Program Lead-COTS
- India
Posted 3 days ago
About the role
Job Requirements
A. ERP Transformation Strategy
- Define and execute TEAL's SAP ECC to S/4HANA transformation roadmap.
- Establish the business case, value realisation framework and transformation governance.
- Drive Fit-to-Standard and Clean Core principles to reduce customisation debt.
- Align ERP transformation with TEAL's digital, data, analytics, AI and Industry 4.0 roadmap.
- Prepare executive steering committee updates, programme dashboards and decision notes.
B. Business Process Transformation
- Lead Business Process Re-engineering across Procure-to-Pay, Plan-to-Produce, Order-to-Cash, Record-to-Report, Project Systems, Quality Management, Asset Management, Engineering and Manufacturing.
- Drive process standardisation across TEAL business units and plants.
- Minimise non-value-adding customisation and enable SAP best-practice adoption.
- Facilitate workshops with business process owners to capture current-state pain points and define future-state processes.
C. SAP S/4HANA Programme Leadership
- Manage the end-to-end implementation lifecycle: assessment, strategy, design, build, test, cutover, hypercare and optimisation.
- Govern implementation partners, system integrators and internal delivery teams.
- Ensure delivery within agreed scope, schedule, budget and quality expectations.
- Own programme risk management, issue resolution, escalation and mitigation planning.
- Set up disciplined PMO routines, milestone reviews and governance forums.
D. Data and Master Data Governance
- Define enterprise data migration and cleansing strategy.
- Lead material master cleansing, vendor/customer master harmonisation, BOM and routing validation, and finance master data transformation.
- Establish master data ownership, stewardship and governance processes.
- Ensure migrated data is complete, accurate, validated and auditable.
E. Enterprise Integration
- Own integration architecture between SAP S/4HANA and MES, PLM, CRM, SRM, quality systems, supplier portals, data platforms, IoT/Industry 4.0 systems, analytics and AI platforms.
- Ensure secure, scalable and maintainable integration patterns aligned with enterprise architecture standards.
- Coordinate with infrastructure, cybersecurity and application teams for environment readiness and operational resilience.
F. Change Management and Adoption
- Develop the organisational change management strategy for the ERP transformation.
- Drive business readiness, communication, training and adoption plans.
- Create a network of super-users, process champions and plant-level change anchors.
- Conduct leadership workshops and stakeholder engagement sessions.
- Measure user adoption, training effectiveness and transition readiness.
G. Governance, Compliance and Controls
- Establish clear transformation governance, roles, accountability and decision rights.
- Monitor programme KPIs, risk indicators and value realisation metrics.
- Ensure compliance with internal controls, audit requirements, cybersecurity standards and data governance policies.
- Support cutover governance, business continuity planning and post-go-live stabilisation.
3. Success Metrics
- Successful SAP ECC to S/4HANA implementation with minimum business disruption.
- Standardised business processes across TEAL business units and operating locations.
- Reduction in manual interventions and spreadsheet-based dependencies.
- Improved inventory visibility, planning accuracy and production control.
- Improved financial closing timelines and reporting confidence.
- Clean master data compliance and sustained data governance.
- Strong ERP adoption and positive user feedback from business functions.
Business benefits realised against approved transformation case
Work Experience
· 12-18+ years of ERP transformation experience·
Minimum two full-cycle SAP transformation programmes.
- At least one SAP ECC to S/4HANA implementation as Programme Lead, Transformation Lead or Solution Lead.
- Experience in manufacturing, engineering, automotive, aerospace, EMS, industrial automation or industrial products sectors.
- Strong understanding of SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA, supply chain, manufacturing, finance and procurement.
- Experience with RISE with SAP, SAP BTP, SAP Fiori, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Integration Suite or SAP MDG.
- Experience in multi-plant transformation programmes.
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering / Technology; MBA preferred.
- SAP S/4HANA certification desirable.
- PMP / PRINCE2 / Agile certification preferred.