SAP Data Lead

SAP Data Lead

Duration: Initial 6-month contract

Industry: Manufacturing & Defence

Project: SAP ECC implementation with subsequent S/4HANA upgrade

Rate: £800 per day INSIDE

Role Overview

Our manufacturing and defence customer is undertaking a major SAP ECC project, with a planned transition to S/4HANA. They are looking for an experienced SAP Data Lead to define and deliver the data strategy across both phases of the programme.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop the overall SAP data strategy, governance and migration plan for the ECC implementation and subsequent S/4HANA upgrade.
• Lead data migration activities including data extraction, cleansing, mapping, transformation, validation and reconciliation .
• Define the approach for migrating legacy data into ECC, ensuring the strategy supports the future S/4HANA migration.
• Work closely with business, functional and technical teams to define data requirements, ownership and governance .
• Establish data migration standards, processes, templates and controls.
• Provide guidance on data quality and ensure data is fit for purpose throughout the programme.
• Coordinate data migration activities across multiple business functions and stakeholders.

Key Experience

• Strong experience as an SAP Data Lead / Data Migration Lead on major SAP programmes.
• Proven experience developing SAP data strategies and migration roadmaps .
• Strong knowledge of SAP ECC and S/4HANA data structures and migration approaches .
• Experience managing complex data migration programmes from legacy systems into SAP.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, ideally within manufacturing, engineering or defence environments.
• Experience managing the transition from ECC to S/4HANA would be highly desirable.