Key skills
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About this role
Role Overview
- Lead the end-to-end business cutover process for an SAP S/4 global programme, ensuring smooth transition from legacy operations to new systems.
- Focus on business readiness, operational ramp down, and ramp up activities across supply chain, manufacturing, distribution, commercial and finance, minimizing disruption and safeguarding customer business activities.
- Develop and own the business cutover strategy and execution roadmap, integrating technical and business activities.
- Work with the business teams to develop detailed ramp down/ramp up plans for critical business processes for all sites (e.g., production scheduling, inventory, order fulfilment, finance).
- Ensure compliance with governance, methodologies, and change control processes.
- Coordinate readiness across the 5 key regions including all associated plants, warehouses, and distribution centers.
- Align cutover activities with seasonal demand cycles and logistics constraints.
- Engage business leaders and operational teams to validate readiness and dependencies.
- Facilitate go/no-go readiness reviews with leadership and PMO.
- Identify and mitigate risks related to downtime, data migration, and operational continuity.
- Define rollback scenarios and contingency plans.
- Drive cutover execution during trial runs, dress rehearsal and cutover for go-live.
- Provide real-time dashboards and executive updates on readiness and progress.
- Lead hypercare activities and ensure smooth handover to operations/support teams.
- Capture lessons learned for continuous improvement.
Requirements
- 10+ years in SAP program delivery with proven experience in business cutover management for consumer goods and logistics.
- Expertise in ramp down/ramp up planning for large-scale ERP transformations (ECC and S/4HANA).
- Strong understanding of supply chain, manufacturing, distribution, commercial and finance processes.
- Familiarity with SAP modules.
- Experience in global rollouts and multi-country deployments.
- SAP or PMP certification preferred.
- Excellent communication and ability to influence C-Level executives.
- Ability to lead teams to prepare large proposals and program plans, facilitate leverage differentiators (e.g. specific consulting frameworks, etc.).
- Outstanding communication skills (verbal and written) and presentation skills, with the ability to influence C-Level stakeholders within client organizations.
- Strategic thinker with strong business orientation.
- Ability to manage complex dependencies and drive decisions.
- Skilled in balancing technical and operational priorities.
- Willingness to work shifts for cutover activities
- Project-related mobility/willingness to travel.
Tech Stack
- ERP
- PMP
Benefits
- Industry-leading compensation and benefits
- Top training and development opportunities
- Inclusive and entrepreneurial culture