Job Title:
SAP Transformation Leader
Description:
We are seeking an experienced SAP Transformation Leader to spearhead our company's SAP Centre of Excellence (CoE) initiative. This individual will be responsible for designing, governing, and executing the SAP roadmap, ensuring a seamless transition from our current Transitional Services Agreement (TSA) environment and building a future-ready enterprise platform.
Key Responsibilities:
* SAP Roadmap Design: Define and govern the SAP roadmap in alignment with business and ICT strategy, business goals, and TSA exit timelines.
* SAP Delivery Team Management: Lead the mobilisation and performance of SAP delivery teams, including internal staff and external partners.
* SAP Solution Design: Oversee SAP solution design, ensuring adherence to fit-to-standard principles and integration best practices.
* Data Migration: Manage the delivery of objects and data migration in collaboration with technical and data leads.
* SAP Integration: Ensure SAP is fully integrated with enterprise platforms.
* TOM Establishment: Establish and operate a scalable and efficient SAP Target Operating Model and post-go-live CoE support structure.
* Stakeholder Engagement: Drive stakeholder engagement across business functions, ICT, and third-party vendors.
* Governance: Enforce governance for SAP change management, testing, and release cycles.
* Risk and Compliance: Ensure compliance with licensing, security, and audit requirements.
* Continuous Improvement: Promote continuous improvement and enhancement governance across the SAP landscape.
* Programme Ownership: Ownership of the SAP programme roadmap and delivery outcomes.
* Solution Governance: Governance of SAP solution design, integration, and data quality.
* Vendor Performance: Performance management of System Integrators and third-party vendors.
* Target Operating Model: Definition and operation of the SAP Target Operating Model.
* Leadership: Leadership of the SAP CoE, including internal capability development and support structures.
* Capability Alignment: Alignment of SAP capabilities with evolving business needs and ICT architecture.
* Risk and Audit: Risk, compliance, and audit readiness across the SAP landscape.
Requirements:
* Leadership & Governance: Ability to lead cross-functional teams and govern complex SAP landscapes.
* Strategic Thinking: Skilled in aligning SAP capabilities with business strategy and ICT architecture.
* Programme Delivery: Deep experience in managing SAP lifecycles including data migration, and cutover.
* Vendor Management: Strong track record of managing System Integrators and third-party partners.
* Integration Expertise: Knowledge of integrating SAP with Enterprise platforms.
* Change Management: Experience implementing structured change, release, and testing processes.
* Stakeholder Engagement: Excellent communication and influencing skills across business and technical audiences.
* Continuous Improvement: Commitment to driving post-go-live optimisation and support excellence.
* Education: Bachelor's Degree in IT (or related field) or BS in Computer Science.
* Experience: Proven experience leading large-scale SAP programmes, ideally in a post-TSA or transformation context.
* SAP Knowledge: Strong understanding of SAP architecture, integration, and fit-to-standard implementation approaches.
* Teamwork: Experience of working as a member of a team to deliver change and continuous improvement.
* Team Leadership: Experience of building and leading an SAP Technical Team.
What We Offer:
* Flexible Working: 25 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays), Hybrid working, Health Care allowance
* Career Development: Matched pension scheme, Benefits platform offering discounts and cashback on major retailers.
About Us:
We are a vertically integrated farm-to-fork business with a substantial consumer foods presence and a leading nutritional and dairy ingredients division. Our commitment to sustainability and innovation drives us to ensure every step of our value chain reflects our excellence. With over 50 years' experience in milk processing, dairy and nutritional technology advancement, and product innovation, we are key stakeholders in the global food industry, creators of a strong portfolio of market leading dairy brands, and proud shapers of the future of dairy while meeting diverse needs of our farmers, customers, and communities.