SAP Supply Chain Program Manager

Job Description: The Project Manager, Program Management – SAP S/4HANA Business Transformation, supports a multi-year enterprise SAP S/4HANA business transformation by coordinating a portfolio of initiatives across Business Owners, SAP/IT teams, and third-party partners. This role focuses on end-to-end Supply Chain capabilities. Operating within the Transformation Management Office (TMO), this role ensures initiatives are aligned to business priorities, governed consistently, integrated across workstreams, and supported by strong business readiness and adoption planning. This role acts as a connector between strategy and execution, providing portfolio-level visibility, dependency management, and readiness coordination without owning wave-level deployment delivery. Essential Duties Portfolio Planning & Governance Maintain the transformation portfolio plan, spanning business readiness projects and SAP activities, including initiative sequencing, dependencies, milestones, and key risks, with a focus on Supply Chain and cross-process dependencies. Support intake, prioritization, and scope governance aligned to transformation strategy and value drivers. Ensure initiatives comply with defined governance, stage gates, and decision frameworks. Prepare executive-ready materials for Steering Committees and portfolio reviews. Business Owner & Process Owner Engagement Partner with Business Owners and Enterprise Process Owners to clarify objectives, scope, success measures, and decision ownership across Supply Chain business processes. Build business participation plans in partnership with Deployment, Change, and Training leads. Track business participation commitments and identify capacity or engagement risks. Support cross-functional alignment when priorities or dependencies conflict. SAP / IT Coordination Work closely with SAP, Data, and IT teams to align business priorities with technical delivery plans and release sequencing. Provide visibility into SAP delivery progress, risks, and dependencies impacting business readiness. Ensure integration across process, data, reporting, and technology considerations at the portfolio level. Third-Party / System Integrator Coordination Coordinate with System Integrators and third-party partners to ensure alignment to Supply Chain portfolio priorities and program governance standards. Track high-level partner deliverables, dependencies, and risks. Support issue escalation and reinforce expectations for quality, documentation, and knowledge transfer. Business Readiness & Adoption Support Coordinate enterprise-level business readiness activities, including readiness baselining, planning, milestone tracking, and participation in design, testing, and training. Partner with Data, Change, Training, and Communications leads to align readiness activities across initiatives. Identify and escalate readiness risks related to timing, capacity, or adoption. Risk, Dependency & Value Tracking Maintain a portfolio-level view of risks, issues, and cross-initiative dependencies. Support tracking of business benefits, KPIs, and value realization. Shift reporting from task completion to business capability and outcome visibility. Key Interfaces Business Owners Enterprise Process Owners SAP / IT Teams Deployment Directors Data Leads Change Management Leads Training Leads System Integrators Transformation Program Director Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree required. 8+ years of project/program management experience. 3–5 years supporting SAP ERP (ECC or S/4HANA) transformations with a focus on Supply Chain. Experience working with business leaders, IT teams, and system integrators. Strong understanding of end-to-end business processes. Ability to manage cross-functional dependencies and readiness risks. Direct experience supporting Supply Chain business processes in an SAP environment. Preferred Qualifications The successful candidate will demonstrate: Integrator and Orchestrator: Connects strategy to execution across business functions, SAP teams, and third-party partners. Proactive Risk Management: Anticipates dependencies and readiness issues before they impact delivery. Business-First Mindset: Prioritizes business adoption, readiness, and outcomes over task completion. Influence Without Authority: Drives alignment and progress through collaboration, communication, and credibility. Program Governance Excellence: Maintains accuracy, consistency, and discipline in reporting, tracking, and governance artifacts, ensuring leadership operates from a single source of truth.