers) and freight conditions (e.g. secured transportation) to provide visibility on status, location, history, analytics etc. in production support environment
Hands on experience in OTR (order based) & DTR (delivery based) processes, including Selection, Planning profiles, Condition’s optimizer planning and scheduling, Freight Execution Carrier selection, Tendering / Subcontracting and Cost distribution
Strong understanding about Inbound and Outbound shipments (Domestic and International), Transportation Load Builder (FTL, LTL), different modes of transports, and Freight Settlement
Experience of integration of TM with other SAP modules like SD, MM, FI, EM, GTS, EHS and EWM
Experience in the integration of SAP TM with Logistics Business Network(LBN), freight collaboration and GTT
Experience on carrier onboarding in LBN/GTT and carrier settings
Contribute to the business through innovation ideas, proof of concepts etc.
Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technology solutions in business terms, establish rapport and persuade others.

Benefits

Comp & perks

A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions
group medical, dental and vision coverage
life and disability insurance
flexible spending accounts
A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan
Stock-based long-term incentives
Award-winning time-off plans
Flexible work models where possible.

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Hard Skills & Tools

SAP S/4 Transportation ManagementSAP supply chain processesSAP TM master dataTransportation Requirement ManagementTransportation planning and executionCharge calculationFreight settlementOTR processesDTR processesIntegration of TM with SAP modules

Soft Skills

collaborationinfluencecommunicationleadershipproblem-solvinginnovationprioritizationaccountabilityengagementpersuasion