SAP Transformation & Program Governance

Job Description - Assistant/Deputy Manager (AM/DM)

Designation

Assistant Manager (AM) - SAP Transformation & Program Governance

Job Summary

Responsible for driving SAP transformation initiatives, project governance, vendor coordination, business stakeholder engagement, compliance monitoring across SAP programs (DISHAA 1.0 / 2.0 and future initiatives). The role will act as a bridge between business teams, implementation partners, and internal SAP teams to ensure timely and quality project execution.

Key Responsibilities

SAP Transformation & Project Management

• Drive project planning, tracking, governance, and status reporting for SAP initiatives.
• Participate in requirement discussions, testing, training, and deployment activities.
• Follow up with stakeholders and vendors for action closure.
• Monitor project milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, and mitigation plans.
• Support DISHAA 2.0 implementation, rollout, testing, cutover, and hypercare activities.
• Ensure adherence to project delivery timelines and quality standards.

Governance & Vendor Management

• Coordinate with implementation partners, OEMs, and business stakeholders.
• Track vendor deliverables, SLAs, action items, and contractual commitments.
• Facilitate governance forums, steering committee reviews, and leadership updates.

Business Engagement & Change Management

• Collaborate with business teams for requirement gathering and solution alignment.
• Support change management, user readiness, training, and adoption activities.
• Drive issue resolution through cross-functional coordination.

Reporting

• Prepare dashboards, management reports, and executive presentations.
• Support weekly, monthly and quarterly reviews with leadership.

Compliance & Audit

• Maintain project documentation, MOMs, trackers, and governance artifacts.
• Ensure compliance with internal governance standards and audit requirements.
• Support SAP control reviews, process compliance, and risk monitoring.
• Ensure process adherence and timely closure of observations.

Required Skills

• SAP S/4HANA transformation knowledge.
• Strong project and program management capabilities.
• MS Excel, PowerPoint, and collaboration tools proficiency.
• Stakeholder and vendor management.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Presentation and communication skills.
• Risk and issue management.

Preferred Experience

• SAP implementation or support projects in manufacturing/automotive industry.
• Exposure to PMO, governance, testing, cutover, or change management activities.

Experience

• 2-5 Years
• Applicable for AM/DM Level

Suggested Qualification (Both Positions)

• B.Tech / BE / MBA
• PMP / Prince2 / Agile certification preferred