Americas S/4 Program Specialist

Novonesis; Franklinton (NC); On-site; USD 85,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with up to 9% company match

3 weeks vacation + 12 holidays + 2 wks

Health, dental, vision, life insurance

Health savings account

Employee assistance program

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Novonesis is seeking an Americas S/4 Program Specialist to coordinate deployment activities across the Americas, liaise with regional business teams, and support PMO execution for a global S/4 transformation. This role demands strong stakeholder management, planning, and a proactive, collaborative mindset in a fast-paced environment.

You will help ensure readiness, go-live preparation, testing, and stabilization while maintaining business continuity across multiple sites and time zones.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, IS or PM
• 2–5 years supporting business processes, projects, programs or operations
• Experience coordinating activities with multiple stakeholders, functions and sites
• Proficiency with PowerPoint, Excel, Teams and Outlook
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder-management capabilities
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
• Willingness to travel up to 30%

Responsibilities

• Coordinate S/4 deployment activities across the Americas
• Support Explore, Build, Realize, testing, deployment prep, go-live and hypercare
• Develop and maintain project plans, milestone trackers and logs
• Prepare governance materials including dashboards and status updates
• Engage with site managers and end users to drive readiness and issue visibility
• Support testing logistics and go-live activities
• Monitor risks, issues, dependencies and mitigation actions
• Assist sites with operational impacts during testing and stabilization

Skills

PowerPoint

Excel

Teams

Outlook

Education

Bachelor's degree (Business, Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, Information Systems, PM)

Tools

SAP

S/4HANA

Job description

Interested in a career that matters?

Are you passionate about driving large-scale business transformation and helping teams successfully navigate change? Join us as an Americas S/4 Program Specialist and work closely with local sites and regional business functions to build readiness for a global transformation that will strengthen how we work across functions, sites, and regions—helping us operate more effectively as one Novonesis.

In this role, you will help connect project teams, site leadership, and business stakeholders throughout the S/4 program journey. Working closely with regional and global partners, you will support deployment readiness, testing, go-live activities, and post-deployment stabilization while helping ensure business continuity across multiple sites throughout the Americas.

The Role & Your Impact

As the Americas S/4 Specialist, you will serve as a critical coordination point between regional business teams, project leadership, implementation partners, and site stakeholders. This is a highly collaborative role that combines project coordination, stakeholder engagement, deployment support, and PMO execution to help ensure successful adoption of S/4 across the Americas.

Key responsibilities include:

• Support planning and execution of S/4 deployment activities across the Americas
• Coordinate business participation throughout Explore, Build, Realize, testing, deployment preparation, go-live, and hypercare phases.
• Develop and maintain project plans, milestone trackers, action logs, decision logs, and dependency trackers.
• Prepare governance materials including dashboards, presentations, status updates, meeting agendas, minutes, and follow-up actions.
• Partner with site managers, supervisors, super users, and end users to drive engagement, readiness, and issue visibility.
• Support testing logistics, deployment readiness activities, go-live execution, risk identification, and hypercare follow-up.
• Monitor risks, issues, dependencies, and mitigation activities, escalating concerns through the Americas PMO as appropriate.
• Help sites prepare for operational impacts and business continuity requirements during testing, cutover, go-live, and stabilization activities.

What You’ll Need To Be Successful

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, Information Systems, Project Management, or a related field.
• 2-5 years of experience supporting business processes, projects, programs, operations, or continuous improvement initiatives.
• Experience coordinating activities involving multiple stakeholders, functions, locations, or competing priorities.
• Strong organizational, communication, problem-solving, and follow-up skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver on established timelines.
• Proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, and Outlook.
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder-management capabilities.
• Ability to build relationships across organizational levels and drive action through influence.
• Adaptability and a proactive mindset in a fast-paced project environment.

Additional Skills & Interests We Value

While not required, the following qualifications would be an advantage:

• Experience supporting manufacturing, supply chain, finance, quality, ERP, or business operations environments.
• Exposure to SAP, S/4HANA, or other enterprise transformation programs.
• Experience supporting testing, deployment, change management, or go-live activities.
• Experience preparing leadership presentations, dashboards, executive communications, and status reporting.
• Experience facilitating workshops, coordinating stakeholder meetings, and driving action-oriented follow-up.
• Interest in business transformation, process improvement, and organizational change initiatives.

What We Offer

We offer an opportunity to contribute to a high-impact transformation program that will shape the future of our business operations across the Americas. You will work alongside experienced project leaders, business stakeholders, and global teams while gaining exposure to large-scale ERP deployment activities.

In addition, you'll benefit from:

• Opportunities to develop project, program, and deployment management capabilities.
• Exposure to senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
• A collaborative and supportive work environment.
• Meaningful involvement in a strategic business transformation initiative.
• Professional growth through challenging and impactful work.

Ways of Working / Working Conditions

• This role is primarily site-based in Franklinton, NC. While some flexibility exists, candidates should expect to be onsite regularly and be present onsite full-time during critical program periods.
• Frequent collaboration with stakeholders across multiple sites and time zones throughout the Americas.
• Flexibility to support critical testing, cutover, go-live, and hyper care activities.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 30% to support deployment preparation, site readiness activities, and go-live events.

Compensation & Benefits

Expected pay range: $84,761-$116,546

Benefits:

• 401(k) with up to a 9% company contribution
• Minimum of 3 weeks' vacation plus 12 holidays and 2 weeks of wellness time
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Healthcare savings account with generous employer contribution
• Employee assistance program
• Parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Benefits effective from day one

Relevant Information

Application Deadline: October 1, 2026

Our purpose guides the way

In Novonesis, we know that solutions rooted in biology can help solve humanity’s biggest challenges. Since we began more than a century ago, this has been our guide. It’s how we've gotten so far. And it’s how we'll impact the future. Now, more than ever, the world needs change. And with biosolutions, the possibilities for transformation are endless. If our purpose resonates with you, we encourage you to apply.

Opportunities for everyone

We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process and equal opportunity for all applicants. Therefore we ask you to apply without a cover letter or photo and instead include a few sentences in your CV explaining your motivation for applying.

We make all employment decisions based on business needs and welcome candidates with a wide range of backgrounds, including ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status.

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