SAP Transformation Lead - Business Readiness & Change

Salt; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt in the United Arab Emirates seeks a Local Implementation Manager to lead our SAP transformation, bridging business readiness and change management. You will coordinate readiness activities, manage requirements, and align processes with SAP standards across the programme.

You will drive UAT, data migration readiness, cutover planning and go-live readiness while engaging senior stakeholders and external partners for a successful rollout.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in SAP implementation, ERP transformation, business change or operational readiness.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end business processes and operational requirements.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and managing senior business stakeholders.
• Hands-on involvement in UAT, data migration readiness, training coordination, cutover or go-live activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate business readiness activities throughout the SAP implementation lifecycle.
• Act as the primary point of contact between business stakeholders and the central SAP programme team.
• Gather, validate and prioritise business requirements, ensuring alignment with standard SAP processes.
• Manage local implementation plans, key deliverables, dependencies and stakeholder expectations.
• Drive business change management, communication, training coordination and user adoption.
• Oversee data readiness activities, including data cleansing, validation and migration preparation.
• Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT), defect resolution and business sign-offs.
• Lead business cutover planning, go-live readiness and post-implementation hypercare.
• Identify and manage implementation risks, operational challenges and dependencies.
• Work closely with senior leadership, functional teams, IT and external SAP implementation partners.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Change management

Communication

Business readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, IT, Engineering, Operations

Tools

SAP

UAT

Data migration readiness

Job description

Salt in the United Arab Emirates seeks a Local Implementation Manager to lead our SAP transformation, bridging business readiness and change management. You will coordinate readiness activities, manage requirements, and align processes with SAP standards across the programme.

You will drive UAT, data migration readiness, cutover planning and go-live readiness while engaging senior stakeholders and external partners for a successful rollout.