Lead SAP EWM Consultant, Gurugram
This is a full-time, on-site position for a Lead SAP EWM Consultant based in Cyber City, DLF Phase 2, Gurugram. The role pays up to ₹1,81,000 a month and sits within the ERP and Business Applications practice, working across warehouse execution projects for clients who are mid-implementation or already live on SAP EWM. Someone searching for SAP EWM consultant jobs in Gurugram will find this one squarely in that category: an on-site, lead-level seat rather than a remote or hybrid one.
The team supports clients across manufacturing, retail distribution, and third-party logistics, so the day-to-day varies by which client's warehouse you're currently assigned to. Some engagements run a single site with a handful of storage types; others span a network of distribution centers, where a configuration change in one location must be tested across several others before it ships. A lead consultant moves between these depending on where the practice needs coverage that quarter, rather than staying fixed to one account indefinitely.
What the role involves
- Configuring and customizing SAP EWM to match a client's actual warehouse layout, storage types, and putaway or picking strategies
- Sitting with client stakeholders to map existing warehouse and logistics processes onto the system, flagging where a process needs to change rather than be forced into the tool
- Running through cutover activities and go-live weekends, then staying close to the floor for the first weeks a warehouse operates on the new configuration
- Troubleshooting issues that surface during rollout, from mismatched stock movements to RF device errors on the warehouse floor
- Providing structured post-launch support, including root-cause fixes rather than one-off patches, and documenting configuration decisions for the client's own team
- Guiding junior consultants on the engagement and reviewing their configuration work before it reaches a client environment
- Preparing test scripts for unit and integration testing, then walking client super-users through them before the system moves toward production
- Coordinating with adjacent module teams, most often SAP MM and SAP TM, when a warehouse process touches inventory movement or outbound transport
Most weeks split roughly between configuration work at a desk and time on a client's warehouse floor, particularly in the run-up to a go-live. A consultant who's only comfortable in one of those settings tends to struggle here; the floor time is where configuration assumptions get tested against how people actually move stock.
Qualifications and experience
A bachelor's degree is the baseline expected for this role. Most candidates hold theirs in information technology, business administration, or a closely related field, though the department matters less than what came after it: a vendor-specific SAP certification, ideally functional or technical and tied to warehouse or logistics modules, is standard for anyone applying at lead level.
On the experience side, the listing calls for 132 months, or roughly 11 years, of relevant work, with the bulk of that time spent on hands-on SAP implementation rather than adjacent consulting or support work. That's a long runway on purpose. A lead consultant on this engagement is expected to own client conversations directly and make configuration calls without a second-guess loop back to a manager, and that only comes from having sat through enough go-lives to know where things usually go wrong.
In practical terms, that experience usually breaks down into two or three full end-to-end implementations plus a stretch of support work on top of it, rather than eleven years on a single system that never changed. Candidates coming from a pure support background, with limited exposure to greenfield builds, may find the bar here harder to clear even if their total years line up on paper.
Skills
Required, non-negotiable skills for this seat:
- SAP EWM, including configuration of warehouse structures, storage bins, and process-oriented storage control
- Working knowledge of warehouse management processes end to end, from inbound receiving through outbound dispatch
- General SAP configuration experience beyond EWM alone, since most clients need at least light integration work with adjacent modules
Beyond that baseline, a few things move a candidate up the shortlist rather than being required outright: exposure to SAP S/4HANA warehouse scenarios, a formal SAP Certified Application Associate credential in Extended Warehouse Management, prior work with RF and barcode scanning setups on the shop floor, and any experience integrating EWM with SAP Transportation Management. None of these are dealbreakers if the core EWM and configuration background is solid, but they do shorten the interview.
What the work is actually like
This is client-facing consulting, which means the pace is set by someone else's implementation calendar more often than your own. Cutover weekends and the first two or three weeks after go-live tend to run long, and a consultant on this project should expect the occasional evening call when a warehouse floor hits a blocking issue at shift change. The quieter stretches, usually mid-implementation once the design is locked and build is underway, are a fair trade for that. This posting is being handled through Naukri Mitra, and the hiring team there has already flagged that candidates within commuting distance of Cyber City will move through screening faster, given the on-site nature of the role.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Paid time off
- Performance-linked bonuses tied to project delivery milestones
- On-site cafeteria at the Cyber City office
- Cab or commute support, given the site location in DLF Phase 2
Good to know before applying
The role is based entirely on-site in Gurugram, so remote or hybrid arrangements aren't part of this listing. The "near me" search that brought some candidates here will only make sense for people already in, or willing to relocate to, the NCR region. Compensation is structured monthly, up to ₹1,81,000, in line with what other lead-level ERP consulting roles in Gurugram typically pay for someone with this level of implementation experience. Candidates should come prepared to speak in detail about at least one full EWM implementation they carried end to end, since that conversation tends to matter more in screening than anything on the resume itself.
Salary is discussed openly during the first screening call rather than held back for a later stage, and it's negotiable within a reasonable band depending on how directly a candidate's certifications and prior client list match this practice's current pipeline. Interviews typically run two rounds: a technical conversation with a current lead consultant, followed by a client-facing simulation where the candidate walks a panel through how they'd handle a hypothetical rollout snag.
