SAP Plant Maintenance Subject Matter Expert (SAP PM SME)

Summary: Our client in London is seeking a SAP Plant Maintenance Subject Matter Expert for a 3-month rolling contract focused on a SAP S/4 HANA upgrade project. The role involves leading system implementation, managing stakeholder requirements, and providing guidance on SAP best practices. The candidate will also support change management activities and ensure business acceptance of the solution. This position requires a hybrid working arrangement with one day per week onsite during the design phase.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead/support system implementation and all required deliverables from fit/gap through testing and production deployment project phases with focus on the Plant Maintenance (SAP PM) business process areas.
• Manage multiple stakeholder groups, translating and interpreting business needs into actionable requirements and into deliverable solutions.
• Provides guidance to internal Business Leads on application functions and SAP best practice processes.
• Leads solution development by identifying development objectives, performing functional spec development, and system configuration requirements along with our integration partner.
• Supports change management activities by assisting with development of training materials, training scenarios, documentation, communication and change impacts.
• Supports business acceptance of the solution through development of test scenarios and Service Delivery handover documentation.
• Responsible for maintaining and controlling the suite of reporting that is utilized to drive the business process and measure its effectiveness.
• Leads timely issue identification, resolution, and escalation when appropriate.
• Manage & prioritize the IT demand generated, reviewing continuous improvement initiatives through to making capital appropriation requests for large projects.
• Proactively and effectively communicate progress in of directly or indirectly owned pending demand and active projects throughout the life cycle.
• Hybrid project – 1 day per week onsite is required for the design phase of the project (expenses covered by client).

Key Skills:

• Strong background in Asset Lifecycle Management within regulated manufacturing, particularly plant management.
• Deep functional knowledge of SAP Plant Maintenance (PM) (S/4HANA and ECC).
• Proven experience delivering multi-site engineering or IT change.
• Expertise in master data definition and governance.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and translate technical detail into business outcomes.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: London

Country: United States

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT