SAP Delivery Director

SAP Delivery Director

The Delivery Director is responsible for the end-to-end Solution delivery of a country deployment as part of the an S/4HANA programme in Europe. this role is focused on the management of all aspects of delivery including project initiation, design, build, test, deploy and a successful handover to the BAU - in line with agreed scope, timelines and budget.

Key Responsibilities:

Provides overall delivery leadership for country deployment, working with all project stakeholders, delivery teams and 3rd parties

Leads deployment project scope and timelines providing appropriate controls and monitoring to ensure delivery to agreed time, cost and quality requirements.

Works closely with SI to manage day-to-day relationship in regards to all things deployment.

Leads the resolution of conflicts between projects, functions and Core / Country - always putting what is best for the business as a whole first

Work with the wider transformation team to continuously improve good practice methodologies, processes and ways of working

Ensures communication and coordination with all leadership and sponsors.

Manage escalations necessary to ensure solution integrity and efficiency, and ensure senior management is aware of significant issues or opportunities.

Experience

10+ years ERP implementation experience primarily focused on financial processes using SAP solutions.

Experience of managing IT deliverables of large, complex transformation programs/projects (typically more than $20M in value and 18 months in duration) with personal accountability for delivering to time and cost

Strong communication, change management and influencing skills

Mastery of program/project management methodology, tools and templates (includes program/project planning, schedule development, scope management, cost management, risk management, change management and benefits realisation)

Strong vendor management capability

Thorough knowledge of the design, integration and support of SAP systems

Desirable:

• A recognised Project Management qualification.
• Implementation of SAP S/4 Programme, either greenfield of migration from ECC ERP.
• Experience across packaged and bespoke systems and infrastructure, ideally on an international basis.
• IT background with experience across the systems development life cycle with experience in all program/project phases - plan, initiate, elaborate, design, build, test, implement.
• Business Process Management qualification (e.g., Lean belt)
• Experience on Contract / Project based Business models and associated technologies.
• Understanding of latest SAP technology (S/4 Hana) and methodology (ACTIVATE)

Salary - £100,000-£130,000 + Benefits package

Location - Surrey

Flexible working policy