Job Title: SAP Cutover Consultant – Manufacturing / Semiconductor

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced SAP Cutover Consultant to lead cutover planning and execution for a large-scale SAP transformation within a global manufacturing environment. The ideal candidate has successfully delivered multiple end-to-end SAP cutovers , preferably within the semiconductor, electronics, or high-tech manufacturing industry . This role requires hands-on ownership of cutover plans, mock rehearsals, production deployment, and post-go-live stabilization, working closely with business, functional, technical, and implementation partner teams.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and maintain the integrated cutover plan, including detailed tasks, dependencies, owners, timelines, checkpoints, and contingency procedures. Lead mock cutovers and dress rehearsals, identify execution gaps, and refine the final production cutover runbook. Coordinate cutover activities across SAP manufacturing, procurement, inventory, order management, logistics, and finance workstreams. Work with SAP functional, Basis, security, integration, and data migration teams to sequence transports, data loads, access readiness, interface transitions, and batch jobs. Coordinate manufacturing readiness, including production orders, work-in-process, inventory balances, material master data, BOMs, routings, and open transactions. Manage dependencies between SAP and connected manufacturing execution systems, warehouse platforms, supplier/customer interfaces, and other enterprise applications. Define business freeze windows, reconciliation checkpoints, go/no-go criteria, rollback plans, and business validation requirements. Run cutover command-center meetings, track execution against the plan, and escalate risks or delays affecting go-live. Partner with plant and supply chain teams to minimize disruption to manufacturing, procurement, shipping, and financial operations. Support hypercare, issue triage, business sign-offs, and transition to production support.

Required Qualifications

Strong SAP implementation and deployment experience, with hands-on responsibility for multiple successful production cutovers . Experience managing cutovers for SAP S/4HANA implementations, migrations, or large-scale rollouts . Ability to independently build and execute detailed cutover plans across business and technical workstreams. Understanding of dependencies across SAP PP, MM, SD, FI/CO, and warehouse/logistics processes . Experience coordinating data migration, reconciliation, interface readiness, technical deployment, and business validation. Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, including production planning, inventory movements, work-in-process, and order fulfillment. Experience managing critical-path activities, go-live risks, and time-sensitive escalations across global teams. Strong stakeholder communication, documentation, and execution management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Manufacturing industry experience, particularly semiconductor, electronics, or high-tech manufacturing . Experience with SAP ECC-to-S/4HANA transitions and familiarity with RISE with SAP environments. Exposure to MES/shop-floor integrations, batch or lot traceability, subcontracting, and outsourced manufacturing. Experience delivering multi-site or global deployments with tightly controlled downtime windows.