SAP ECC Consolidation Project Manager, Freelance

Responsibilities

• The project is focused on the consolidation of several SAP ECC systems into one target ECC system.
• Therefore, candidates should bring proven experience in SAP consolidation, harmonization, migration, or transformation projects.
• Purely technical SAP profiles without strong functional and stakeholder management experience are not the main target for this role.
• Lead and coordinate the consolidation of three productive SAP ECC systems into one target ECC system.
• Create transparency on current processes, systems, custom developments and complexity drivers.
• Support Z-object inventory and decisions around keep / redesign / drop.
• Coordinate mapping of source ECC systems to the target ECC system.
• Drive process harmonisation across sites, countries and business units.
• Coordinate implementation of justified functional gaps in the target ECC system.
• Coordinate data cleansing, migration preparation, test loads and reconciliations.
• Support SIT, UAT, defect management and business sign-off.
• Coordinate cutover planning, go-live readiness and stabilisation.
• Manage stakeholders across business, IT, functional teams, technical teams and external partners.

Requirements

• Strong experience as SAP Project Manager, SAP Program Manager or SAP Deployment Manager
• Proven SAP ECC project experience
• Experience in ERP consolidation, SAP landscape harmonisation, carve-out, post-merger integration or migration projects
• Strong functional understanding of Finance and SCM
• Good understanding of SAP modules such as FI/CO, MM, SD, PP, WM/eWM, LE, PM or QM
• Experience with data migration, data cleansing, reconciliation, testing, UAT, cutover and hypercare
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience in international, multi-site and multi-country environments
• English required; German is a plus
• Nice to have Automotive, manufacturing or industrial supplier experience
• Experience with SAP SRM, BW, GTS, Solution Manager, EDI, OpenText or SAP Integration Suite
• Experience with custom-code / Z-object assessment
• Experience with TSA dependencies or post-carve-out ERP landscapes