Supply Chain Program Manager

This is a w2 project only. Please - NO 1099 or C2C at this time.

12-months + project for one of our pharmaceutical clients. Pharma/Medical Devices/Life Sciences/Biotech/GxP is required.

SAP S4/HANA is required.

This role is supporting EST time zone and will involve potential quarterly travel (3 - 4 day paid by client).

The role pays $78 an hour w2.

We are looking for a Program Manager who can lead the Physical/Financials flow.

Milestone is seeking an experienced Senior SAP S/4HANA Supply Chain Program Manager to support a large-scale SAP ECC to S/4HANA transformation. This role will serve as the primary liaison across Supply Chain, Finance, Operations, Technology, and the System Integrator to ensure successful design, testing, validation, and deployment of end-to-end business processes.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in SAP Supply Chain processes, ERP transformations, and program delivery, with a strong understanding of how material movements and logistics transactions integrate with financial accounting, inventory valuation, product costing, and reporting processes within S/4HANA.

This position requires an individual capable of connecting business requirements, system functionality, testing activities, master data readiness, and deployment planning to ensure successful migration and operational continuity during the transition from ECC to S/4HANA.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain detailed workstream plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, and deliverables across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Procurement, Warehousing, Logistics, and Finance teams.
• Coordinate activities between business stakeholders, technology teams, and implementation partners to ensure alignment across all phases of the program lifecycle.
• Drive issue resolution and decision-making processes related to supply chain process design, integration points, and deployment readiness.
• Support the migration and transformation of core SAP business processes
• Ensure business process alignment between ECC legacy functionality and future-state S/4HANA capabilities.
• Facilitate workshops to validate process design, identify gaps, and support process harmonization efforts.
• Ensure end-to-end integrity between physical inventory transactions and financial accounting impacts.
• Monitor critical dependencies between operational and financial workstreams throughout testing and deployment activities.
• Oversee supply chain test preparation, execution, defect management, and reporting.
• Coordinate System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Operational Qualification (OQ), and Business Validation activities.
• Ensure end-to-end process scenarios are executed and validated across both physical and financial transaction flows.
• Partner with business process owners to ensure testing completeness, readiness, and signoff.
• Support data migration activities
• Collaborate with cutover teams to develop and execute supply chain deployment plans.
• Support inventory conversion, reconciliation, and go-live readiness activities.
• Proactively identify risks, issues, dependencies, and process gaps that may impact program timelines or business continuity.
• Develop mitigation plans and escalate risks appropriately.
• Provide executive-level reporting and status communications.
• Facilitate cross-functional meetings, steering committee updates, and readiness reviews.

Preferred Qualifications

• 12+ years of program or project management experience supporting large-scale SAP implementations or ERP transformations.
• Multiple SAP implementation lifecycle experiences with at least one SAP ECC to S/4HANA migration.
• Strong knowledge of SAP supply chain modules including:
• MM (Materials Management)
• PP (Production Planning)
• WM/EWM (Warehouse Management)
• SD (Sales & Distribution)
• QM (Quality Management)
• Understanding of financial integration with:
• FI (Financial Accounting)
• CO (Controlling)
• Material Ledger
• Product Costing
• Experience managing end-to-end physical and financial process flows within manufacturing, life sciences, pharmaceutical, medical device, or regulated industries.
• Expertise in testing governance, validation activities, and business readiness practices.
• Experience supporting:
• SIT
• UAT
• OQ
• Cutover Planning
• Hypercare
• Go-Live Readiness
• Proven ability to manage complex programs involving multiple stakeholders, vendors, and global teams.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• PMP, PgMP, SAP Certification, or equivalent project/program management certifications preferred.
• Experience working in Agile, Scrum, and hybrid delivery environments.

Required Skills

• SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA
• Supply Chain Operations
• Manufacturing Operations
• Inventory and Warehouse Management
• Financial Process Integration
• Data Migration and Reconciliation
• Program and Project Management
• Risk Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Change Management
• Testing Governance
• Executive Communications

Tools & Technologies

• SAP ECC
• SAP S/4HANA
• SAP Solution Manager / SAP ALM
• Jira
• Smartsheet
• Microsoft Project
• Microsoft Office 365
• Microsoft Teams
• Power BI
• PowerPoint

Role : 100% Remote supporting EST