Job Description

Your Mission

As the SAP S/4HANA Transformation Director, you will be the single point of accountability for the Nexus program. You will:

• Stabilize and govern the program, ensuring alignment across Business, IT, and Group functions
• Lead the design and validation of AS-IS and TO-BE processes, embedding AI enablement and offshoring capabilities
• Take control of the ERP integrator, ensuring delivery, financial discipline, and contractual compliance
• Prepare the organization for global rollouts by building internal capabilities and reinforcing program governance
• Simplify the ERP landscape, defining a long-term strategy aligned with operational and strategic goals.

What You’ll Do

Program Leadership & Governance

• Own the end-to-end S/4HANA transformation from Core Model to Poland Pilot.
• Define and operate a robust governance model with clear decision-making and escalation paths.
• Act as the primary interface between Business, IT, CDO, ERP integrator, and Group functions.

Stabilization & Delivery Control

• Review scope, risks, dependencies, budgets, and integrator performance.
• Harmonize work between teams to ensure consistency and accountability.
• Re-baseline program plans and enforce stage gates, readiness criteria, and PMO processes.

Process & Solution Design

• Ensure business ownership of AS-IS and TO-BE processes.
• Promote clean-core, standardized, and scalable solutions.
• Integrate AI, offshoring, and future ERP requirements from day one.

Integrator & Vendor Management

• Define deliverables, milestones, KPIs, and quality criteria for the ERP integrator.
• Maintain strict control of scope, billing, and contracts.
• Transition from integrator-led to company-led execution.

Capability Development

• Build internal SAP and program management capabilities.
• Coach leaders and teams for ownership, collaboration, and delivery excellence.

ERP Landscape Rationalization & AI Enablement

• Define ERP simplification strategy and rollout roadmap.
• Co-design SAP foundations for AI-driven processes and partial offshoring models.

Who We Are Looking For

Experience & Education

• Master’s degree in IT, Engineering, Business, or related field.
• 15+ years of experience in ERP transformations, preferably in industrial companies.
• Deep experience with SAP S/4HANA, ERP process design, and vendor management.

Skills & Competencies

• Decision-making, strategic thinking, results orientation – advanced
• Change management, stakeholder engagement, effective communication – advanced
• SAP program leadership, risk and financial control, industrial ERP experience – advanced
• Proven ability to coach and build internal capabilities

Languages

• English (C1)
• French (C1 or native)

Personal Attributes

• Strong executive presence and authority
• Structured, analytical, and delivery-focused
• Resilient under pressure and politically astute
• Collaborative and transparent

Why Join AMBS

• Lead a high-impact, enterprise-wide SAP transformation
• Influence global operations and digital transformation
• Work in a dynamic, industrial, and international environment
• Build and develop internal capabilities and a lasting legacy