# Senior Manager, MP&L Program Delivery, SAP Launch, Ford Energy

**Company**: Ford Energy
**Location**: Glendale, KY
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $141,700-$268,300
**Category**: IT
**Industry**: Automotive

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## Description

Ford Energy is seeking a Senior Manager, SAP S/4HANA Program Delivery to lead large-scale enterprise transformation initiatives focused on S/4HANA ERP deployment and integration of various third-party applications.

The successful candidate will drive program execution, manage delivery risks, lead cross-functional collaboration, and ensure successful transition from planning through deployment, hypercare, and steady-state operations.

Responsibilities:

**S4 Launch Delivery:**

- Own the integrated SAP S/4HANA migration program plan, critical path, milestones, dependencies, and overall delivery roadmap.

- Lead program governance, PMO execution, stage gates, sprint reviews, executive reporting, RAID management, and decision forums.

- Drive proactive risk, issue, dependency, and change management across multiple workstreams and stakeholder groups.

- Manage Systems Integrator (SI) performance against scope, schedule, quality, and agreed delivery KPIs.

- Establish and oversee quality gate governance, including entry and exit criteria for SIT, UAT, regression testing, mock cutovers, and production readiness.

- Lead cutover planning, release readiness, hypercare execution, and transition to steady-state support operations.

**Business Process Management & Optimization:**

- Conduct in-depth analysis of current MP&L, Mfg, Procurement, Finance business processes, identifying inefficiencies, risks, and opportunities for improvement.

- Design and implement future-state processes that align with SAP best practices and leverage new technological capabilities.

- Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of new processes and systems.

- Champion continuous improvement methodologies to drive ongoing operational excellence.

**Change Management & Stakeholder Engagement:**

- Develop and execute robust change management strategies to ensure smooth adoption of new systems and processes by end-users.

- Partner with senior business and technology leaders to align program outcomes with strategic priorities and enterprise objectives.

- Develop high-performing teams while fostering collaboration, continuous improvement, accountability, and operational excellence.

**Master Data Governance Process:**

- Establish the operating model: Design and roll out the enterprise-wide MDM governance framework, business rules, and lifecycle policies from the ground up.

- Data Governance Council: Establish, facilitate, and lead cross-functional councils to drive consensus on data standards, resolve ownership disputes, and align business unit policies.

- Embed data stewardship: Recruit, coach, and activate a distributed network of business data stewards across manufacturing, sales, and supply chain functions.

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations, Business Administration, or a related field (Master's degree preferred).

- 8+ years of experience in SAP program management, ERP delivery leadership, or large-scale enterprise transformation initiatives.

- Proven leadership of multi-workstream SAP transformation programs within complex enterprise environments & integrations – S4 HANA, EWM, YL, Sales Force, etc.

- Demonstrated expertise in program governance, PMO leadership, risk management, dependency management, and executive reporting.

- Experience managing global System Integrators, vendors, contracts, and delivery performance metrics.

- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior executives and cross-functional leaders.

Benefits:

- Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage

- Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more

- Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more

- Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases

- Tuition assistance

- Established and active employee resource groups

- Paid time off for individual and team community service

- A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day

- Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

## Skills

### Required
- SAP S/4HANA
- program management
- ERP delivery leadership
- large-scale enterprise transformation
- change management
- stakeholder engagement

### Nice to have
- SAP Activate methodology
- Agile delivery practices
- enterprise release management frameworks
- financial management
- organizational change management
- business adoption activities

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