SAP Consolidation Project Manager – ECC / S/4HANA

Role Overview

• The project is focused on the consolidation of several SAP ECC systems into one target ECC system
• Lead and coordinate a SAP system consolidation project involving several existing SAP ECC systems
• Manage the consolidation of business processes, system scope, timelines, milestones, risks, issues, and dependencies
• Coordinate functional workstreams with a focus on Finance and SCM
• Act as the central project manager between business stakeholders, IT teams, functional consultants, technical teams, and external implementation partners
• Structure the overall project governance, meeting cadence, reporting logic, escalation paths, and decision-making processes
• Drive alignment between business requirements and the target SAP ECC consolidation approach
• Support the definition and tracking of work packages across Finance, Controlling, Procurement, Supply Chain, Logistics, Master Data, Migration, Testing, Cutover, and Change Management
• Coordinate Fit-Gap discussions, process harmonization activities, and functional design decisions
• Ensure clear ownership of deliverables across internal teams, external consultants, and business key users
• Track and manage project risks, open decisions, dependencies, change requests, and critical path activities
• Prepare status reports, steering committee materials, decision papers, and management presentations
• Support test planning, integration testing coordination, defect tracking, and business acceptance activities
• Coordinate migration-related activities together with data, functional, and technical teams
• Support cutover planning, readiness tracking, go-live preparation, and hypercare setup
• Facilitate communication between senior stakeholders, project teams, business process owners, and local entities
• Ensure that the project remains delivery-oriented, transparent, and well-structured throughout the 18-month engagement

Requirements

• Several years of experience as SAP Project Manager, SAP Program Manager, or SAP Functional Lead in complex SAP transformation or consolidation projects
• Proven experience with SAP ECC environments; SAP S/4HANA transformation knowledge is a strong plus
• Strong functional understanding of SAP Finance and SCM processes
• Experience in SAP system consolidation, template harmonization, process standardization, migration, rollout, carve-out, merger, or post-merger integration projects
• Ability to manage complex cross-functional SAP projects from planning to execution
• Strong people management, stakeholder management, and leadership skills
• Ability to lead business users, functional consultants, technical teams, and external partners without being a purely technical SAP expert
• Strong understanding of project governance, reporting, risk management, issue management, dependency tracking, and escalation management
• Experience with SAP project phases such as fit-gap, design, build, testing, migration, cutover, go-live, and hypercare
• Good understanding of SAP Finance topics such as FI/CO, controlling structures, master data, closing processes, reporting, and integration with logistics
• Good understanding of SAP SCM-related processes such as procurement, supply chain, logistics, inventory, order management, or production-related integration points
• Experience working in international, remote, and cross-functional project environments
• Strong communication skills and the ability to translate between business and IT stakeholders
• Structured, pragmatic, hands-on, and delivery-oriented working style
• Ability to create transparency in complex project environments and drive decisions where ownership is unclear
• Fluent English skills, written and spoken
• German language skills are beneficial but not mandatory
• Nearshore / European freelancer location preferred

Benefits

• None stated