SAP Manufacturing Manager

3900 Accenture B.V. Company; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible transport arrangement

Expense allowance

Discount on Accenture shares

4 x 9-hour work week option

Job summary

Accenture Netherlands seeks an SAP Manufacturing Manager to guide clients in redefining production and plant operations using SAP S/4HANA and digital capabilities. You will lead cross-functional teams, coach staff, and influence stakeholders to deliver scalable manufacturing solutions worldwide.

You’ll foster innovation across industries, including automotive, life sciences, and consumer goods, while ensuring long-term client value and strong project outcomes.

Qualifications

• 8+ years delivering SAP Manufacturing or Production Planning solutions.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA is preferred.
• Strong leadership of cross-functional teams across global deployments.

Responsibilities

• Translate business goals into SAP Manufacturing solutions.
• Manage end-to-end SAP Manufacturing implementations from design to deployment.
• Lead project plans, mitigate risks, ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

Skills

SAP Manufacturing

S/4HANA

Client leadership

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, IT

Tools

SAP PP

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. Below are the employee benefits we offer:

• 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?

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 120countries. 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 creating360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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