SAP Programme Manager

X4 Technology; Nordrhein-Westfalen; Remote; EUR 129,000 - 221,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Long-term contract

Remote with on-site flexibility

Global SAP project exposure

Competitive day rate

Job summary

X4 Technology seeks an experienced SAP Programme Manager/Director on a freelance/contract basis to drive a global ECC to S/4HANA transformation. You will lead end-to-end delivery, including onboarding non-SAP units, harmonising processes, and ensuring a single global SAP template across regions.

The role focuses on ERP transformation beyond manufacturing, managing multi-country workstreams, and guiding partners to deliver on scope, quality, and cost with strong change management and senior

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading large-scale SAP ECC and S/4HANA transformation programmes.
• Experience onboarding non-SAP or legacy ERP onto SAP using a global template rollout.
• Strong knowledge across SAP MM, SD, FI/CO and logistics (P2P, O2C, R2R).
• Experience delivering global ERP rollouts across multiple countries.
• Track record of managing SI and implementation partners.
• Experience working in international enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end ECC to S/4HANA programme governance, roadmap and delivery.
• Oversee migration of non-SAP business units onto SAP with data harmonisation and cutover.
• Manage cross-functional business and technology workstreams across logistics, procurement, finance and sales.
• Engage senior and executive stakeholders, up to C-level.
• Hold SI and implementation partners to account for scope, quality and cost.
• Ensure SAP delivery aligns with enterprise strategy and benefits realisation.
• Lead change management and business adoption across regions.
• Provide leadership across global rollout and transformation phases.

Skills

SAP ECC/S/4HANA transformation

Global template rollout

SAP MM/SD/FI-CO/logistics

ERP rollouts across multiple countries

SI/implementation partners management

International enterprise environments

Job description

We are currently supporting a long-term global transformation programme and are looking for an experienced SAP Programme Manager / Director to join on a freelance/contract basis.

This is a high-impact opportunity to take ownership of a large-scale ECC to S/4HANA transformation within a complex international environment, leading end-to-end programme delivery across the core back-office business functions: logistics, procurement, finance and sales. The programme also includes bringing business units that currently run on non-SAP systems onto the SAP platform.

Role Overview

You will lead the ECC to S/4HANA transformation at the programme level, ensuring successful delivery across governance, roadmap definition, and execution. Alongside the S/4HANA move, you will lead the onboarding of non-SAP business units onto the SAP landscape, harmonising processes and data onto a single global template. Despite the industrial nature of the business, this is not a manufacturing-functional role. The focus is on wider ERP transformation and aligning SAP delivery to broader enterprise strategy.

You will oversee multiple business and technology workstreams in an international setting, manage senior stakeholder relationships up to C-level, and hold implementation partners to account for scope, quality and delivery. A strong emphasis is placed on change management and business adoption across multiple regions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end ECC to S/4HANA programme governance, roadmap and delivery
• Lead the migration of non-SAP business units onto the SAP platform, including process harmonisation, data migration and cutover
• Manage cross-functional business and technology workstreams across logistics, procurement, finance and sales
• Drive engagement with senior and executive-level stakeholders
• Manage system integrators and implementation partners against scope, quality and cost
• Ensure alignment between SAP delivery and enterprise business strategy
• Lead change management and support business adoption across regions
• Provide leadership across global rollout and transformation phases

Required Experience

• Proven experience leading large-scale SAP ECC and S/4HANA transformation programmes
• Experience onboarding non-SAP or legacy ERP businesses onto SAP, ideally using a global template rollout approach
• Strong functional understanding across SAP MM, SD, FI/CO and logistics (P2P, O2C, R2R)
• Experience delivering global, multi-country ERP rollouts
• Track record of managing SI and implementation partners
• Experience working in international enterprise environments

What's on Offer

• Long-term freelance contract
• Predominantly remote working with flexible on-site requirements
• Opportunity to lead a high-profile global SAP transformation
• Exposure to complex international SAP landscapes
• Competitive day rate based on experience