SAP Lead (S4HANA)

Responsibilities

• Standardization and SAP portfolio ownership;
• Define and govern the SAP portfolio based on SAP Best Practices and scope items; drive harmonization of processes, organizational structures, and master data across business units;
• Establish and enforce clean-core guardrails (standard-first, no core modifications, API-first);
• Define authorization and role concepts aligned to the standard;
• Define and communicate the module and process strategy; decide scope, fit/gap, and standard vs. extension;
• Drive process harmonization and reuse across business units;
• Lead implementations and rollouts using a fit-to-standard approach;
• Ensure stable operations (incident/problem/change), release, and test management;
• Plan and execute data migrations, regression testing, training, and hypercare;
• Lead module experts (SD, MM, PP, FI/CO, etc.); provide coaching, mentoring, and career development.
• Define the sourcing strategy for SAP consulting service providers;
• Create staffing plans aligned to module/process demand; recruit SAP functional consultants;
• Collaborate with business stakeholders in Sales, Procurement, Supply Chain, Finance,and E-commerce to align roadmaps and backlogs;
• Manage external implementation and AMS partners; define SLAs and performance KPIs;
• Mediate and resolve conflicts across teams and domains to safeguard stable operations;
• Provide guidance to enhance, optimize, and adapt SAP modules based on business requirements using a fit-to standard approach;
• Collaborate with local stakeholders to identify pain points and translate them into sustainable SAP solutions;
• Drive knowledge transfer and training programs to upskill local users and superusers;
• Ensure alignment of SAP processes across countries for consistency, efficiency, and compliance.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in SAP consulting with substantial S/4HANA experience;
• Deep expertise in at least two core modules (e.g., SD, MM, EWM, FI/CO, PP) and strong end-to-end process knowledge across O2C, P2P, Plan-to-Produce, and R2R;
• Proven leadership of multiple S/4 implementations/rollouts as design authority/template owner/lead;
• Proven leadership of S/4HANA transformations, ideally to S/4HANA Cloud, public edition (RISE), or hybrid/two-tier scenarios;
• Retail/omnichannel/CPG experience is a plus (pricing/promotions, e-commerce integration, fulfillment, POS);
• Familiarity with Fiori, Embedded Analytics; BTP extension patterns and integration scenarios (CPI/EDI);
• Strong leadership, communication, and facilitation skills; confident stakeholder management;
• Business-fluent English.