Programme Director: Global SAP Deployment

Location : This is a hybrid role, offering a combination of being able to work remotely and from our London Kings Cross office

Contract Type : Permanent

The Opportunity

This is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in one of the most significant transformation programmes across our global business.

You'll lead the delivery of a major SAP programme, shaping the future of how we operate across multiple markets and ensuring successful deployment of a global template at scale. Working at the intersection of technology and business transformation, you'll bring together diverse teams, partners and senior stakeholders to deliver meaningful change with lasting business impact.

We're looking for someone who thrives in complex environments and enjoys taking ownership of large scale enterprise programmes from planning through to successful execution and deployment.

What You Will Be Doing

You'll be responsible for leading the successful delivery of a complex global SAP programme, ensuring teams, partners and stakeholders remain aligned around a shared roadmap and outcome.

Key areas of focus will include:

Programme Leadership & Governance

- Leading end-to-end programme delivery across multiple workstreams, countries and delivery partners

- Establishing clear governance, risk management and reporting structures to support successful execution

- Creating momentum and accountability across a broad and complex stakeholder landscape

Integration & Transformation Alignment

- Ensuring the programme remains closely aligned to wider business transformation initiatives

- Managing interdependencies across technology, process, data and business change activities

- Driving decisions and resolving priorities to maintain programme delivery and minimise risk

Executive & Stakeholder Management

- Building trusted relationships with senior business and technology leaders

- Providing clear, concise updates on progress, risks and key decisions

- Influencing and supporting stakeholders to navigate complex delivery challenges

Vendor & Partner Management

- Leading relationships with systems integrators and external delivery partners

- Holding suppliers accountable for programme outcomes, quality and delivery commitments

- Coordinating multiple partners to ensure seamless execution across the programme

Technology Programme Focus

- Ensuring technology delivery remains aligned to business objectives and transformation goals

- Overseeing deployment readiness, cutover planning and successful go live activities

- Championing standardisation, consistency and the adoption of global best practices

What You'll Bring

We're looking for a delivery focused programme leader with a proven track record of successfully leading large scale SAP transformations. You will bring:

- Proven experience of leading global multi country SAP implementation programmes and large scale rollouts (SAP S/4HANA experience is highly desirable, but candidates with strong SAP ECC delivery experience will also be considered)

- SAP Programme Management experience with a foundation of strong SAP functional or SAP technical skillsets

- A strong track record of delivering transformation programmes from planning through to deployment and business adoption

- The ability to operate effectively at both executive and programme delivery level

- Experience working with systems integrators and business integrators

- Strong programme governance, financial management and risk management capabilities

- Experience working within large, matrixed and international organisations

- Familiarity with SAP Activate or comparable SAP delivery methodologies

- Confidence navigating ambiguity, complexity and competing priorities

- A collaborative leadership style combined with the ability to drive accountability and results

- Willingness to travel internationally when required

To be successful in this role, you must have:

- Hands on leadership experience delivering large scale SAP programmes

- A proven track record of programme delivery, not solely strategy, architecture or advisory experience

- Experience leading complex implementations involving multiple countries, workstreams and stakeholders

- The ability to drive successful outcomes through partners, vendors and internal teams

We Are RS

At RS, we are making amazing happen for a better world.

As a global product and service solutions provider, we help industrial customers operate more efficiently and sustainably. Operating in 33 markets, we support around one million customers worldwide with more than 875,000 stocked products, access to over five million additional products, and a range of service solutions designed to help businesses thrive.

What sets us apart is our people. More than 8,500 colleagues around the world bring technical expertise, digital innovation, and a customer first mindset to everything we do. Guided by our values – We are one team, We deliver brilliantly, We do the right thing, and We make every day better, we're creating an environment where our people can grow, contribute and make a meaningful impact.

Rewards

Our Reward Philosophy is designed to offer market competitive base salaries and provide all of our people the opportunity to participate in a short term incentive, enabling them to share in the success of the Company.

Our total reward package is more than just the cash; our recognition and benefit offering provide the opportunity for us to recognise, reward and enable the wellbeing of our people at all stages of their journey with RS. Our rewards and benefits vary by country, but include:

- Financial - pension/retirement; life assurance; salary finance (payroll deduction loan scheme)

- Wellbeing - medical plans; health screening; critical illness; disability insurance; holiday / paid time off; employee assistance programme; discounted gym/health club membership

- Lifestyle - transportation assistance schemes (e.g., cycle to work, travel loans, car leasing); onsite catering/lunch vouchers; retail discounts

- Spotlight – our global recognition programme provides a platform to highlight and recognise people role modelling our values

Ready to Make Amazing Happen?

Join over 8,500 colleagues and help us shape the future of our industry. Whoever you are, wherever you are — it all starts here.

Apply now and make RS a part of your journey.

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