SAP S/4HANA Cutover Manager

Quick Facts

• Industry: Manufacturing

• Language: English

• Schedule: 2 days/week on-site in Warsaw (Mokotów) + 3 days/week remote

• Assignment window: 25 January 2027 – 31 August 2027

• Engagement: B2B

Description

Lead the end-to-end cutover for a major SAP S/4HANA transformation programme, ensuring a controlled transition from legacy systems through go-live and hypercare. You will coordinate business and technical cutover activities across multiple workstreams and manage dependencies across FI, SD, MM, integrations, reporting, and surrounding systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the cutover strategy, plan, and governance structure

• Lead the full cutover process from preparation through go-live and hypercare

• Coordinate business and technical cutover activities across 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 cutover risks, issues, and mitigation plans

• 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 and transition into Operations during Hypercare

• Ensure lessons learned and formal handover to operational support teams

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 associated integrations

• Experience managing complex business and technical cutovers with multiple systems and stakeholders

• Strong project management and coordination skills

• Ability to manage risks, dependencies, and executive stakeholder communication

• Experience supporting go-live, hypercare, and transition to operations

• Excellent communication skills in English

Benefits

• Opportunity to lead critical command centre cutover activities for an SAP S/4HANA transformation programme

• Combination of on-site and remote collaboration (2 days/week on-site in Warsaw)

• Role spanning preparation, go-live, hypercare, stabilization, and handover to Operations