Career path 2026

Controlling (CO): cost centers, internal orders, product costing and Margin Analysis on the Universal Journal.

External accounting (FI): G/L, AP, AR, asset accounting and the Universal Journal in the modern finance core.

End-to-end procurement configuration on the public-cloud two-tier ERP.

Implementing the public-cloud ERP with SAP Activate and Central Business Configuration.

Finance configuration and Fit-to-Standard on S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition.

Cross-module, end-to-end process integration - the broad S/4HANA foundation credential.

Materials management / procure-to-pay configuration in on-prem & private-cloud S/4HANA.

Sales & distribution / order-to-cash configuration.

Discrete/process manufacturing, MRP and production planning.

Project structures, planning, budgeting and settlement in S/4HANA.

Advanced finance solution design across FI/CO for senior consultants and architects.

Supply-chain configuration on the public-cloud ERP.

Service management and after-sales processes on public-cloud S/4HANA.

Manufacturing and production processes on the public-cloud ERP.

Consolidation and group close using S/4HANA Group Reporting.

Central Finance deployment - replicating finance postings into a central S/4HANA system.

Financial Supply Chain Management (FSCM) receivables processes.

Cash, liquidity, debt/investment, hedging and in-house cash.

Embedded/decentralized EWM - the current successor to classic WM.

Freight planning, execution, settlement and carrier collaboration.

Cloud supply-chain planning - demand, S&OP, inventory and response (successor to APO).

Advanced planning and manufacturing execution in S/4HANA.

Inbound/outbound logistics execution processes.

Cloud MES for shop-floor execution, insights and orchestration.

Core cloud HR: foundation objects, employee data, org structures and workflows.

Goal management, performance reviews and calibration.

Requisitions, job postings and the recruiting pipeline.

Career sites, candidate journeys and application experience.

Succession planning, talent pools and development goals.

Compensation, variable pay and reward planning.

Bonus and variable-pay program design.

LMS: learning items, curricula, assignments and compliance.

Workforce reporting, benchmarks and people analytics.

Time off, time sheets and time-tracking configuration.

Stories in People Analytics and embedded reporting.

Technical consultant credential for Workforce Analytics.

Onboarding, cross-boarding and offboarding processes.

Payroll configuration, schemas and rules.

Integrating SuccessFactors with core HR / S/4HANA.

Modern ABAP: RAP, CDS, clean core and ABAP Cloud on BTP & S/4HANA.

HANA-native, performance-optimized ABAP (CDS, AMDP, code pushdown).

Building SAPUI5 / Fiori apps and Fiori elements against OData services.

Fiori launchpad, UX design and front-end architecture.

CAP model, Node.js/Java services and side-by-side extensions on BTP.

Classic ABAP Workbench, OO ABAP and Web Dynpro foundations.

Designing multi-service BTP solutions, extension patterns and clean-core architecture.

Provisioning, entitlements, subaccounts, security and operations on BTP.

SAP Build Apps, Process Automation and Work Zone for citizen developers.

Building and administering digital workplace sites on BTP.

Cloud Integration (formerly CPI), iFlows, API Management and connectivity (successor to PI/PO).

Integrating S/4HANA Cloud with the wider SAP landscape.

BI, dashboards, stories and enterprise planning in SAC.

The data-fabric credential covering BW/4HANA modeling and SAP Datasphere.

Calculation views, data modeling and SQLScript on SAP HANA Cloud.

Building data-intensive apps and services on HANA Cloud.

The new unified data foundation - data products, insight apps and Databricks integration.

Advanced enterprise planning models and data actions in SAC.

Building with the Generative AI Hub, SAP AI Core and grounding on BTP.

SAP Business AI portfolio, Joule copilot and AI agents - positioning credential.

Strategic sourcing events, RFx and awarding.

Guided buying, procure-to-pay and invoicing.

Contract authoring, workspaces and compliance.

Supplier lifecycle, qualification and risk.

Supplier collaboration on the Business Network.

Integrating Ariba with S/4HANA via CIG.

Expense policy, audit rules and advanced setup.

Invoice capture, workflows and payment.

Travel booking, policy and itinerary configuration.

Statement-of-work and services-procurement configuration.

Contingent labor and vendor management setup.

Lead-to-opportunity, quotes and the next-gen sales engagement engine.

Omnichannel case management and the next-gen service engine.

Catalog, promotions and storefront administration.

Extending and building on the Commerce Cloud platform.

Cross-channel marketing automation and campaigns.

Identity, consent and profile management.

Unified customer profiles and audience activation.

Field scheduling, dispatch, mobile and crowd service.

Designing end-to-end CX solutions across the portfolio.

Install, patch, monitor and tune SAP systems - the core Basis credential.

Operating, backup/recovery, security and monitoring of SAP HANA.

Heterogeneous system-copy and OS/DB migration.

Technical conversion, SUM/DMO and system upgrade for S/4HANA.

Roles, authorizations, and securing SAP S/4HANA / NetWeaver.

Access risk analysis, emergency access and provisioning (SoD).

Cloud identity, single sign-on and identity provisioning on BTP.

Central governance of material, business-partner and finance master data.

Process modeling, mining and the Business Transformation suite.

Process mining, analytics and data-driven transformation.

The SAP Activate methodology for leading S/4HANA implementations.

Agile delivery, sprints and Fit-to-Standard workshops.

RISE with SAP transformation approach, cloud mindset and governance.

SAP's flagship architecture credential - the SAP EA Framework and reference architectures.

End-to-end S/4HANA solution and landscape design.

External/statutory accounting - G/L, accounts payable & receivable, asset accounting, bank accounting - on the S/4HANA Universal Journal.

Internal cost and profitability management - cost centers, internal orders, product costing and Margin Analysis.

Cash & liquidity, debt/investment, hedge and financial-risk management, and in-house cash.

Working-capital processes: Credit, Collections, Dispute, Cash Management and Biller Direct.

Replicates financial postings from multiple source ERPs into one central S/4HANA system for unified reporting.

Financial consolidation and group close on the Universal Journal.

Modeling and allocation engine for cost allocation, profitability and performance calculations.

Statutory/legal reporting and e-invoicing / e-document compliance across countries.

Transaction-level, auditable carbon/GHG accounting using financial-grade methods.

High-volume subledger for utilities, telecom, insurance and BRIM billing.

Procurement, purchasing, material master and invoice verification in S/4HANA.

Stock and goods movements, physical inventory; posts to the material document and Universal Journal.

Hub that centralizes requisitioning, purchasing and contracts across connected back-end ERPs.

Order-to-cash - inquiries, quotations, sales orders, pricing, delivery and billing.

Invoicing within the order-to-cash process.

Subscription/usage-based, high-volume convergent billing, invoicing and revenue management.

Real-time rating and charging of high-volume usage events (part of BRIM).

Aggregates rated charges from many sources into consolidated invoices (part of BRIM).

Manages the subscription/contract order lifecycle on S/4HANA (part of BRIM).

Manufacturing planning & execution - BOMs, routings, MRP Live, production/process orders, capacity.

Simulation-based medium-to-long-term material requirements planning in S/4HANA.

Cloud MES/MOM suite - Execution (DME) and Insights - for shop-floor execution and analytics.

Manufacturing engineering and shop-floor execution for complex discrete manufacturing in S/4HANA.

Shop-floor-to-business integration, dashboards and OEE (on-prem; Digital Manufacturing is the strategic go-forward).

Connects SAP manufacturing to shop-floor systems, machines and IoT data sources.

Advanced warehouse execution - embedded in S/4HANA or decentralized.

Freight/transportation planning, execution and freight settlement, embedded in S/4HANA.

Cloud S&OP, demand, inventory, supply, response and control-tower supply-chain planning.

Real-time availability checking, backorder processing, product allocation and release for delivery.

Advanced production scheduling, now embedded in S/4HANA.

Manages vehicle/asset movements and activities within a yard, integrated with TM and EWM.

Multi-party freight collaboration and logistics visibility network.

Trade compliance, customs, sanctioned-party screening and trade preference management.

Maintenance of physical assets - technical objects, maintenance orders/notifications and planning.

Reliability-centered/predictive maintenance, asset health and maintenance strategy (cloud).

Collaborative equipment/asset information sharing among operators, manufacturers and service providers.

Product/BOM, specification, document, recipe and change management (also SAP Enterprise Product Development in cloud).

Project planning and structures (WBS/networks), portfolio and resource management.

Portfolio governance, resource and project management within EPPM.

Project cost/revenue planning, workspace and project-based billing for professional-services projects.

Inspection planning, inspection lots, quality notifications and certificates across procurement, production and sales.

In-house service order management, service contracts, warranties and in-house repair.

Cloud field-service dispatch, scheduling/optimization, mobile technician and self-service.

Corporate, product and value-chain carbon/GHG footprint calculation at scale.

Enterprise ESG data management, steering and disclosure/reporting (CSRD and other frameworks).

Tracks packaging/plastics against extended-producer-responsibility taxes and plastic regulations.

Incident management, health & safety, environment management and hazardous-substance/product compliance.

Sustainability apps for circular material flows, packaging and waste/recycling compliance.

Cloud core HR system of record - employee data, org structures, positions and workflows.

Cloud-hosted, SAP-managed payroll engine tightly integrated with Employee Central.

HR helpdesk / case management and employee ticketing tied to Employee Central.

Configuration, enrollment and administration of country-specific employee benefits.

Absence/leave (Time Off) and hours capture (Time Sheet) within Employee Central.

Advanced time valuation, clock in/out, overtime and premium-pay processing.

End-to-end recruitment - requisitions, job marketing, candidate management and hiring, now AI-augmented.

Onboarding, cross-boarding and offboarding built on Employee Central.

Goal setting, continuous performance, reviews, calibration and 360 feedback.

Planning and administration of base pay, merit, promotions and salary/equity budgets.

Management of bonus and short-term incentive/variable pay programs.

Enterprise LMS for training, compliance/certifications, content and social learning.

Succession planning, talent pools, nominations, talent review and successor readiness.

Employee development plans, development goals and career-path exploration (skills-based, AI-assisted).

AI/skills-based internal talent marketplace matching people to roles, gigs, mentoring and learning.

Skill-matched mentor/mentee pairing and program management.

Unified skills-and-attributes framework powering skills across recruiting, learning, development and succession.

Embedded HR reporting and dashboards (Stories, built on SAP Analytics Cloud).

Long-range headcount/skills supply-and-demand modeling with what-if and gap analysis.

Next-gen HR/workforce analytics on SAP Business Data Cloud with AI (Joule) and scenario simulators.

Personalized employee-experience portal unifying HR content, tasks and apps.

On-premise / private-cloud HCM on S/4HANA (supported to 2040); cloud target remains SuccessFactors.

The classic on-prem SAP payroll engine with country versions; the same engine underpins ECP.

Run sourcing events (RFx, auctions) to identify and select suppliers (Strategic Sourcing).

Contract lifecycle management - authoring, negotiating, storing and managing contracts.

Procure-to-pay - catalog requisitioning, purchasing and invoice processing.

Consumer-grade guided procurement UI steering casual buyers to preferred, compliant channels.

Build category strategies, segmentation and sourcing pipelines.

Supplier registration, qualification, segmentation, risk and performance management.

Spend visibility and analytics across categories and suppliers.

Buyer-supplier matching and lead marketplace.

Vendor Management System (VMS) for contingent labor, services/SOW and external workers.

Expense report capture, automation and reimbursement.

Corporate travel booking and policy compliance.

AP invoice capture and processing for indirect/non-PO spend.

Trading-partner collaboration for POs, invoices and catalogs.

Multi-tier collaboration - forecasts, POs, inventory, contract manufacturing and quality.

Network-based finance/working-capital collaboration - invoice financing, discounting, payables.

Cross-network shipment and process tracking/visibility.

Sales automation, pipeline, forecasting and sales-performance management.

AI-native rebuild of Sales Cloud on a new platform (with Service Cloud V2).

Omnichannel customer service - case/ticket management, contact center and dispatch.

AI-native rebuild of Service Cloud, sold alongside Sales Cloud V2.

Enterprise omnichannel/headless digital commerce (B2B, B2C, B2B2C).

Omnichannel marketing automation - email, SMS, web, mobile and ads.

Next-gen unified engagement platform on Business Data Cloud (beta; GA 2026).

Customer identity & access management (CIAM), consent, preference and profile management.

Real-time unification of customer data into golden profiles for activation.

Configure products, apply pricing rules and generate accurate quotes.

Manages recurring/subscription charges, plans and billing (with BRIM for full monetization).

Manages customer entitlements, rights, licenses and usage grants.

AI-driven merchandising, personalization and search/analytics for Commerce Cloud.

Unified cloud platform for app dev, integration, data, analytics and AI.

Low-/no-code application builder on BTP.

Workflow, business rules, RPA and task automation.

Central entry point / digital workplace and business-site builder.

AI-assisted (Joule-powered) pro-code environment for Java/JavaScript full-stack development.

Cloud ABAP runtime for clean-core, side-by-side development (a.k.a. 'Steampunk').

SAP's modern design system and UX guidelines for apps.

JavaScript UI framework implementing Fiori.

Framework (Node.js/Java + CDS) for building enterprise services and apps on BTP.

Cloud-native in-memory database and data foundation for BTP (with a vector engine for AI).

Consolidation, central governance and quality management of master data (also cloud edition).

BTP service to synchronize master data across SAP cloud and on-prem apps (One Domain Model).

Identity Authentication (IAS), Identity Provisioning (IPS), Directory and Authorization Management.

Central inbox aggregating workflow tasks/approvals from across SAP apps into one to-do list.

Enterprise iPaaS on BTP for integrating SAP and non-SAP systems.

Core integration flows and messaging (the capability formerly called CPI).

Publish, secure, govern and monetize APIs.

Event streaming / event-driven backbone (Solace-based).

B2B/EDI integration content and partner management.

Business data fabric - warehousing, modeling, virtualization, cataloging and a semantic layer.

Cloud BI, augmented analytics and enterprise planning in one tool.

New flagship SaaS unifying and governing SAP data - combines Datasphere, SAC, BW and SAP Databricks.

On-premise/private next-gen data warehouse on HANA.

Native, SAP-embedded edition of Databricks (lakehouse/AI) inside Business Data Cloud.

Umbrella for SAP's embedded, relevant and responsible AI across the whole portfolio.

SAP's generative-AI copilot embedded across S/4HANA, SuccessFactors, Ariba, SAC and BTP.

Autonomous AI agents that plan and execute multi-step business tasks across domains.

Environment (with agent builder) to build and deploy custom Joule skills and agents.

BTP runtime to train, deploy and manage AI/ML models and workflows at scale.

Central hub to manage AI scenarios, models and lifecycles across AI Core runtimes.

Access to and orchestration of foundation/LLM models with grounding and guardrails.

Semantic layer capturing relationships in SAP data to ground AI (supports Joule/agents).

Process intelligence / transformation - process mining, modeling, management and optimization.

Enterprise Architecture Management - application portfolio and technology-risk management.

Digital Adoption Platform guiding users in-app; completes the transformation toolchain.

Segregation of Duties (SoD), access risk analysis, provisioning and role management.

Internal controls management, testing and continuous compliance monitoring.

Enterprise risk identification, assessment, response and monitoring.

Cloud-based access analysis, certification and role design for hybrid SAP landscapes.

Foundational retail data platform unifying POS, sales and inventory for real-time omnichannel retail.

Retail merchandise management within S/4HANA.

Vertically-integrated apparel/footwear solution within S/4HANA.

Retail assortment, merchandise and allocation planning (on CAR).

Utilities ERP - meter-to-cash, device management and billing.

Cloud meter-data management and analytics for utilities/energy.

Hydrocarbon supply chain, TSW and production/revenue accounting.

Fund/grants management and public-sector financials.

Public-sector tax and revenue administration.

Insurance - Collections & Disbursements, Claims and Policy Management (largely via SAP Fioneer).

Financial Products Subledger, Banking Services and financial-risk solutions (largely via SAP Fioneer).

Vehicle management (VMS), dealer business management and JIT/JIS supply.

Complex MRO, grouping/pegging and defense project and contract management.

Serialization and compliance for pharma supply chains.

Planning, forecasting and managing supply of clinical-trial materials/drugs.

Digitizes agricultural sourcing/procurement from smallholder farmers and rural supply chains.

Commodity contracts, pricing, settlement and load/logistics for agribusiness.

Cloud application lifecycle management - implementation and operations.

The on-prem application server and administration foundation for S/4HANA (Basis).

Personalization and simplification of classic SAP GUI/Web Dynpro screens.

ERP for small businesses - finance, sales, purchasing and inventory in one system.

Fast-adoption S/4HANA Cloud public edition for new / mid-market customers.

Bundled move to S/4HANA Cloud private edition with infrastructure, tools and services.