Role Overview
The Value Stream Lead SAP Plan to Produce is accountable for endtoend ownership and delivery of the SAP PlantoProduce value stream across design, build, integration, testing and deployment. This role combines handson SAP implementation expertise, strong project and delivery management, and crossfunctional integration leadership to drive business outcomes in a complex, multiSI, global delivery environment.
The role serves as the functional integration manager across multiple SAP workstreams, system integrators, and business stakeholders, ensuring cohesive solution design, disciplined execution, and predictable delivery. Aerospace & Defense (A&D) industry experience is strongly preferred.
Key Responsibilities Value Stream Ownership & Delivery Accountability
- Own the endtoend SAP PlantoProduce value stream, with full accountability for scope, timeline, quality, and delivery outcomes.
- Drive alignment between business objectives, process design, and SAP system execution across all phases of the program.
- Ensure seamless integration with upstream and downstream value streams.
SAP Functional Expertise & Integration Leadership
- Bring handson SAP implementation experience as a functional expert in at least one PlantoProduce workstream, such as:
- Materials Management (MM)
- Production Planning & Execution (PP Manufacturing)
- Quality Management (QM)
- Demand Planning
- Transportation Management (TM)
- Global Trade Services (GTS)
- Provide deep functional guidance based on realworld implementation experience, including design decisions, tradeoffs, and best practices.
- Act as the functional integration manager, coordinating crossmodule, crosssystem, and crossvendor dependencies.
- Resolve design conflicts and ensure scalable, compliant, and endtoend integrated SAP solutions.
Project Management & Delivery Execution
- Own delivery execution for the value stream from design through golive and postgolive stabilization.
- Apply strong project management discipline to plan, track, and manage milestones, deliverables, risks, issues, and dependencies.
- Partner closely with program leadership, PMO, and SI project managers to ensure integrated planning and execution.
- Maintain and actively manage value streamlevel RAID with clear ownership and mitigation strategies.
Governance, Status & Escalation Management
- Own value streamlevel status reporting, governance cadence, and executive communications.
- Provide clear, factbased visibility into progress, risks, delivery health, and decisions required.
- Proactively identify risks and drive early escalations, presenting actionable options and recommendations.
Required Experience & Qualifications SAP Functional & Implementation Experience (Mandatory)
- Proven SAP implementation experience as a functional lead or senior consultant in at least one PlantoProduce workstream (MM, PP, QM, Demand Planning, TM, or Manufacturing).
- Demonstrated experience delivering endtoend SAP S/4HANA implementations, including design, build, test, and deployment.
- Strong understanding of endtoend manufacturing and supply chain processes and how they integrate in SAP.
Industry & Delivery Experience
- Aerospace & Defense (A&D) industry experience preferred, including exposure to regulated and compliancedriven environments.
- Proven experience leading largescale SAP programs involving multiple system integrators.
- Strong experience working in global onshore offshore delivery models.
Key Competencies
- Handson SAP PlantoProduce implementation expertise
- Endtoend value stream ownership
- SAP S/4HANA manufacturing & supply chain integration
- Project and program delivery leadership
- Crossfunctional dependency and risk management
- Executivelevel status reporting and escalation
Leadership in complex, regulated, multivendor environments
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