Change Management Consultant SAP

Sopra Steria Ltd; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

10% bonus

Car allowance

25 days annual leave

Job summary

Sopra Steria Ltd leads major digital transformation projects in Aerospace, Defence and Security. The Business Change Consulting Manager shapes change strategies, guides ERP/MES/PLM programmes and mentors teams across a national client base. The role is hybrid with onsite 2–3 days weekly at Bristol, Manchester or Chester.

You will drive adoption, stakeholder alignment and measurable benefits, with security clearance eligibility and a competitive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Leading end-to-end business change programmes in industrial/manufacturing environments.
• Influencing stakeholders across all levels of the organisation.
• Hands-on ERP, MES and PLM integration with business processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end business change strategies for transformation programmes.
• Drive stakeholder engagement from shop floor to executive level.
• Oversee ERP/MES/PLM programme delivery and integration with processes.
• Mentor colleagues to grow change capability.
• Design and facilitate workshops to shape requirements and decisions.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Change leadership

ERP knowledge

SAP S/4HANA

Value Stream Mapping

Mentoring

Workshop facilitation

Tools

SAP S/4HANA/ECC

MES

PLM systems

Job description

Are you a strategic change leader who loves delivering major transformation? Do you enjoy guiding teams through complex change and making sure new ways of working really stick?

We are looking for aBusiness Change Consulting Managerin this role, you’ll join our team within Aerospace, Defence and Security, where we focus on delivering high‑impact digital transformation for central government clients. You’ll shape and lead business change strategies across large‑scale ERP, MES and PLM programmes, helping our clients achieve real operational results. You’ll also play a key part in developing our team, mentoring others, sharing expertise and supporting a collaborative, people‑centred culture.

This is a hybrid role where you will be required to be onsite 2/3 days week to your closest location of either Bristol, Manchester or Chester.

We can offer great career progression opportunities, ability to be based anywhere across the UK, benefits which you can flex to meet your needs, and training and development opportunities.

What you'll be doing:

• Leading end‑to‑end business change strategies for transformation programmes, from design through to adoption and sustainability.
• Driving stakeholder engagement and influence at all levels – from shop‑floor teams to executive steering groups.
• Overseeing ERP, MES and PLM programme delivery, including SAP S/4HANA, alignment and work‑instruction integration.
• Mentoring and developing colleagues to help grow the change capability within the team.
• Designing and facilitating workshops to shape requirements, align expectations and support decision making.

What you’ll bring:

• Strong experience leading major business change programmes in industrial or manufacturing environments.
• Proven ability to influence and engage stakeholders across all organisational levels.
• Hands‑on understanding of ERP (SAP S/4HANA/ECC), MES and PLM systems, and how they integrate with business processes.
• Experience in Value Stream Mapping and process improvement.
• Demonstrated leadership skills including mentoring and capability building.
• Practical experience driving post‑go‑live adoption and measurable benefits.

It would be great if you had:

• Experience with PLM platforms such as Teamcenter, Windchill or 3DEXPERIENCE/ENOVIA.
• Knowledge of EBOM–MBOM reconciliation and digital thread concepts.
• Understanding of Digital Design, Manufacturing and Services (DDMS).

Employment Type:Full‑time, Permanent.

Location:Near Bristol, Manchester or Chester – you will be required to be onsite 3 days a week in any of these locations.

Security Clearance Level:Eligible for SC and DV.

Internal Recruiter:Soraya. Salary:£70,000 – £90,000.

Benefits:10% bonus, £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund.

Although this role is advertised as full‑time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements.

Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us?

Sopra Steria’s Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client’s goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK’s most complex safety‑and‑security‑critical markets.

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We havepartnered with Vercida, the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us knowwhen completingyour application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.