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# OCM Lead - SAP Retail Transformation

- **Company:** Pioneer IT Systems LLC
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** SAP (Applications), SAP Implementation
- **Published:** August 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/03fecf00-1543-405b-b0cb-16d42e367685

## About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Organizational Change Management (OCM) Lead to support a major SAP Transformation initiative.

The client has a very specific requirement: the candidate must have hands-on experience with SAP Retail Systems. Simply having worked in the retail industry or for a retail company is not sufficient.

The ideal candidate will combine strong OCM/change management strategy and leadership experience with proven experience supporting SAP Retail Systems / SAP Retail transformation programs., * Strong experience as an OCM Lead / Organizational Change Management Lead.

 * Proven experience leading OCM activities for SAP transformation programs.
 * Hands-on / actual SAP Retail Systems experience is REQUIRED.
 * Strong understanding of SAP Retail business processes and systems.
 * Experience managing organizational change associated with SAP Retail implementations, upgrades, migrations, or transformations.
 * Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
 * Experience developing change strategies, impact assessments, communication plans, training plans, and adoption strategies.
 * Ability to work effectively with SAP functional/technical teams and business stakeholders.

## Description

* Lead the Organizational Change Management (OCM) strategy for a large-scale SAP transformation.
 * Develop and execute change management strategies, plans, and roadmaps.
 * Assess organizational impacts resulting from SAP Retail system/process changes.
 * Partner with business stakeholders, SAP teams, project leadership, and technical teams.
 * Drive stakeholder engagement and communication throughout the transformation.
 * Develop and execute communication, training, adoption, and change-readiness plans.
 * Identify organizational risks, resistance, and adoption challenges and develop mitigation strategies.
 * Support business process changes associated with SAP Retail implementations or transformations.
 * Coordinate change activities across multiple business functions and project workstreams.
 * Track change readiness, adoption, and transformation outcomes.
 * Provide leadership and guidance to change management teams and stakeholders.


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