SAP Plant Setup Lead - S/4HANA Deployment

Ford, Inc; Dearborn (MI); On-site; USD 87,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Vehicle discount

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Ford is seeking an SAP Plant Setup & Deployment Project Lead to drive enterprise-structure configuration for new or expanded plants in SAP S/4HANA.

You will connect Purchasing and Finance workstreams, coordinate requirements, configuration, validation, and deployment across Accounts Payable, General Ledger, Intercompany, Vehicle Accounting, and Reporting, while leading cross-functional teams and managing dependencies.

Qualifications

• 5–8+ years SAP configuration experience, including hands-on setup of Plants in SAP S/4HANA.
• Experience coordinating plant rollout involving multiple Finance and Purchasing teams.
• Working knowledge of MM and FI/CO configuration related to plant setup.
• Experience using Jira for Agile project tracking and coordination.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-structure configuration and deployment for new or expanded plants in SAP S/4HANA.
• Coordinate Purchasing (MM) and Finance (FI/CO) workstreams end-to-end.
• Develop and manage plant setup plans, milestones, and timelines across parallel workstreams.
• Support cutover, go-live planning, and documentation handoffs to product teams.
• Maintain governance, RAID logs, and change-control processes.

Skills

Project leadership

Cross-functional coordination

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Excellent communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

SAP S/4HANA

SAP MM/FI/CO

SAP transport management

Job description

Ford is seeking an SAP Plant Setup & Deployment Project Lead to drive enterprise-structure configuration for new or expanded plants in SAP S/4HANA.

You will connect Purchasing and Finance workstreams, coordinate requirements, configuration, validation, and deployment across Accounts Payable, General Ledger, Intercompany, Vehicle Accounting, and Reporting, while leading cross-functional teams and managing dependencies.