Product Configuration & Master Data Management Engineer

Product Configuration & Master Data Management Engineer (CPQ & SAP VC). Talents First is recruiting on behalf of its client, a major international industrial group expanding its presence in Saudi Arabia through a strategic industrial partnership. We are seeking an experienced Product Configuration & Master Data Management Engineer to support the industrialisation of configurable products and the integration of engineering, commercial and manufacturing processes through SAP and connected enterprise systems.

• SAP Variant Configuration:
  Develop, maintain and optimise SAP VC models, translating engineering specifications and industrial processes into configuration rules, characteristics, classes and object dependencies.
• CPQ Product Configuration:
  Maintain and validate CPQ product models, ensuring consistency between commercial configuration requirements and industrial production processes.
• Master Data Management:
  Manage the creation, maintenance and extension of SAP Material Master Data (MM), ensuring accuracy, integrity and alignment with industrialisation requirements.
• Systems Integration:
  Coordinate with product configuration developers and PLM specialists to maintain consistent product data across CPQ, SAP ERP, PLM and MES environments, including connected systems such as Windchill, Configit and TDC.
• Testing & Validation:
  Test and validate configuration changes across SAP environments, support user acceptance testing (UAT) and troubleshoot configuration issues affecting industrialisation and production.
• Process Improvement:
  Identify opportunities to improve configuration performance, data quality, automation and the reliability of system interfaces.
• Purchasing Integration:
  Collaborate with procurement teams to define and automate the transfer of relevant product characteristics and pricing information from variant configuration into supplier purchase orders.
• Documentation & Support:
  Prepare technical documentation, provide training on configuration models and master data processes.

• Minimum 5 years of experience working with SAP Variant Configuration (LO-VC) and SAP Material Management (MM).
• Strong knowledge of product configuration principles, material master data governance and industrialisation processes.
• Ability to read, interpret and understand mechanical and electrical engineering drawings and translate technical specifications into configuration logic.
• Familiarity with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems, preferably Windchill, and experience working with Bills of Materials (BOM) and system data interfaces.
• Knowledge of SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) and Production Planning (PP), particularly sales order configuration and order BOM processes, would be an advantage.
• Scripting and automation capabilities, including Excel VBA, Power Platform or the ability to read ABAP, would be beneficial.