SAP Change Manager

SAP S/4HANA Change Manager

Duration: Contract, outside IR35
Start Date: ASAP
Location: UK with occasional travel to Europe

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced SAP Change Manager to lead the organisational change management workstream for an SAP S/4HANA implementation. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the business is prepared for the transition, driving user adoption and managing the people-side impacts of the transformation across business functions.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver the overall change management strategy and plan for the SAP S/4HANA transformation.

• Conduct stakeholder impact assessments to identify changes to business processes, roles, responsibilities and ways of working.

• Lead stakeholder engagement and communications to ensure alignment and buy-in across the organisation.

• Develop and oversee training strategies, materials and end-user training programmes.

• Manage business readiness activities, including change impact assessments, readiness assessments and adoption tracking.

• Work closely with SAP functional leads, programme management and business stakeholders to embed new processes and ways of working.

• Identify and manage resistance to change, implementing strategies to mitigate risks and drive user engagement.

• Monitor change adoption, measure effectiveness and report progress, risks and issues to programme leadership.

Required Experience

• Proven experience as an SAP Change Manager on large-scale SAP transformation programmes.

• Strong experience supporting SAP S/4HANA implementations, migrations or upgrades.

• Expertise in organisational change management, stakeholder engagement, communications and training.

• Experience conducting change impact assessments and business readiness activities.

• Strong understanding of SAP-enabled business process changes and their impact on end users.

• Excellent communication, facilitation and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to work across business and technical teams in a complex programme environment.