Job Title: SAP Project Manager
Location: On Site - Garner, NC
Top Skills' Details
Must-Haves Do Not Submit Without These:
- 8+ years of IT/technical project management experience
- Hands-on SAP project management experience not just adjacent to SAP, actually leading SAP workstreams
- S/4HANA implementation experience even partial involvement in a migration or go-live counts, but they need to know the environment
- PMP certification (PMI or equivalent)
- Local to Raleigh/Triangle must be able to commute to Garner 5 days/week
- Strong executive communication skills this person will be presenting to the CIO
Job Description:
The client lost their SAP PM and needs a backfill fast. This person will own project management for their S/4HANA transformation they've already gone live at HQ and one plant, with more plants on the way. This isn't a "manage tickets and write status reports" PM role. They need someone who can lead enterprise-wide, cross-functional SAP initiatives at a senior level and communicate up to the CIO and executive team without hand-holding.
What the Role Actually Involves:
- Leading the S/4HANA transformation project across the clients remaining plants this is the centerpiece of the role
- Managing the existing ECC environment in parallel while the transformation continues
- Owning project charters, timelines, resource allocation, and milestone tracking
- Managing vendor relationships (implementation partners like NTD, AMS partner Emerges, consulting firms like Clarkston)
- Running go-live activities, post-go-live stabilization, and lessons learned reviews
- Communicating project status to executive leadership including the CIO
- Mentoring junior PMO team members
Additional Skills & Qualifications:
Strong Differentiators These Candidates Move to the Top
- Experience managing a full S/4HANA transformation, not just post-go-live support
- Background in manufacturing or food & beverage ERP environments
- Vendor management and contract oversight experience
- Familiarity with RISE with SAP / private cloud model
- Change management experience in large-scale SAP rollouts
- Exposure to both Waterfall and Agile methodologies
- ITIL, PRINCE2, Six Sigma, or Lean certifications
- Experience with Smartsheet, MS Project, or similar PM tools
- Any AI-assisted PM tool experience
Business Drivers/Customer Impact
This person will be touching finance, procurement, production planning, sales, and HR workstreams not siloed into one corner of the business. For a PM who wants broad exposure and real organizational influence, that's a strong draw.
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