SAP S/4HANA Programme Delivery Director

SAP S/4HANA Programme Delivery Director - Must be Open to Travel.

Location: Netherlands / Benelux – Hybrid.

Contract: Initial 12 months, with potential extension.

Start: November.

Sector: International business transformation. A major international organization is undertaking a long-term, multi-country SAP S/4HANA transformation across Europe. We are seeking an experienced SAP S/4HANA Programme Delivery Director to provide senior leadership across programme mobilization, template rollout, delivery governance, testing, training, cutover, go-live and post-go-live stabilization. This is a long-term contract opportunity for a senior SAP programme professional who has led complex ERP transformation programmes involving multiple countries, business functions and delivery partners.

Key responsibilities include: leading integrated delivery of a multi-country SAP S/4HANA transformation; establishing programme governance, reporting, decision forums and escalation routes; coordinating internal business teams, systems integrators and specialist suppliers; managing dependencies across Finance, Procurement, Sales, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Data, Integration, Security, Testing, Change and Cutover; governing the relationship between the global template and local business or statutory requirements; owning programme schedule, risks, issues, dependencies, budget and resource planning; establishing readiness criteria for design, testing, training, cutover, go-live and hypercare; leading executive reporting and stakeholder communications; managing partner performance, deliverables, quality and delivery risk; identifying resource gaps and coordinating additional programme and workstream capability; leading mobilization, rollout and stabilization activity for future deployment waves; and ensuring lessons learned are captured and applied to subsequent rollouts.

Required experience includes: proven senior leadership experience on major SAP S/4HANA programmes; experience delivering multi-country ERP transformations or template rollouts; strong understanding of SAP ECC-to-S/4HANA transformation; experience coordinating systems integrators, specialist partners and internal stakeholders; demonstrable experience with testing, cutover, go-live and hypercare; strong programme governance, RAID management and executive-reporting capability; experience working across Finance and multiple operational functions; experience managing business readiness, change, training and adoption; excellent stakeholder-management and communication skills; ability to work across countries, cultures and complex organizational structures; and excellent English communication skills.

Desirable experience includes: experience in manufacturing, consumer goods, food and beverage, retail, logistics or distribution; SAP Activate or equivalent delivery-framework experience; RISE with SAP or SAP S/4HANA Cloud experience; SAP BTP, integration, data migration or analytics experience; experience with European localization, tax and statutory requirements; additional European language capability; experience with global templates and phased country deployments; and experience with SAP Ariba, Concur, SuccessFactors or connected SAP platforms.

Contract deliverables include: validating the integrated programme plan and delivery model; confirming governance, decision rights and escalation routes; assessing partner performance and programme capability; identifying critical delivery, resource and dependency risks; establishing rollout-readiness criteria; reviewing testing, training, cutover and hypercare plans; leading executive programme reporting; supporting mobilization and delivery of the next major rollout phase; and establishing repeatable methods for future country deployments.

What is offered includes a long-term contract with potential extension, a senior role within a major international SAP transformation, hybrid working model in the Benelux, opportunity to influence programme governance and rollout delivery, exposure to complex multi-country SAP S/4HANA transformation, and a competitive daily rate based on experience.

Application process: please submit an updated CV together with current location, availability and notice period, travel flexibility, contracting preference, indicative daily rate, and a summary of your most relevant multi-country SAP S/4HANA programme experience. Due to the confidential nature of the assignment, further information about the organization, programme structure, delivery partners and rollout scope will be shared with suitable candidates during the qualification process.

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