Our Toronto based client is seeking an experienced SAP S/4HANA & SAC Project Manager to join their project on a 12 month employment contract, with possibility of an extension. The ideal candidate should have 10+ years of delivery expertise, specializing in S/4HANA conversions and RISE projects. Must have a strong command of SAP Activate, SAP Cloud ALM/ SolMan, and integration architecture. Experience in SAC implementation and aligning KPIs with reporting is essential, as is deep functional knowledge of manufacturing (PP, QM, MM, Batch Mgmt) This is a hybrid role that requires working on-site 1-2 days per week.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead project management of SAP S/4HANA brownfield migration (ECC to S/4HANA).
- Act as primary delivery lead, from planning through Go-live , leveraging SAP Activate methodology.
- Act as single point of contact for internal stakeholders, ensuring infrastructure (system provisioning, security, etc) and business readiness
- Coordination with the SAP and the project team, liase with business stakeholders and facilitate decision- making.
- Manage technical conversion activities system sizing, sandbox, development migration, cutover, and go-live.
- Manage system landscape strategy (dual maintenance retrofit, transport, code freeze, etc).
- Oversee test readiness, test signoff’s, user enablement, and change management in collaboration with business teams.
- Govern risk, issue, and change management processes with clear escalation and mitigation paths.
- Develop and manage client's test and validation plan across sandbox, dev, quality and production landscapes.
- Lead test data preparation including batch-managed materials.
- Define Cutover Strategy, integrating technical migration steps, business data loads, mock conversions, and dry runs.
- Coordinate with Basis, functional, and data teams to ensure environment readiness.
- Oversee integration with SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) and manage cross-functional reporting enablement.
- Oversee enablement and adoption initiatives to ensure end-user readiness.
- Manage and coordinate all activities with any 3rd party vendors.
- Participation in regular cadence/PMO meetings, acceptance and sign-off on deliverables.
- PMP, SAP Activate Project Manager, or Agile certification preferred.
