SAP Cutover Lead (S/4HANA, EWM & Manufacturing)

This is a remote position.

The engagement starts with a plant go-live. There is scope to take ownership of cutover across three more sites in a multi-plant rollout.

What you’ll do

• Build end-to-end cutover strategies across warehouse, manufacturing, supply chain and corporate functions.
  
• Define cutover governance, templates, milestone reviews and go/no-go decision processes.
  
• Own the detailed cutover plan, runbooks and deployment schedules, and manage critical path, dependencies and escalations.
  
• Lead cutover for SAP EWM warehouse go-lives and manufacturing plant deployments, including inventory conversion and production readiness.
  
• Plan and run multiple mock cutovers, then validate durations, sequencing and resourcing, and close out remediation items.
  
• Coordinate functional leads, architects, development, data migration, MDG, infrastructure, system integrators, vendors and the PMO.
  
• Run the command center during deployment, and manage the move into hypercare and the handover to support.
  
• Maintain risk and issue logs, contingency and rollback plans, and executive status reporting.
  

Requirements

What you’ll bring

• 10+ years of SAP implementation experience.
  
• 5+ years leading SAP cutovers on large-scale programs.
  
• Extensive hands-on experience with SAP EWM go-lives and warehouse deployments.
  
• Experience supporting SAP Manufacturing deployments (PP, QM, Logistics Execution).
  
• A track record of multi-site or wave-based rollouts.
  
• Experience leading large cross-functional teams and working alongside system integrators.
  
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, and decision-making under pressure.
  
• A bachelor’s degree in IT, Business, Supply Chain, Engineering or a related field.
  

Benefits

Nice to have

• SAP EWM certification and/or PMP.
  
• Experience in food and beverage, CPG, manufacturing or distribution.
  
• Experience with high-volume warehouses and 24x7 manufacturing operations.
  
• Multiple successful SAP go-lives and enterprise cutovers.