SAP Consolidation Project Manager – ECC / S/4HANA

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SAP Consolidation Project Manager driving system consolidation projects for the international enterprise client in Europe. Overseeing stakeholder coordination and ensuring successful project delivery in SAP ECC environment.

Posted 6/1/2026contractHanover • 🇩🇪 GermanyMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

The project is focused on the consolidation of several SAP ECC systems into one target ECC system
Lead and coordinate a SAP system consolidation project involving several existing SAP ECC systems
Manage the consolidation of business processes, system scope, timelines, milestones, risks, issues, and dependencies
Coordinate functional workstreams with a focus on Finance and SCM
Act as the central project manager between business stakeholders, IT teams, functional consultants, technical teams, and external implementation partners
Structure the overall project governance, meeting cadence, reporting logic, escalation paths, and decision-making processes
Drive alignment between business requirements and the target SAP ECC consolidation approach
Support the definition and tracking of work packages across Finance, Controlling, Procurement, Supply Chain, Logistics, Master Data, Migration, Testing, Cutover, and Change Management
Coordinate Fit-Gap discussions, process harmonization activities, and functional design decisions
Ensure clear ownership of deliverables across internal teams, external consultants, and business key users
Track and manage project risks, open decisions, dependencies, change requests, and critical path activities
Prepare status reports, steering committee materials, decision papers, and management presentations
Support test planning, integration testing coordination, defect tracking, and business acceptance activities
Coordinate migration-related activities together with data, functional, and technical teams
Support cutover planning, readiness tracking, go-live preparation, and hypercare setup
Facilitate communication between senior stakeholders, project teams, business process owners, and local entities
Ensure that the project remains delivery-oriented, transparent, and well-structured throughout the 18-month engagement

Requirements

What you’ll need

Several years of experience as SAP Project Manager, SAP Program Manager, or SAP Functional Lead in complex SAP transformation or consolidation projects
Proven experience with SAP ECC environments; SAP S/4HANA transformation knowledge is a strong plus
Strong functional understanding of SAP Finance and SCM processes
Experience in SAP system consolidation, template harmonization, process standardization, migration, rollout, carve-out, merger, or post-merger integration projects
Ability to manage complex cross-functional SAP projects from planning to execution
Strong people management, stakeholder management, and leadership skills
Ability to lead business users, functional consultants, technical teams, and external partners without being a purely technical SAP expert
Strong understanding of project governance, reporting, risk management, issue management, dependency tracking, and escalation management
Experience with SAP project phases such as fit-gap, design, build, testing, migration, cutover, go-live, and hypercare
Good understanding of SAP Finance topics such as FI/CO, controlling structures, master data, closing processes, reporting, and integration with logistics
Good understanding of SAP SCM-related processes such as procurement, supply chain, logistics, inventory, order management, or production-related integration points
Experience working in international, remote, and cross-functional project environments
Strong communication skills and the ability to translate between business and IT stakeholders
Structured, pragmatic, hands-on, and delivery-oriented working style
Ability to create transparency in complex project environments and drive decisions where ownership is unclear
Fluent English skills, written and spoken
German language skills are beneficial but not mandatory
Nearshore / European freelancer location preferred

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Hard Skills & Tools

SAP ECCSAP S/4HANASAP FinanceSAP SCMproject governancerisk managementissue managementdependency trackingmigrationcutover

Soft Skills

people managementstakeholder managementleadershipcommunicationstructured working stylepragmatic approachdelivery-orientedtranslating between business and ITcreating transparencydecision-making