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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