5 SAP Supply Chain Skills About to Explode | $375/Hour Rates in 2026
Last month a staffing partner sent me an IBP requirement. $375/hour. Position was open 11 weeks. Meanwhile thousands of MM and PP consultants sitting on the bench wondering why the phone isn't ringing.
The SAP Supply Chain you learned in training doesn't exist anymore. MM, WM, APO — gone. SAP restructured everything under S/4HANA and RISE. This video breaks down the 5 niche areas replacing them, what changed from ECC, the real hurdles companies are hitting mid-migration, and why multi-skill consultants are the ones commanding top rates.
Chapters:
00:00 Why Rates Hit 375
00:43 SAP Supply Chain Reset
01:23 Who I Am And Why Listen
01:50 Five Hot Skill Areas
02:30 Area 1 IBP Boom
03:52 IBP Value And Hurdles
06:09 Area 2 Embedded EWM Shock
07:46 EWM Migration Reality
09:39 Area 3 S4 And Ariba Procurement
12:14 Procurement Integration Pitfalls
13:19 Area 4 Transportation Management
14:59 TM Data And Career Edge
16:09 Area 5 PPDS And MRP Live
18:37 PPDS Migration And Multi Skill
19:37 Wrap Up And Next Steps
The 5 areas covered:
👉 SAP IBP — Cloud planning that replaced APO. $250-375/hr rates in US and Gulf.
👉 Embedded EWM — WM is dead in S/4HANA. Every company migrating has to deal with this. No choice.
👉 Ariba + S/4HANA Sourcing — MM got split into two layers. Most MM consultants don't realize this yet.
👉 Embedded TM — Transportation management moving into the ERP core. Tiny talent pool. Growing demand.
👉 PP/DS + MRP Live — Real-time production planning replacing batch MRP and APO PP/DS.
🔔 Drop a comment with your module and years of experience and I'll tell you how to branch off into one of the areas I mentioned.
25+ years. 100+ implementations. $700M+ in project value across government, defense, Fortune 500 manufacturing, aviation, and logistics.
Drop your current module and experience level in the comments. I'll map out a specific multi-skill path for you. I read every comment.
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