APAC Process Excellence Lead

The AP Process Excellence Lead is a strategic and hands-on role responsible for driving process excellence across the Asia Pacific region. This role leads process governance design and stewardship across any SAP S/4HANA stream (e.g. Order to Cash Procure to Pay Record to Report) ensuring alignment with global templates and business transformation goals.

The successful candidate will act as a functional expert and change agent supporting digital transformation initiatives SAP implementations and continuous improvement projects. This role suits candidates with strong business consulting experience cross-functional business acumen and a passion for process transformation.

Key Responsibilities

• Process Governance & Design

- Serve as the regional process steward for SAP S/4HANA streams ensuring adherence to global templates and governance standards.
- Lead process mapping blueprinting and gap analysis across business functions.
- Collaborate with global and regional teams to design scalable efficient and compliant business processes.
- Drive adoption of analytics and automation tools (e.g. PowerBI SAP Analytics Cloud FIORI RPA) to enhance decision-making and operational efficiency.
- Support data governance and reporting standardization across the region.

• Project & Change Management

- Lead regional projects and change initiatives related to SAP implementations process redesigns and business transformations.
- Develop and execute change management strategies including stakeholder engagement training and communication.
- Manage Systems Integration Testing (SIT) User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and deployment activities.
- Provide post-go-live support and continuous improvement leadership.

• Enterprise Growth Enablement

- Support enterprise growth strategies including business model shifts such as omni-channel integration and eCommerce enablement.
- Collaborate with commercial IT and digital teams to design and implement integrated solutions across B2B and B2C channels.
- Ensure SAP processes and data structures support scalable digital commerce platforms customer experience enhancements and supply chain responsiveness.

• Process Stewardship & Enablement

- Act as a process owner and advocate for best practices across business units.
- Develop and mentor Superusers and process champions in SAP and analytics tools.
- Support business development and solution design teams in expanding SAP capabilities and roadmap planning.
- Identify and prioritize regional process improvement opportunities in collaboration with business unit leaders.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in business process management SAP implementations or digital transformation.
• Proven experience with SAP S/4HANA (superuser or implementation lead) across one or more streams.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing supply chain or commercial operations in a multinational environment.
• Business consulting experience highly desirable.
• Experience supporting omni-channel strategies and eCommerce integration preferred.
• Proficiency in analytics tools (PowerBI SAC) and automation technologies (RPA).
• Excellent communication stakeholder management and negotiation skills.
• Formal qualifications in Business IT Engineering or related fields.
• Bilingual proficiency in English and Mandarin preferred.

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