Senior SAP Project / Programme Manager | S/4HANA | Manufacturing & Production | 20+ Years

SAP S/4HANA Programme Leadership
Leadership of large-scale global SAP S/4HANA transformation programmes spanning up to 100 countries, 100 business units and 50,000 users, including end-to-end programme delivery, PMO governance, Steering Committee engagement, RAID management, cutover, go-live and hypercare.

SAP Production Planning & Manufacturing (PP/MM/SD)
Hands-on SAP foundations across Production Planning, Materials Management, Sales and Distribution, Procurement, Inventory, Manufacturing and Supply Chain, with direct experience challenging production processes and cross-functional integration across end-to-end industrial business flows.

PMO Governance & Programme Management
Establishment and leadership of enterprise and regional PMO governance structures, defining integrated planning, financial and delivery controls, executive reporting, cross-programme dependency management, resource governance, decision structures and change-control disciplines across complex multinational environments.

Supply Chain Transformation
Leadership of supply chain and ERP consolidation programmes, harmonising country-specific processes around common global standards and strengthening enterprise-wide financial visibility, process integration and data consistency.

Solution & Enterprise Architecture
Definition of target-state solution and integration architecture, infrastructure direction, investment priorities and SAP strategy across landscapes of approximately 20 SAP systems, translating business strategy into executable SAP programmes.

Vendor & Systems Integrator Governance
Governance and collaboration with up to 100 external consultants and strategic partners including Accenture and IBM, aligning solution quality, delivery performance, issue resolution and commercial outcomes with programme objectives.

Fit-to-Standard & Architecture Governance
Driving fit-to-standard adoption and global-template compliance across Finance, Sales and Distribution, Materials Management and integrated processes, challenging unnecessary localisation and balancing regional business value with global architecture principles.

Programme Recovery & Delivery Assurance
Recovery of challenged SAP programmes by re-establishing sponsorship, requirements, funding, governance and execution discipline, driving entire recovery portfolios through successful implementation with no project failures.

Data Migration & ERP Consolidation
Consolidation of multiple ERP platforms into single global SAP environments, including legacy-system retirement, common process templates and data migration, reducing financial close cycles and strengthening process standardisation.

SAP FI/CO & Financial Accounting
Foundation in SAP Financial Accounting and Controlling, including enterprise finance reporting, management reporting and integration with operational SAP modules, underpinning solution architecture and programme leadership.