SAP Manufacturing Manager

Accenture Infrastructure and Capital Projects, LLC; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible transport arrangement (electr

Expense allowance

Discount on Accenture shares

4 x 9 hours a week

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an SAP Manufacturing Manager to guide global clients in transforming production operations using SAP S/4HANA and digital capabilities. You will lead end-to-end implementations, mentor cross-functional teams, and ensure value delivery across industries such as automotive and life sciences.

You will work with stakeholders to embed predictive maintenance, digital twins, and MES integrations, driving innovation while maintaining program quality and client satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, IT, or related fields.
• 8+ years delivering SAP Manufacturing or Production Planning (SAP PP) solutions, ideally including S/4HANA.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end shop floor processes (e.g., production execution, MRP, quality, maintenance, integration with MES).

Responsibilities

• Translate business goals into SAP Manufacturing solutions aligned with client objectives and industry best practices.
• Manage end-to-end SAP Manufacturing implementations, including solution design, configuration, testing, and deployment.
• Build and manage detailed project plans, mitigating risks, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery.
• Ensure team activities are structured, documented, and aligned to scope and process standards.
• Lead and mentor diverse, multidisciplinary teams, fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture.
• Communicate complex ideas in a structured, accessible manner with clear visuals and concise storytelling.

Skills

SAP Manufacturing

Project leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Team mentoring

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Engineering/Manufacturing/IT

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

MES integration

Job description

Are you ready to lead the next wave of smart manufacturing transformations? As an SAP Manufacturing Manager at Accenture, you’ll guide clients in redefining their production and plant operations using SAP S/4HANA and next-generation digital capabilities. From strategy through execution, you’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable and sustainable manufacturing solutions for global clients.

In this role, you’ll coach and mentor teams, influence client stakeholders, and ensure that our solutions deliver long‑term value. You’ll also help foster innovation across industries like automotive, life sciences, and consumer goods — making intelligent manufacturing a reality.

Your Role & Responsibilities

Strategic Planning & Execution

• Translate business goals into effective SAP Manufacturing solutions, ensuring alignment with client objectives and industry best practices.

• Manage the delivery of end-to-end SAP Manufacturing implementations, including solution design, configuration, testing, and deployment.

• Build and manage detailed project plans, mitigating risks proactively and ensuring deliverables are met on time, on budget, and with high quality.

• Ensure team activities are structured, documented, and aligned to scope and process standards.

Client Leadership & Innovation

• Work with stakeholders to shape client-centric solutions that improve operational efficiency and production outcomes.

• Identify opportunities to embed digital capabilities such as predictive maintenance, digital twins, MES integration, and IoT into SAP Manufacturing landscapes.

• Ensure innovative thinking is embedded in your team’s work and continuously create client value through novel approaches.

Collaboration & Team Development

• Lead and mentor diverse, multidisciplinary teams, fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture that values diverse perspectives and contributions.

• Provide clear direction, context, and purpose to your teams—connecting project tasks to broader client goals.

• Share knowledge through communities of practice, contribute to internal accelerators, and bring the best of Accenture to client engagements.

Communication & Stakeholder Management

• Communicate complex ideas in a structured, accessible manner using clear visual formats and concise storytelling.

• Guide discussions with clients, managing difficult conversations with discretion, and aligning multiple viewpoints to shared outcomes.

• Ensure your team uses consistent, client-tailored messaging that reflects Accenture’s brand and standards.

Continuous Learning & Development

• Role model continuous learning by staying updated on SAP innovations, industry trends, and advanced manufacturing technologies.

• Coach others to develop their own thinking and skills, helping them grow both technically and professionally.

• Provide timely, specific feedback and support the career development of junior team members.

Your Background

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, IT, or related fields.

• Proven experience (8+ years) delivering SAP Manufacturing or Production Planning (SAP PP) solutions, ideally including S/4HANA.

• Strong understanding of end-to-end shop floor processes (e.g., production execution, MRP, quality, maintenance, integration with MES).

• Experience leading SAP implementation teams across global deployments.

• Familiarity with industry-specific manufacturing models (e.g., discrete, process, repetitive) is a strong advantage.

• Excellent communication skills in English; Dutch or other EU language skills are a plus.

• Passion for innovation and a practical mindset for navigating complex client landscapes.

Our offer

Accenture is an incredible place to work - and keep learning. By joining us, you’ll become part of a global company with a world‑class brand and reputation. Besides the work we do for our clients, we’re really proud of our vibrant, diverse workplace culture: we believe in openness and honesty, fairness and equality, common sense and realism. We want to get to know the real you and help you explore and grow - whatever it is you’re great at. So, you will always have lots of learning opportunities (formal and informal) to improve your role‑specific skills and expertise.

Besides our high-profile, challenging projects and our nurturing work environment, we offer excellent employee benefits, including:

• A flexible transport arrangement that suits your personal situation (electric car or bicycle, flexible budget including NS business card)

• An expense allowance

• Discount on Accenture shares

• The possibility to work 4 x 9 hours a week

Interested?

Are you ready to join Accenture for a career where you can be yourself and do what you love? Questions? Connect with Adriana Tudorie via [e-mail].

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent‑and innovation‑led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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