Director of SAP S/4HANA ERP Implementations & PMO

Blue Chip Talent; Troy (MI); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Chip Talent, in partnership with a retail organization, seeks a Director of Business Systems to lead a large-scale SAP S/4HANA initiative and oversee enterprise business systems. This hands-on leadership role drives ERP delivery, PMO governance, and post-go-live stabilization.

You will guide cross-functional teams, manage integrations, and translate business needs into scalable ERP solutions with a long-range roadmap.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of SAP/ERP leadership with at least one end-to-end implementation.
• Ownership of end-to-end ERP implementation including go-live and stabilization.
• Extensive SAP experience, S/4HANA or similar ERP environments.
• PMO governance, schedules, risk management, and cutover experience.
• Hands-on leadership of SAP functional areas: sales, inventory, WM, procurement, finance.
• Experience with system integrations and third-party apps across ERP processes.
• SIT, UAT, data migration, production readiness, and hypercare experience.
• Experience managing ERP Analysts and external partners.
• S/4HANA Public Cloud implementation experience.
• Familiar with SAP Activate methodology and lifecycle.
• Retail/auto/manufacturing ERP implementation experience.
• Knowledge of SAP SD, MM, FICO, and WM processes.
• ERP integrations with POS, financing, fulfillment, logistics, delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end SAP ERP implementation activities across retail ops, finance, procurement, inventory, WM, and order fulfillment.
• Establish and maintain PMO governance, project plans, risk management processes, milestone tracking, and delivery accountability.
• Oversee system integrations between SAP and third-party applications, ensuring alignment across functional areas.
• Direct implementation readiness activities, including testing, data migration, cutover planning, go-live execution, and hypercare.
• Manage implementation partners, SAP functional teams, and internal resources to resolve critical project issues and dependencies.
• Lead and support a team of ERP Analysts while remaining directly involved in troubleshooting and implementation execution.
• Translate operational requirements into integrated ERP solutions that support end-to-end business processes.
• Develop a long-term business systems roadmap focused on production stabilization, process improvements, and future enhancements.

Skills

SAP Leadership

End-to-end SAP

PMO Governance

ERP Implementations

S/4HANA

Cross-functional Leadership

Data Migration

Vendor Management

Hypercare

SIT/UAT

Job description

Blue Chip Talent, in partnership with a retail organization, seeks a Director of Business Systems to lead a large-scale SAP S/4HANA initiative and oversee enterprise business systems. This hands-on leadership role drives ERP delivery, PMO governance, and post-go-live stabilization.

You will guide cross-functional teams, manage integrations, and translate business needs into scalable ERP solutions with a long-range roadmap.