Enterprise Director - SAP Deployment and Advisory

PARKER HANNIFIN CORPORATION • Cleveland, OH • 13h ago

Position Summary
Role Summary
We are seeking a Director, SAP S/4 Deployment & Advisory (Enterprise Director, Digital & IT), to lead enterprise-wide SAP S/4HANA deployments and provide strategic advisory across business and technology teams. This role owns delivery governance, program execution, and stakeholder alignment for SAP S/4 initiatives. The Director partners with key stakeholders to standardize processes, ensure compliance and controls, reduce customization, and enable scalable, value-driven digital capabilities across the enterprise.
Key Responsibilities
SAP S/4 Program Leadership & Delivery
Lead end-to-end SAP S/4HANA deployment programs (greenfield, brownfield, or hybrid), from strategy through go-live and hypercare.
Establish and manage program governance (steering committees, status reporting, risk/issue management, RAID logs).
Drive integrated plans across workstreams (Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Sales, Data, Integration, Security).
Oversee cutover planning, readiness assessments, testing strategies, and release management.
Establish guiding principles for standardization, template adoption, and clean-core practices.
Advisory, Business Partnership & Value Realization
Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on SAP S/4 roadmap, operating model, and transformation strategy.
Translate business priorities into SAP-enabled capabilities and measurable outcomes (cost, cycle time, compliance, customer impact).
Sponsor fit-to-standard workshops and ensure decisions are documented, traceable, and auditable.
Provide guidance on standardization vs. customization, fit-to-standard workshops, and process harmonization.
Ensure strong testing discipline (SIT/UAT/regression), cutover planning, hypercare readiness, and stabilization.
Drive schedule, budget, resourcing, benefits realization, and risk management across various teams.
Solution Governance & Architecture Alignment
Partner with Enterprise Architecture and platform teams to ensure alignment with target-state architecture.
Guide decisions on SAP modules and capabilities (e.g., FI/CO, MM, SD, PP, EWM, TM, Central Finance, RISE with SAP-based on scope).
Ensure integration strategy alignment (SAP BTP, middleware, APIs/EDI, data platforms) and non-SAP ecosystem interoperability.
Data, Analytics, and Reporting Enablement
Sponsor data governance and migration strategy (master data, transactional data, data quality).
Ensure reporting and analytics approach is aligned (SAP Analytics Cloud, BW/4HANA, data lake/warehouse integrations as applicable).
Vendor / SI Management
Manage System Integrator (SI) and SAP partner relationships, including SOWs, deliverables, budget, and performance.
Drive accountability for milestones, quality, and adherence to standards.
Build internal capability and reduce long-term dependency on external partners.
People Leadership & Change Enablement
Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing SAP delivery/advisory team.
Partner with Change Management and Training teams to support adoption, communications, and role-based enablement.
Ensure business ownership of process outcomes and post-go-live support models.
Risk, Compliance, and Controls
Ensure controls, security, and compliance requirements are met (SOX, auditability, segregation of duties, regulatory needs, and GRC alignment).
Promote disciplined documentation, testing evidence, and operational readiness.
Govern change management and release controls to protect production stability.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business, Engineering, or related field (Master's preferred).
10+ years of SAP experience with significant leadership in SAP S/4HANA deployments.
10+ years enterprise IT and digital transformation experience with deep knowledge of ERP en

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