Key Responsibilities

Rollout Planning & Mobilization

• Define rollout scope, objectives, and deployment strategy in collaboration with global and local stakeholders.
• Develop comprehensive project plans covering timelines, budgets, resources, cutover planning, and risk mitigation.

Execution & Deployment Management

• Lead and manage project teams, ensuring clear roles and responsabilities.
• Ensure consistent execution across regions, business units, and functional teams.
• Track progress, monitor interdependencies, and rapidly resolve issues.

Stakeholder & Change Management

• Act as the primary point of contact between global SAP teams, local business users, IT, consultants, and leadership.
• Communicate progress, manage expectations, and secure stakeholder alignment.

SAP S/4HANA & Process Expertise

• Leverage deep knowledge of SAP S/4HANA functionalities, implementation methodologies ( e.g. SAP Activate) and best practices to guide the project team and ensure successful outcomes.

Team Leadership & Coordination

• Built, motivate and lead high- performing project teams.

Budget & Resource Management

• Manage rollout budgets, monitor costs, and ensure financial discipline.
• Efficiently coordinate global and local resources.

Risk, Issue & Quality Management

• Proactively identify and mitigate risks and deployment issues.
• Ensure compliance with methodologies, governance, and quality standards.

Project Closure

• Formalize project closure including final reporting and handover to relevant teams.

Required Skills & Experience

• 15+ years of project or rollout management experience, ideally in SAP implementations.
• Experience with at least 2 end-to-end SAP deployments.
• Proven experience leading SAP process workshops / blueprint gatherings.
• Strong SAP S/4HANA knowledge and familiarity with SAP Activate.
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills.
• Strong organizational abilities, attention to detail, and multitasking capability.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP or PRINCE2 certification (plus).
• German language skills.

Personal Attributes

We value both expertise and personality. The ideal candidate demonstrates:

• High analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong initiative, flexibility, and self-motivation.
• Customer-oriented mindset.
• High quality awareness and accountability.
• Outstanding communication abilities.
• Ability to lead teams and resolve complex issues in fast-paced environments.