SAP Competence Centre Manager in Zürich

SAP Competence Centre Manager We are supporting a well-established Swiss organisation undergoing a major SAP S/4HANA transformation and are looking for an experienced SAP Solutions Leader to take ownership of the SAP solutions team and play a key role in the wider business transformation. This is a senior position combining people leadership, SAP solution ownership and business transformation, with responsibility across Finance, Supply Chain and Order-to-Cash. The manufacturing scope is also expected to expand as the transformation progresses. The Role You will lead and develop a team of SAP professionals and Business Analysts, establishing clear responsibilities, priorities and effective collaboration between IT and business functions. Alongside the leadership responsibilities, you will retain a hands-on business-facing role across SAP SD/MM and end-to-end Order-to-Cash, helping shape future processes and ensuring solutions remain aligned with SAP best practices and a clean-core approach. Key Responsibilities Lead, develop and provide direction to the SAP Services team and Business Analysts. Own SAP solution delivery and provide strategic direction across the transformation. Act as the senior business-facing lead for Order-to-Cash (OTC). Analyse and prioritise business requirements and translate them into scalable S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition solutions. Design and optimise lead-to-cash / OTC processes across customer, pricing, quotation, order, delivery and billing. Lead fit-to-standard workshops and drive SAP best-practice adoption. Support the integration between SAP S/4HANA, Salesforce and SAP BTP / Integration Suite. Manage internal stakeholders and external implementation partners. Provide leadership through testing, migration, training, cutover, hypercare and transition to BAU. Identify opportunities for process optimisation, automation and digitalisation. Contribute to the wider business transformation strategy and future SAP roadmap. What We're Looking For Proven experience leading SAP teams or SAP services functions. Strong SAP transformation / S/4HANA experience. Solid SAP SD/MM and OTC knowledge. Experience with S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition and fit-to-standard methodologies. Understanding of CRM/ERP integration, ideally Salesforce. Exposure to SAP BTP / Integration Suite. Strong business analysis, solution design and stakeholder management capabilities. Experience managing implementation partners and complex transformation programmes. Strong leadership skills with the ability to balance strategic direction with hands-on business engagement. German and English language skills would be highly advantageous. This is an opportunity to take a genuine leadership role within a significant SAP transformation, with the scope to shape both the SAP function and the organisation's future technology landscap #J-18808-Ljbffr