Manager SAP Competence Center (100%)

Industry: Mechanical Engineering
Number of employees: approx. 3.000 - 4.000

Key Facts: SAP CC, Lead and develop the SAP Team, in Winterthur/home office.

Main tasks:

• Team Leadership & Development: Manage and develop the SAP team (7 direct + 7 external) across geographies and time zones in close collaboration with matrix managers
  
• SAP Solution Ownership: Provide leadership for daily operations, roadmap, and strategy of the SAP landscape
  
• Delivery Management: Oversee all delivered solutions, including change requests, projects, incident management, process optimization/automation, and user support
  
• Stakeholder Engagement: Build strong relationships with business stakeholders and understand segment business models
  
• SAP Representation: Advocate for the SAP perspective within the global enterprise architecture, business process ecosystem, and relevant boards and user communities
  
• Best Practices Implementation: Apply industry standards for ERP demand management, change management, and agile operations, contributing to an efficient operating model
  
• User Adoption & Change Management: Promote SAP landscape improvements and drive cultural change towards digital process adoption
  
• Supplier & Budget Management: Handle suppliers, contracts, and budgets for SAP solutions in collaboration with internal departments such as Procurement and Legal
  
• SAP Cloud & S4/HANA Transformation: Actively support the evolution of SAP architecture towards cloud consumption and SAP S4/HANA migration
  
• Strategic Advisory: Advise senior stakeholders on solutions to business challenges
  

Your qualifications:

• Educational Background: Masters degree in computer science, business administration, or a relevant field, or equivalent professional qualification
  
• SAP Expertise: SAP certification in at least one of the following modules: FI, CO, MM, SD, PP
  
• Competence Center Leadership: Proven experience in building, leading, and developing an SAP Competence Center
  
• SAP System Management: Extensive experience in managing SAP systems, including support, project management, and multiple implementations
  
• S4/HANA Migration: Strong track record in designing, setting up, implementing, and rolling out S4/HANA systems, particularly migrating from SAP ECC in a multi-geography setup
  
• Team Management: Experience leading teams with a mix of permanent staff, consultants, and contractors (onshore and offshore)
  
• Leadership & Communication: Ability to engage with senior leadership and communicate confidently at all levels
  
• Industry Experience: Preferably experience in an engineering-focused industrial or manufacturing business
  
• Language Skills: Full proficiency in English (business fluent at a contractual level); German language skills are an advantage
  
• Cultural Sensitivity: Strong interpersonal and cross-cultural communication skills
  
• Organizational Skills: Ability to work independently and systematically within a goal-oriented team
  
• Proactive Mindset: Convincing presence, diplomatic communication style, and a solution-oriented approach
  
• Coaching & Advisory Skills: Capable of guiding and advising others to improve processes and performance
  
  

The salary range will be communicated confidentially.

If you have any questions, please contact us at any time on +41 55 299 58 58 or recruiting@ffiadvisory.ch. We will be happy to help you!