IT SAP Project Manager

Yorkshire Water; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to £75,000

Annual incentive bonus (£1,000 max)

Pension scheme (up to 12% company)

Development opportunities in SAP PM

25 days annual leave + bank holidays +

2 wellness days

Life assurance 4x pensionable salary

Health alternatives: cash plan, dental

Retail savings scheme

Online GP, cycle to work, gym

Job summary

Yorkshire Water is recruiting an IT SAP Project Manager to lead the delivery of complex SAP programmes across HR, SuccessFactors, ECC6 and S/4HANA. You will drive governance, budgets, risks, and benefits realization while aligning with strategic objectives and technology roadmaps.

The role requires strong leadership of virtual cross-functional teams and collaboration with executive sponsors to deliver measurable business value and ROI for Yorkshire Water and its customers.

Qualifications

• Significant experience delivering SAP projects in complex enterprise environments.
• Experience delivering projects across SAP HR, SuccessFactors, ECC6, S/4HANA or related SAP platforms.
• Proven experience managing large project budgets, forecasts and financial controls.
• Strong governance, risk management and project assurance experience.
• Experience managing system integrators and SAP delivery partners.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior leadership teams.
• Experience leading virtual and multi-disciplinary delivery teams.
• Demonstrable track record delivering business value and benefits through SAP transformation programmes.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end SAP project and programme delivery across SAP HR, SuccessFactors, S/4HANA, Finance, Procurement and Corporate Services platforms.
• Manage delivery through all project lifecycle phases including business case, design, build, testing, deployment, cutover, hypercare and benefits realisation.
• Lead SAP transformation initiatives, ensuring alignment with Yorkshire Water strategic objectives and roadmaps.
• Establish and maintain robust SAP governance, project controls, RAID management and reporting processes.
• Manage project budgets, forecasts, capital expenditure and financial performance.
• Provide commercial oversight of SAP implementation partners, system integrators and third-party suppliers.
• Ensure successful integration across SAP modules, business processes, technical teams and external suppliers.
• Lead SAP cutover planning, deployment activities and transition into operational support.
• Identify, assess and manage project risks, dependencies and issues across complex SAP delivery environments.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, business process owners and executive sponsors.
• Drive decision making through investment boards, steering committees and governance forums.
• Ensure SAP solutions deliver agreed business outcomes and ROI.
• Champion SAP delivery best practice, continuous improvement and lessons learned across the portfolio.

Skills

SAP Project Mgmt

Budget management

Stakeholder management

Governance

Risk management

Virtual teams

Change management

Tools

SAP HR

SuccessFactors

S/4HANA

Job description

Hello! Thanks for stopping by. Let us tell you about all the great reasons to join us here at Yorkshire Water:

• We offer a competitive salary, depending on experience (Up to £75,000)
• Annual incentive related bonus (£1000 maximum bonus opportunity for the performance year)
• Attractive pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution)
• Development opportunities in line with the IT SAP Project Manager progression plan
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays – plus 2 extra wellness days!
• Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary
• A great benefits package – choose from health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover.
• Retail savings scheme
• Online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

Location: Leeds Valley Park - Hybrid Working (1-2 days in the office a week – Leeds)

Work type: Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday

We have a number of exciting opportunities for an IT SAP Project Manager to join the Project Management team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. Could this be you?

What we do:

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it’s so much more than this. We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire’s water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the region’s health, wellbeing, and prosperity. New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry. The Project Management team are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

The IT SAP Project Manager leads the successful delivery of complex projects, with accountability for governance, budgets, risks, quality, resources, stakeholders, and benefits realisation. The role requires strong strategic thinking, effective decision-making, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders to ensure projects deliver sustainable value and positive outcomes for Yorkshire Water, its customers, and colleagues.The IT SAP Project Manager is responsible for leading the successful delivery of complex SAP programmes and projects across Yorkshire Water's SAP landscape, including SAP HR, SuccessFactors, SAP Finance, Procurement, Supply Chain, and future SAP transformation initiatives.

Where you fit in:

As our IT SAP Project Manager, you will:

• Lead end-to-end SAP project and programme delivery across SAP HR, SuccessFactors, S/4HANA, Finance, Procurement and Corporate Services platforms.
• Manage delivery through all project lifecycle phases including business case, design, build, testing, deployment, cutover, hypercare and benefits realisation.
• Lead SAP transformation initiatives, ensuring alignment with Yorkshire Water strategic objectives and technology roadmaps.
• Establish and maintain robust SAP governance, project controls, RAID management and reporting processes.
• Manage project budgets, forecasts, capital expenditure and financial performance.
• Provide commercial oversight of SAP implementation partners, system integrators and third-party suppliers.
• Ensure successful integration across SAP modules, business processes, technical teams and external suppliers.
• Lead SAP cutover planning, deployment activities and transition into operational support.
• Identify, assess and manage project risks, dependencies and issues across complex SAP delivery environments.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, business process owners and executive sponsors.
• Drive decision making through investment boards, steering committees and governance forums.
• Ensure SAP solutions deliver agreed business outcomes, operational improvements and return on investment.
• Champion SAP delivery best practice, continuous improvement and lessons learned across the portfolio.

Key SAP Responsibilities

• SAP Programme and Project Leadership
• Deliver large-scale SAP projects and programmes from initiation through to closure.
• Manage multi-disciplinary SAP delivery teams including Functional Consultants, Solution Architects, Technical Leads, Testing Managers and Change Managers.
• Drive successful SAP implementations, upgrades, migrations and optimisation initiatives.
• Lead SAP vendor and partner management activities.
• SAP Governance and Assurance
• Maintain project governance frameworks aligned to Yorkshire Water delivery standards.
• Provide accurate and timely reporting on project health, finances, risks and milestones.
• Ensure compliance with architecture, security, audit and change requirements.
• Lead project stage gates and investment approval activities.
• Business Change and Benefits Realisation.
• Ensure SAP solutions align with business objectives and approved business cases.
• Define, measure and track benefits throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support organisational change activities to maximise user adoption and business value.
• Drive process improvement and operational efficiencies through SAP-enabled transformation.
• Manage SAP project budgets and forecasts.
• Monitor capital and operational expenditure.
• Ensure delivery remains within approved funding envelopes.
• Provide financial insight and recommendations to support investment decisions.

What skills & qualifications you will need

• Significant experience delivering SAP projects and programmes in complex enterprise environments.
• Experience delivering projects across SAP HR, SuccessFactors, ECC6, S/4HANA or related SAP platforms.
• Proven experience managing large project budgets, forecasts and financial controls.
• Strong governance, risk management and project assurance experience.
• Experience managing system integrators and SAP delivery partners.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior leadership teams.
• Experience leading virtual and multi-disciplinary delivery teams.
• Demonstrable track record delivering business value and benefits through SAP transformation programmes.

Although we operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, it’s important to us that we support flexible working patterns and job share options (when we can), to help you make the best of both your work and home life. We know that juggling childcare responsibilities or getting that ideal work/life balance isn’t always easy! Do we sound like your cup of tea?

We’re committed to helping colleagues prioritise their growth and development in their current roles, building essential knowledge and capabilities in their area of expertise to support a successful career.To support this, we expect colleagues to have completed a minimum of two years in their current role before applying for internal job opportunities. For more information, please speak to your local HR Business Partner.

If successful for the role, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks that will include a Basic Disclosure Check, carried out through a Third-Party Company, prior to commencing employment. Depending on the role, you may also be required to go through the security vetting process for either a Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance.All our roles are subject to a medical questionnaire, and further medicals when required.

We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible.If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition that requires changes to the recruitment process, please include this information in your application. We will then discuss any reasonable adjustments required. Kelda Group reserve the right to close this position before the published closing date, should the need occur.