Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Continental is a leading tire manufacturer and industry specialist that develops sustainable, safe, and convenient solutions for automotive and industrial customers worldwide. The Project Manager will lead local end-to-end SAP S/4HANA implementation projects, managing governance, stakeholders, workstreams, risks, testing, deployment, training, and post-go-live support.
Responsibilities
- Lead local end-to-end SAP S/4HANA implementation projects from initiation through post-production support
- Establish local project governance, communication plans, reporting structures, and escalation processes
- Develop and maintain detailed local project plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and risk registers
- Monitor local project performance and ensure alignment with business objectives and strategic priorities
- Facilitate steering committee meetings and provide executive-level status reporting
- Collaborate with executive sponsors, business leaders, functional teams, IT teams, and external implementation partners
- Manage stakeholder expectations and ensure effective communication throughout the project lifecycle
- Drive decision-making and issue resolution across cross-functional teams
- Coordinate functional and technical workstreams including Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Sales, Quality, and others as needed
- Oversee local project deliverables, milestones, dependencies, and critical path activities
- Ensure adherence to SAP Activate methodology and project management best practices
- Manage scope, change requests, and project documentation
- Identify local project risks, issues, and dependencies and develop mitigation strategies
- Monitor project quality metrics and ensure deliverables meet business and technical requirements
- Partner with organizational change management teams to support user adoption
- Ensure training plans, communications, and readiness activities are executed effectively
- Support business process transformation and organizational alignment efforts
- Oversee system integration testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), and deployment planning
- Coordinate cutover activities and go-live readiness assessments
- Lead post-go-live stabilization efforts and transition to operational support teams
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, Engineering, Project Management, Supply Chain Management, or a related field or 4 years of experience with SAP in lieu of a degree
- 2.+ years of project management experience, including leading enterprise ERP implementations
- 2+ years of SAP/ ERP experience
- Proven track record delivering complex, multi-workstream ERP transformation programs
- Strong knowledge of project management methodologies (PMI, Agile, Hybrid, Waterfall)
- Experience managing budgets, timelines, resources, risks, and vendor relationships
- Excellent leadership, communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas now or in the future for this job posting
- Knowledge of SAP modules including FI/CO, MM, SD, PP, EWM, and/or TM
- Experience leading global or multi-site implementations
- Familiarity with data migration, system integrations, testing strategies, and change management frameworks
- 5+ years of project management experience, including leading enterprise ERP implementations
Benefits
- Immediate Benefits
- Paid Time Off
- Tuition Assistance & Employee Discounts
- Employer 401(k) Match
- Competitive Bonus Programs
- Employee Assistance Program
- Future Growth Opportunities, including personal and professional
- Hybrid work arrangement: 3 days a week at any ContiTech site in the US
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