SAP Center of Excellence Lead

About the role

The SAP Center of Excellence (CoE) Lead will drive the strategic vision, governance and delivery of SAP solutions across the organization. This senior position bridges business and technology, ensuring standardized, efficient, and innovative use of SAP platforms such as S/4HANA and BTP.

Key responsibilities

• Define, enforce and continuously improve SAP standards, best practices, and architectural guidelines (S/4HANA, BTP, Cloud).
• Lead, mentor and develop the CoE team, including developers, functional experts and QA, while managing P&L and external vendors.
• Oversee SAP program roadmaps, demand management and ensure timely delivery of projects, enhancements and hypercare support.
• Act as the primary liaison between business units, IT and third‑party vendors, managing expectations and securing stakeholder buy‑in.
• Drive automation, process standardisation, system upgrades, performance tuning and maintain knowledge repositories.
• Ensure solution designs follow fit‑to‑standard principles, manage integrations, data quality and supervise testing phases (SIT, UAT).

Required profile

• Minimum 16 years of hands‑on SAP experience, including ECC 6, S/4HANA and SAP BTP.
• Deep functional knowledge of SAP FI/CO, MM and SD modules.
• Proven track record in SAP governance, architecture and risk management.
• Strong leadership experience managing multidisciplinary teams and external partners.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver complex SAP programmes on time and within budget.

Required skills

• SAP ECC 6
• SAP S/4HANA
• SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP)
• SAP FI/CO
• SAP MM
• SAP SD