Cutover Manager (SAP S/4HANA Transformation Programme)

Industry: manufacturing

Cooperation model: 2 days/week on-site from Warsaw (Mokotów) + 3 days/week remotely

Project language: English

Project length: 25 January 2027 - 31 August 2027

Assignment type: B2B

Assignment Overview

We are seeking an experienced Cutover Manager to support a major SAP S/4HANA transformation programme. The successful consultant will be responsible for planning, coordinating and executing the transition from legacy systems to SAP S/4HANA, ensuring a controlled and successful go-live across multiple business functions.

This is a key leadership role requiring strong stakeholder management, programme coordination and experience managing complex ERP cutovers in large enterprise environments.

Main Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the overall cutover strategy, plan and governance structure.
• Lead the end-to-end cutover process from preparation through go-live and hypercare.
• Coordinate business and technical cutover activities across multiple workstreams.
• Manage dependencies between Finance (FI), Sales & Distribution (SD), Materials Management (MM), integrations, reporting and surrounding systems.
• Facilitate cutover planning workshops and readiness assessments.
• Establish and track cutover milestones, deliverables and critical path activities.
• Manage risks, issues and mitigation plans related to cutover execution.
• Coordinate stakeholders across business, IT, vendors and programme teams.
• Provide regular progress reporting to programme leadership and key stakeholders.
• Lead command centre activities during go-live.
• Support stabilization activities and transition into Operations during Hypercare.
• Ensure lessons learned and formal handover to operational support teams.

Key Requirements

• Proven experience as a Cutover Manager within large-scale ERP transformation programmes.
• Hands-on experience delivering at least one full-cycle SAP S/4HANA implementation.
• Strong understanding of SAP FI, SD and MM processes and their associated integrations.
• Experience managing complex business and technical cutovers involving multiple systems and stakeholders.
• Strong project management and coordination skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage risks, dependencies and executive stakeholder communication.
• Experience supporting go-live, hypercare and transition to operations.
• Excellent communication skills in English.

Nice to Have

• SAP S/4HANA programme experience in large international organizations.
• Experience working in Agile and hybrid project environments.
• Knowledge of SAP migration and deployment methodologies.
• Experience coordinating offshore and nearshore delivery teams.

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