Business Program Manager (SAP S4 HANA)

Kubota Australia Pty Ltd; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary sacrifice novated leasing

Superannuation up to 15%

CSR involvement

Job summary

Kubota Australia Pty Ltd is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead the S/4HANA transformation for Australia and New Zealand, ensuring the initiative delivers strategic value, governance, and organisational readiness. You will lead a cross-functional program team, manage budgets, contracts, and vendors, and partner with executives to realise benefits and drive change across the business.

Join a globally recognised brand and help shape a large-scale ERP program from planning through go‑live and

Qualifications

• Experience delivering large SAP ERP/S/4HANA programs with governance structures.
• Proven capability to lead multi-disciplinary teams and manage budgets.
• Strong stakeholder management and senior leadership collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end S/4HANA transformation program for AU/NZ aligned to strategy.
• Build and mentor a program team; manage sponsors, process owners and vendors.
• Establish governance ( Steering Committee, RISKS, design authorities ) and reporting.
• Develop integrated program plans, milestones and change readiness activities.
• Manage budgets, contracts and third-party providers; ensure benefits realization.

Skills

SAP S/4HANA

Program management

Stakeholder engagement

Governance & reporting

Change management

Financial governance

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Commerce/IT/Engineering

MBA (preferred)

Tools

PMP

PRINCE2

MSP

S/4HANA Certifications

Job description

At Kubota Australia and New Zealand we wholesale high quality agricultural and construction machinery and equipment, provide aftersales support and offer commercial and consumer finance to incent and support sales.

In this critical role you will own the business transformation outcomes of Kubota Australia and New Zealand's S/4HANA transformation. You will ensures the organisation is prepared, aligned and capable of realising strategic value of the S/4HANA investment, considering organisational objectives and imperatives, operational requirements, value considerations, compliance and governance requirements.

Supported by a dedicated program team and business resources, your key accountabilities will include:

• Lead the end-to-end business transformation program associated with the S/4HANA implementation in alignment with parent company imperatives, company strategy and business objectives. Serve as the primary project accountability point for business outcomes and oversee execution of the program including technology, business and change workstreams
• Build, lead, manage and develop a program team within a business partnership delivery model and undertake relationship management activity with sponsors, leaders, process owners and third party providers.
• Establish and maintain program governance structures, including but not limited to; Steering Committee/s, Design Authorities, Risk/ Issue Registers and Working Groups
• Provide regular governance and project status reporting, recommendations, escalations and communication, including for decision making, to senior leadership
• Develop and manage integrated Program Plans, milestones, dependencies, and business readiness activities
• Establish proactive risk management processes. Lead business-related issue resolution and ensure mitigation plans are executed for key risks
• Develop, manage and monitor program budgets and expenditures and forecast program costs and ongoing financial governance
• Define measurable business outcomes and KPIs and track program benefits throughout implementation and post go-live phases ensuring accountability for business value delivery across all functions
• Manage contracts and relationships with implementation partners and vendors and ensure third-party deliverables meet program expectations
• Lead the redesign of business processes across identified functional areas. Drive process standardisation and adoption of SAP best practices
• Champion best practices such as in enterprise architecture, integration, and data management (as appropriate). Champion organisational change and transformation initiatives
• Sponsor communications, training, and stakeholder engagement activities and address resistance to change, support initiatives to drive accountability for user adoption and process compliance

Requirements

To be successful, you must be an Australian citizen/ resident or have permanent and unrestricted right to work in Austrlia. Your profile would likely include:

• Tertiary qualification in Business, Commerce, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline (or commensurate experience). MBA or postgraduate qualification/s (preferred)
• Certifications (highly desirable)
• SAP S/4HANA certifications
• PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent Program Management certification
• MSP (Managing Successful Programmes)
• Substantial senior level experience in a similar role, with proven success leading large-scale business transformation programs
• Strong track record in delivering SAP ERP programs, preferably S/4HANA
• Demonstrated experience managing multi-million-dollar transformation initiatives including from a governance, project delivery and budget management perspective
• Experience working with executive leadership teams and ensuring governance through steering committee/s
• Strong commercial acumen with a track record in benefits realisation and change leadership outcomes
• Significant people leadership and management experience and customer centricity
• Substantial contract/ relationship management experience, including managing System Integrator (SI) partners
• Highly developed communication and collaboration skills including senior level relationship management, negotiation/ influencing and interpersonal skills

• We are ideally hoping for the incumbent to commence early in 2027, start date to be considered and negotiated.
• Diverse applicants are encouraged to apply.
• Application is not available via recruitment agencies, agents will not be responded to.

Work with great people in a globally recognised, stable brand with a focus on ongoing business growth and sustainability.

Benefits include:

• Salary sacrifice option for novated leasing motor vehicle/s and product discounts via Flare Benefits and in-house product purchase discount
• Option to attain up to 15% superannuation
• Opportunity to get involved in Corporate Social Responsibility activity

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Your application will include the following questions:

• I confirm that I currently possess the legal right to work permanently and unrestricted in Australia or am an Australian citizen/ resident. (This is a mandatory requirement, Kubota is unable to sponsor for immigration nor accept temporary visa applicants for permanent/ ongoing employment). My base salary remuneratoin expectation per annum for this position is My senior level experience includes a strong track record of delivery of program leadership for SAP (ideally S4 HANA) programs

The Kubota story began in 1890 when an ambitious 19 year old man by the name of Gonshiro Kubota established a metal casting business in Osaka, Japan. Even from a young age, his vision was clear. He was determined to create quality products that improved the lives of his customers, their communities and were environmentally-friendly. These values have guided Kubota to where we are today and represent what we stand for.

Source: This is an extract from the company's own website.

The Kubota story began in 1890 when an ambitious 19 year old man by the name of Gonshiro Kubota established a metal casting business in Osaka, Japan. Even from a young age, his vision was clear. He was determined to create quality products that improved the lives of his customers, their communities and were environmentally-friendly. These values have guided Kubota to where we are today and represent what we stand for.

Source: This is an extract from the company's own website.

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