SAP S/4HANA Process Leader — Procurement, Planning & Inventory

Parker Hannifin Corporation; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Parker Hannifin Corporation in Cleveland, OH seeks a senior SAP S/4HANA owner for EMG across Procurement, Demand Planning, Scheduling, and Inventory Management. You will drive group-wide process strategy, governance, fit-to-standard, and sustainment across 6 NA divisions and 50+ locations, reporting to the Supply Chain Group VP.

You will lead end-to-end functional deployment, align solution design, testing, business readiness, and cutover, while standardizing key supply chain processes and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, operations, engineering, information systems, or related field.
• 7-10+ years of progressive experience in supply chain, procurement, materials management, production planning, scheduling, inventory management, manufacturing operations, or ERP-enabled leadership.
• Direct SAP or large-scale ERP implementation experience preferred; SAP S/4HANA implementation experience strongly preferred.
• Experience leading business process transformation across multiple sites, divisions, or business units.

Responsibilities

• Leads group-wide SAP deployment strategy, readiness, execution, and sustainment for assigned workstreams in partnership with Corporate SAP S/4HANA Business Process Leaders, EMG SAP IT Lead, and division leadership.
• Establishes and leads functional governance for assigned SAP processes, including fit-to-standard decisions, exception management, escalation, prioritization, and process adoption.
• Leads current-state assessments across divisions and evaluates divisional processes against Parker standard SAP business processes; identifies gaps, risks, organizational impacts, and required business changes.
• Drives adoption of Parker standard SAP processes and makes recommendations on process standardization, business requirements, and exceptions requiring group or corporate approval.
• Leads cross-functional workshops with operations, procurement, supply chain, finance, materials, scheduling, manufacturing, and division leadership to align future-state processes and deployment readiness.
• Owns functional readiness for assigned workstreams, including data readiness, process validation, testing, training, cutover preparation, go-live support, and post-go-live stabilization.
• Leads functional issue resolution during deployment, cutover, and hypercare; escalates risks and decisions to EMG leadership and Corporate SAP S/4HANA Business Process Leaders as appropriate.
• Partners with Corporate Business Process teams to evaluate additional business requirements, develop business cases, support solution design, validate configuration, approve testing outcomes, and support divisional adoption.
• Provides leadership, coaching, and training to divisional implementation teams, process owners, super users, and end users to ensure sustainable adoption of SAP standard processes.
• Influences division and group stakeholders to adopt standard processes, resolve conflicts, accelerate implementation timelines, and improve deployment efficiency.
• Identifies continuous improvement opportunities after go-live and recommends enhancements to EMG leadership and Corporate SAP S/4HANA Business Process Leaders.
• Identifies, assesses, and mitigates functional deployment risks that could impact business continuity, supply chain execution, inventory accuracy, production scheduling, customer service, or financial reporting.
• Maintains strong understanding of SAP S/4HANA functionality, integrated business processes, and related systems impacting procurement, demand planning, scheduling, and inventory management.
• Requires significant travel to EMG divisions and implementation sites to lead deployment activities, support site readiness, conduct workshops, resolve issues, and ensure successful go-live and hypercare outcomes.
• Prepares and presents functional readiness status, key risks, decision requirements, and deployment recommendations to EMG leadership, division leadership, and Corporate SAP stakeholders.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Change management

Executive communication

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, operations, engineering, information systems, or related field

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

ERP implementations

Job description

Parker Hannifin Corporation in Cleveland, OH seeks a senior SAP S/4HANA owner for EMG across Procurement, Demand Planning, Scheduling, and Inventory Management. You will drive group-wide process strategy, governance, fit-to-standard, and sustainment across 6 NA divisions and 50+ locations, reporting to the Supply Chain Group VP.

You will lead end-to-end functional deployment, align solution design, testing, business readiness, and cutover, while standardizing key supply chain processes and