Global SAP S/4HANA Transformation Director (m/f/d)

Michael Page; München; On-site; EUR 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary package

Cutting edge SAP transformation

International travel

Job summary

Michael Page sucht eine/n Senior Transformation Leader für SAP S/4HANA mit nachweislicher Führungserfahrung in internationalen multi-country Deployments. Sie arbeiten eng mit dem CIO in einer globalen Organisation zusammen, um eine end-to-end Transformationsroadmap zu entwickeln und umzusetzen.

Sie steuern Governance, Risiko-Management und Change-Management und berichten transparent über Status, Finanzen und Nutzenrealisierung.

Qualifications

• Significant transformation and SAP S/4HANA leadership experience.
• Proven record of multi-country deployments.
• Executive stakeholder management and decision-making skills.
• Fluent English communication and international travel willingness.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end SAP S/4HANA transformation roadmap, scope and milestones.
• Provide leadership across business stakeholders, IT teams, system integrators, SAP partners, and third-party vendors.
• Drive integrated planning covering SAP S/4HANA, data migration, integrations, testing, deployment, cutover, and business readiness activities.
• Make critical trade-off decisions.
• Lead and develop a high-performing program delivery organization.
• Ensure successful phased deployment across multiple regions while leveraging lessons learned and maximizing reuse of processes, governance, and implementation assets.
• Manage dependencies across ERP, supply chain, warehouse management, and other transformation initiatives.
• Establish robust governance, integrated planning, change control, and risk management processes.
• Drive resolution of program risks, issues, resource constraints, and cross-functional dependencies.
• Serve as the primary interface to the CIO and the wider leadership team.
• Provide transparent reporting on program status, financials, risks, deployment readiness, and benefits realization.
• Challenge unnecessary customization and promote standardization across the organisation.
• Ensure effective change management, training and communications.
• Drive accountability for implementation partner performance and delivery commitments.
• Monitor post-go-live outcomes.

Skills

S/4HANA Transformation

Program Leadership

Stakeholder Mgmt

Change Management

Executive Communication

Multi-country Deployments

Decision Making

Travel Willingness

Leadership Presence

Process Integration

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in Business Administration

Bachelor's/Master's in Information Technology

Job description

• Be the leader of a global S/4 HANA transformation.
• Work directly with the CIO in an international organisation.

Firmenprofil

Our client is an industry leading company. The environment is highly international, while the work is complex and rewarding. The company is currently going through times of transformation, and is looking for a leader who has successfully implemented a complex S/4HANA transformation before.

Aufgabengebiet

• Own the end-to-end SAP S/4HANA transformation roadmap, scope and milestones.
• Provide overall leadership and direction across business stakeholders, IT teams, system integrators, SAP partners, and third-party vendors.
• Drive integrated planning covering SAP S/4HANA, data migration, integrations, testing, deployment, cutover, and business readiness activities.
• Make critical trade-off decisions.
• Lead and develop a high-performing program delivery organization.
• Ensure successful phased deployment across multiple regions while leveraging lessons learned and maximizing reuse of processes, governance, and implementation assets.
• Manage dependencies across ERP, supply chain, warehouse management, and other transformation initiatives.
• Establish robust governance, integrated planning, change control, and risk management processes.
• Drive resolution of program risks, issues, resource constraints, and cross-functional dependencies.
• Serve as the primary interface to the CIO and the wider leadership team.
• Provide transparent reporting on program status, financials, risks, deployment readiness, and benefits realization.
• Challenge unnecessary customization and promote standardization across the organisation.
• Ensure effective change management, training and communications.
• Drive accountability for implementation partner performance and delivery commitments.
• Monitor post-go-live outcomes.

Anforderungsprofil

• Significant years of transformation and program leadership experiences, especially leading a large-scale SAP S/4HANA implementation.
• Proven track record delivering complex multi-country and multi-business-unit deployments.
• Inspirational leader capable of creating clarity in complex and ambiguous environments.
• Strong decision-maker with sound judgment and the confidence to make difficult trade-offs.
• Executive presence with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and facilitate strategic decision-making.
• Resilient change leader who drives accountability, collaboration, and adoption.
• Strong understanding of business process integration across Finance & Controlling, Order Management, Supply Chain, Warehouse Operations, Data & Analytics, Enterprise Integrations
• Expertise in governance, risk management, dependency management, planning, budgeting, and delivery assurance.
• Working knowledge of SOX, security, and compliance frameworks within ERP transformation environments.
• Experience managing business stakeholders, IT organizations, implementation partners, and executive leadership teams.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology or similar.
• Fluent English communication skills.
• Willingness to travel internationally.

Vergütungspaket

• Competitive salary package
• Opportunity to work on cutting edge SAP transformation
• International work environment and business travels

Quote job ref: JN-102026-7122560