Global SAP S/4HANA Transformation Director

• Provide overall leadership and direction across business stakeholders, IT teams, system integrators, SAP partners, and third-party vendors.
• Drive integrated planning covering SAP S/4HANA, data migration, integrations, testing, deployment, cutover, and business readiness activities.
• Make critical trade-off decisions.
• Lead and develop a high-performing program delivery organization.
• Ensure successful phased deployment across multiple regions while leveraging lessons learned and maximizing reuse of processes, governance, and implementation assets.
• Manage dependencies across ERP, supply chain, warehouse management, and other transformation initiatives.
• Establish robust governance, integrated planning, change control, and risk management processes.
• Drive resolution of program risks, issues, resource constraints, and cross-functional dependencies.
• Serve as the primary interface to the CIO and the wider leadership team.
• Provide transparent reporting on program status, financials, risks, deployment readiness, and benefits realization.
• Challenge unnecessary customization and promote standardization across the organisation.
• Ensure effective change management, training and communications.
• Drive accountability for implementation partner performance and delivery commitments.
• Monitor post-go-live outcomes.

• Significant years of transformation and program leadership experiences, especially leading a large-scale SAP S/4HANA implementation.
• Proven track record delivering complex multi-country and multi-business-unit deployments.
• Inspirational leader capable of creating clarity in complex and ambiguous environments.
• Strong decision-maker with sound judgment and the confidence to make difficult trade-offs.
• Executive presence with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and facilitate strategic decision-making.
• Resilient change leader who drives accountability, collaboration, and adoption.
• Strong understanding of business process integration across Finance & Controlling, Order Management, Supply Chain, Warehouse Operations, Data & Analytics, Enterprise Integrations
• Expertise in governance, risk management, dependency management, planning, budgeting, and delivery assurance.
• Working knowledge of SOX, security, and compliance frameworks within ERP transformation environments.
• Experience managing business stakeholders, IT organizations, implementation partners, and executive leadership teams.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Information Technology or similar.
• Fluent English communication skills.
• Willingness to travel internationally.

The successful candidate will be the leader of the global S/4HANA transformation, reporting directly to the CIO and shaping the future of a leading, international organisation.