SAP Project Manager📣 Job Ad

About the Role

TMC Middle East is seeking an experienced SAP Project Manager for a contract engagement in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This role is critical for ensuring the efficient execution of an SAP enhancement program, aligning with the approved scope, schedule, governance framework, business requirements, and applicable SAP leading practices. The successful candidate will bring over 10 years of experience in managing complex ERP initiatives.

Core Responsibilities

The SAP Project Manager will oversee the entire project lifecycle, from daily monitoring and team coordination to comprehensive documentation, quality assurance, and strategic stakeholder engagement. This role ensures the program adheres to established standards and delivers robust, fit-for-purpose SAP solutions.

Project Execution and Governance

• Monitor implementation activities daily, verifying alignment with the contracted scope, approved plan, milestones, and dependencies.
• Coordinate and oversee onsite and offshore teams across all in-scope SAP modules.
• Maintain an integrated project plan and track progress, decisions, risks, issues, actions, and changes.
• Conduct weekly progress meetings with the system integrator or vendor to address blockers and confirm recovery actions.
• Provide weekly executive and project committee updates covering status, achievements, risks, issues, decisions required, and upcoming milestones.
• Apply an effective project governance framework aligned with SAP leading practices.
• Maintain and report project KPIs, risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, decisions, actions, and change requests.
• Escalate material schedule, scope, quality, resource, or commercial concerns promptly.

Quality Assurance and Stakeholder Management

• Review and validate all key deliverables, including Business Blueprints, technical and functional specifications, test plans and results, UAT documentation, training materials, and handover records.
• Verify that deliverables are complete, accurate, traceable to requirements, and formally approved by authorized stakeholders.
• Act as the onsite focal point between ESNAD, the project team, business users, relevant departments, the system integrator, and SAP.
• Ensure stakeholders remain informed, aligned, and engaged throughout the project lifecycle, facilitating timely decisions, approvals, and escalations.
• Define a practical SAP roadmap for initiatives beyond the current enhancement program.
• Conduct a final audit of the delivered SAP solution to confirm in-scope functionalities are available, complete, and fit for purpose.
• Validate business readiness, system adoption, training completion, documentation, and support arrangements before recommending final sign-off.
• Facilitate structured knowledge transfer to IT and business teams during delivery and handover.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Demonstrated success delivering large-scale ERP initiatives covering Procurement (MM and Ariba), SuccessFactors, analytics, reporting, and security.
• Strong IT background with knowledge of ERP architecture, integrations, data flows, testing, cutover, and operational handover.
• Experience coordinating system integrators, SAP teams, and internal business functions.
• Excellent executive communication, reporting, presentation, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• PMP or an equivalent recognized project management certification is preferred.
• Ability to manage hybrid delivery models, including onsite and offshore teams and agile or waterfall approaches.

Work Arrangement

This is a full-time contract position requiring onsite availability for the entire engagement term in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Salary for this role will be discussed directly with qualified candidates.