Senior SAP Business Cutover Project Manager
Lead the end-to-end business cutover process for an SAP S/4 global programme, ensuring smooth transition from legacy operations to new systems. This role focuses 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.
Responsibilities
- 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.
- Ensure compliance with governance, methodologies, and change control processes.
- Coordinate readiness across the 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.
Success Metrics
- Operational Continuity
- Downtime Management
- Readiness Score
- Data Migration Accuracy
- Hypercare Resolution
Qualifications
- 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.
- 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.
- Requires five days onsite presence in a London office.
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