Supply Chain Program Manager

Supply Chain Program Manager

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 specific focus on Supply Chain and cross-process dependencies.
Support intake, prioritization, and scope governance aligned to the 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 EPO and business participation plans with EPO's, Deployment, Change, and Training Lead. 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; Process Owners; SAP / IT Teams; Deployment Directors; Data, Change, Training Leads; System Integrators; Transformation Program Director


Under this roof, we require:
Bachelor's degree required
8+ years project/program management experience, including 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.


Under this roof, we also value:
The successful candidate will be a high-impact leader who embodies the following attributes:
Integrator and orchestrator: Connects strategy to execution across functions, SAP and third parties.
Proactively risk-focused: Anticipates dependencies and readiness issues before they become delivery problems.
Business-first operator: Prioritizes adaptations, readiness, and outcomes over task completion.
Influence without authority: Drives alignment and progress through collaboration, clarity, and credibility.
Steward of program integrity: Takes ownership of accuracy, consistency, and discipline in reporting, tracking, and governance artifacts to ensure leaders are working from a single, trusted source of truth.