SAP Implementation and Integration Lead, Ford Energy

In this position...
This is a high-impact delivery leadership position. As the SAP Implementation & Integration Lead for Ford Energy you will serve as the strategic and hands-on leader to spearhead our Greenfield implementation of SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud. This role acts as the primary liaison between our System Integrator (SI) internal business process owners and the technical leads of our broader Ford enterprise software ecosystem. Your mission is to ensure that our new ERP environment is not just installed but successfully adopted. You will drive the Fit-to-Standard process manage the complex web of integrations and provide the technical leadership and oversight to ensure that the final solution delivers measurable business value while maintaining a Clean Core and full legal and regulatory compliance.

What youll do...

Key Responsibilities

1. Greenfield Strategy Governance & Clean Core
   • Methodology Execution: Partner with the System Integrator to manage the SAP Activate methodology phases (Prepare Explore Realize Deploy Run).
   • Roadmap Ownership: Own the project roadmap from a business-readiness perspective holding SAP the SI and peripheral system teams accountable to milestones.
   • Clean Core Advocacy: Ensure that any necessary extensions are built side-by-side on SAP BTP rather than through legacy modifications preserving our ability to receive bi-annual SAP updates automatically.

   • Project Management: Define and refine project scope develop roadmaps maintain project plans and provide regular governance report-outs to leadership.

2. Fit-to-Standard & Technical Integration
   • Process Alignment: Facilitate system design with business users and the SI to align company processes with SAP Best Practices. Act as the guardian of the standard challenging requests for customizations that could hinder future cloud upgrades.
   • Integration Management: Coordinate with owners of peripheral systems to design validate and deliver end-to-end data flows.

   • Platform Connectivity: Oversee the use of the SAP Integration Suite to ensure seamless connectivity and process integrity across the Ford Energy tech stack.

3. Stakeholder Orchestration & Quality Assurance
   • Technical Translation: Translate complex technical requirements from the SI into clear business impacts for executives and vice-versa.
   • Technical Coordination: Coordinate with SI functional teams and technical services (Release Management Security and SAP Cloud Basis) for transport management cutover upgrades notes implementation and build delivery.
   • Testing & Validation: Lead the strategy for User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Dry Run (DR) phases. Ensure business users validate that new processes work seamlessly in a real-world production context.

Youll have...


Required:

• Education: Bachelors degree in a technical or business-related field (or equivalent experience).
• SAP S/4HANA Experience: 5 years of hands-on experience with SAP ERP.
• Public Cloud Expertise: At least one full-lifecycle implementation of SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud with a proven track record of managing cloud upgrades.
• Methodology Expertise: Proven technical oversight using the SAP Activate methodology and SAP Cloud ALM for project tracking and requirement documentation.
• Integration Leadership: Strong understanding of SAP BTP (Business Technology Platform) specifically the Integration Suite and API Management.
• Business Process Fluency: Deep knowledge in at least two core functional areas (e.g. Plan-to-Report Finance Lead-to-Cash or Source-to-Pay) to effectively lead Fit-to-Standard discussions.

Even better you may have...

• S/4HANA implementation experience in a manufacturing or complex logistics environment.
• Experience standing up IT infrastructure or ERP systems for a new business unit or startup venture.
• Superb communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to translate complex technical risks and requirements into business impact for executive-level stakeholders.

You may not check every box or your experience may look a little different from what weve outlined but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe or keep you close to home Will your career be a deep dive into what you love or a series of new teams and new skills Will you be a leader a changemaker a technical expert a culture builderor all of the above No matter what you choose we offer a work life that works for you including:

• Immediate medical dental vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days paid parental leave new parent ramp-up programs subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement fertility treatments and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays including the week between Christmas and New Years Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is leadership level 6 and ranges from $115500-$218100.

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidates skills and experience and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope responsibility and competitive market value.

For more information on salary and benefits click here: sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color age sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability status or protected veteran the United States if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability please call 1-.

This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week.

Company: As Ford establishes a wholly owned subsidiary focused on Battery Energy Storage Systems this role will initially be employed by Ford and is expected to transition to the subsidiary within one year.

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