SAP PM Project Lead - Plant Maintenance Transformation

PTY; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 850,000 - 1,200,000; Part time

Job summary

Red Ember Recruitment (PTY) Ltd is recruiting an SAP PM Consultant (Project Lead) to drive end-to-end deployment of the SAP Plant Maintenance module within a complex manufacturing environment in Pretoria. The role is strategic, leading blueprint through go-live and hypercare, with strong focus on delivering measurable efficiency gains.

You will orchestrate fit-gap workshops with engineering, maintenance and production, configure PM components, oversee data migration and governance, and provide

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT, Engineering or related discipline.
• 8+ years SAP experience with at least 5 years focused on SAP PM.
• Proven track record leading full-cycle SAP PM implementations.
• Experience within manufacturing environments.
• Strong integration knowledge across SAP modules.
• S/4HANA experience advantageous.
• Strong stakeholder engagement capability (shop floor to executive).
• Ability to drive workshops and influence decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Lead full lifecycle SAP PM implementation (Blueprint to Go-Live and Hypercare).
• Facilitate fit-gap workshops with engineering, maintenance and production stakeholders.
• Configure SAP PM including: Technical Objects (Equipment & Functional Locations), Maintenance Plans & Task Lists, Notifications and Work Orders.
• Implement Preventive and Predictive Maintenance and drive integration with SAP MM, FI/CO and PP.
• Oversee data migration and master data governance.
• Lead UAT, cut-over planning and go-live execution.
• Provide executive-level progress reporting and risk management.
• Ensure alignment with manufacturing best practice and asset lifecycle strategy.

Skills

SAP PM

Project leadership

Full lifecycle

Manufacturing

Stakeholder engagement

S/4HANA

Education

Bachelor's Degree in IT or Engineering

Tools

SAP MM

FI/CO

PP

Job description

Red Ember Recruitment (PTY) Ltd is recruiting an SAP PM Consultant (Project Lead) to drive end-to-end deployment of the SAP Plant Maintenance module within a complex manufacturing environment in Pretoria. The role is strategic, leading blueprint through go-live and hypercare, with strong focus on delivering measurable efficiency gains.

You will orchestrate fit-gap workshops with engineering, maintenance and production, configure PM components, oversee data migration and governance, and provide