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# SAP Cutover Lead

- **Company:** SWIFT
- **Location:** Dallas, TX, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Migration, SAP (Applications), SAP Implementation, Software Deployment, Systems Integration, SAP S/4HANA, Sap Extended Warehouse Management, Legacy Systems
- **Published:** November 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/us8f7286f0ca0ef74bcd5130ae84a3b29e

## About the Role

* 10+ years of SAP implementation experience, including at least 5 years leading large-scale SAP cutovers.
 * Extensive hands-on leadership experience with SAP S/4HANA, SAP EWM, and Manufacturing deployments.
 * Strong knowledge of SAP PP, QM, Supply Chain, Logistics, and Data Migration processes.
 * Proven experience leading warehouse go-lives, manufacturing plant deployments, and multi-site SAP rollouts.
 * Demonstrated expertise in cutover planning, mock cutovers, go-live readiness, command center leadership, and hypercare.
 * Experience managing large cross-functional teams, system integrators, and third-party implementation partners.
 * Strong stakeholder management, executive communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills under pressure.
 * Manufacturing, distribution, CPG, or food and beverage industry experience strongly preferred.
 * SAP EWM certification and PMP certification are desirable.
 * Bachelor's Degree

## Description

The SAP Cutover Lead is responsible for leading end-to-end cutover planning, coordination, and execution for large-scale SAP S/4HANA deployments, with a primary focus on SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) and Manufacturing (MFG). This role ensures seamless transitions from legacy systems to SAP by driving deployment readiness, mock cutovers, go-live execution, command center operations, and hypercare. The ideal candidate brings extensive SAP deployment experience, strong cross-functional leadership, and the ability to minimize operational risk while maintaining business continuity across manufacturing plants and warehouse operations., * Lead end-to-end SAP cutover strategy, planning, governance, and execution across EWM, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and related business functions.

 * Develop and manage detailed cutover plans, deployment schedules, execution runbooks, milestones, and critical dependencies.
 * Lead SAP EWM warehouse and Manufacturing plant go-live activities, ensuring inventory, production, logistics, and operational readiness.
 * Plan and facilitate mock cutovers, validate execution timelines, identify gaps, and drive corrective actions.
 * Coordinate business, functional, technical, infrastructure, data migration, system integration, and third-party teams.
 * Drive go-live readiness assessments, go/no-go decisions, command center activities, and deployment escalations.
 * Proactively manage cutover risks, issues, contingency plans, and rollback procedures.
 * Lead post-go-live stabilization and hypercare, ensuring timely issue resolution and transition to operational support teams.
 * Maintain cutover documentation, readiness reports, risk logs, and executive status communications.