SAP Data Migration Lead – Master Data & EWM/YL Expert

Ford Energy; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 87,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage andRx

Paid parental leave

Vehicle discount program for employees

Tuition assistance

Generous paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Ford Energy is seeking a Data Migration and Master Data Lead, SAP, to own end-to-end data migration across SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud and Private Cloud environments supporting EWM and Yard Logistics. Lead planning, data readiness, validation, and cutover execution with SAP teams and partners.

You will establish governance, data quality standards, and controls, coordinating with business data owners to ensure trusted data at go-live and beyond.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a technical field; Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related.
• 5–8 years of SAP data migration, master data management, data quality, or SAP implementation experience.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud or SAP Private Cloud is required.
• Experience planning and executing SAP data migration activities including mapping, cleansing, transformation, loading, validation, and reconciliation.
• Experience establishing master data ownership, quality, and change-management processes.
• Ability to coordinate data readiness and migration across SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud and SAP Private Cloud environments supporting EWM and YL.
• Disciplined, meticulous approach to data analysis, validation, documentation, and issue follow-through.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end data migration approach across Ford Energy’s SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud and SAP Private Cloud environments.
• Lead migration planning: define scope, objects, sequencing, milestones, and readiness criteria.
• Coordinate migration cycles: data collection, cleansing, mapping, transformation, mock loads, cutover loads, and post-load validation.
• Manage data loads: coordinate master data uploads into SAP S/4HANA for EWM and YL with SAP teams and partners.
• Maintain migration plans: track owners, dependencies, risks, defects, and readiness.
• Develop and coordinate migration and cutover runbooks including timing, validation, escalation, and contingency planning.
• Establish governance, standards, and controls for trusted master data during implementation and operations.
• Define governance processes for data ownership, creation, maintenance, approval, and change control.
• Define data standards: definitions, templates, validation rules, naming conventions, and quality expectations.
• Drive data readiness: work with data owners to assess quality, resolve gaps, and ensure data is complete and approved before loads.
• Strengthen controls to reduce duplication and incomplete records and unauthorized changes.
• Embed master data governance into business processes for go-live reliability.
• Define validation criteria and reconciling source vs target data; manage defects through resolution.
• Coordinate validation with process owners and obtain sign-off at milestones.
• Provide status, risk, quality, and readiness reporting to SAP program leadership and stakeholders.
• Connect data owners with SAP delivery teams to ensure timely, actionable decisions.
• Collaborate with SAP teams and vendors to align activities across functions and delivery streams.
• Communicate clearly about data quality risks to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Build organizational capability by guiding teams responsible for master data preparation, review, and maintenance.

Skills

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field

Tools

SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud

SAP Private Cloud

EWM

Yard Logistics

Job description

Ford Energy is seeking a Data Migration and Master Data Lead, SAP, to own end-to-end data migration across SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud and Private Cloud environments supporting EWM and Yard Logistics. Lead planning, data readiness, validation, and cutover execution with SAP teams and partners.

You will establish governance, data quality standards, and controls, coordinating with business data owners to ensure trusted data at go-live and beyond.