Senior Manager, MP&L Program Delivery, SAP Launch, Ford Energy

Ford Energy is a newly formed, wholly-owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company dedicated to accelerating U.S. energy independence. Leveraging Ford’s century of manufacturing excellence and world-class battery energy storage systems (BESS) technology, Ford Energy designs, manufactures, and services grid-scale and commercial DC battery energy storage systems (BESS). Ford Energy is uniquely positioned to capture the growing demand for reliable, US-built energy storage systems. We are not just building batteries; we are building the infrastructure for the next generation of the American grid.

Why Ford Energy?

At Ford Energy, you have the backing of an industrial manufacturing powerhouse with the agility of a dedicated energy startup offering industry-leading technology. We offer a competitive compensation package including performance-based bonuses, Ford vehicle discounts, and the opportunity to shape the energy strategy of one of the world's most iconic brands. Learn more at https://fordenergy.com.

In this position...

Ford Energy is seeking an accomplished Senior Manager, SAP S/4HANA Program Delivery to lead large-scale enterprise transformation initiatives focused on S/4HANA ERP deployment, along with integration of various third-party applications integration. This role will provide strategic leadership, governance, and own delivery for a complex, multi-workstream ERP transformation program. The successful candidate will drive program execution, manage delivery risks, lead cross-functional collaboration, and ensure successful transition from planning through deployment, hypercare, and steady-state operations.

This role partners closely with business stakeholders, technology leaders, systems integrators, and executive sponsors to deliver measurable business outcomes to deliver Ford Energy Digital strategy. The ideal candidate combines strong operational and supply chain expertise with proven change management and cross-functional leadership skills to elevate customer experience, drive efficiency, and deliver measurable business impact.

Required Travel: Up to 50% of time flexibility for travel.

Responsibilities

What you'll do...

S4 Launch Delivery:

• Own the integrated SAP S/4HANA migration program plan, critical path, milestones, dependencies, and overall delivery roadmap.
• Lead program governance, PMO execution, stage gates, sprint reviews, executive reporting, RAID management, and decision forums.
• Drive proactive risk, issue, dependency, and change management across multiple workstreams and stakeholder groups.
• Manage Systems Integrator (SI) performance against scope, schedule, quality, and agreed delivery KPIs.
• Establish and oversee quality gate governance, including entry and exit criteria for SIT, UAT, regression testing, mock cutovers, and production readiness.
• Lead cutover planning, release readiness, hypercare execution, and transition to steady-state support operations.

Business Process Management & Optimization:

• Conduct in-depth analysis of current MP&L, Mfg, Procurement, Finance business processes, identifying inefficiencies, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Design and implement future-state processes that align with SAP best practices and leverage new technological capabilities.
• Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of new processes and systems.
• Champion continuous improvement methodologies to drive ongoing operational excellence.

Change Management & Stakeholder Engagement:

• Develop and execute robust change management strategies to ensure smooth adoption of new systems and processes by end-users.
• Partner with senior business and technology leaders to align program outcomes with strategic priorities and enterprise objectives.
• Develop high-performing teams while fostering collaboration, continuous improvement, accountability, and operational excellence.

Master Data Governance Process:

• Establish the operating model: Design and roll out the enterprise-wide MDM governance framework, business rules, and lifecycle policies from the ground up.
• Data Governance Council: Establish, facilitate, and lead cross-functional councils to drive consensus on data standards, resolve ownership disputes, and align business unit policies.
• Embed data stewardship: Recruit, coach, and activate a distributed network of business data stewards across manufacturing, sales, and supply chain functions.

Qualifications

You'll have...
•    Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations, Business Administration, or a related field (Master's degree preferred).
•    8+ years of experience in SAP program management, ERP delivery leadership, or large-scale enterprise transformation initiatives
•    Proven leadership of multi-workstream SAP transformation programs within complex enterprise environments & integrations – S4 HANA, EWM, YL, Sales Force, etc
•    Demonstrated expertise in program governance, PMO leadership, risk management, dependency management, and executive reporting.
•    Experience managing global System Integrators, vendors, contracts, and delivery performance metrics.
•    Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior executives and cross-functional leaders.

Even better, you'll have...
•    Experience leading large-scale ERP modernization programs within industrial manufacturing, distribution, supply chain, or highly regulated industries.
•    Knowledge of SAP Activate methodology, Agile delivery practices, and enterprise release management frameworks.
•    Experience overseeing SIT, UAT, regression testing, deployment readiness, and cutover execution.
•    Financial management experience, including program budgeting, forecasting, investment planning, and value realization.
•    Experience leading organizational change management and business adoption activities.
•    Familiarity with cloud transformation, SAP ecosystem solutions, enterprise architecture, and integrated business processes.
•    Advanced communication and executive presentation skills.
•    SAP certifications preferred.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work-life that works for you, including:
• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is leadership level 5 and ranges from $141,700-$268,300.
Final determination of salary grade will be based on the candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL5

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Company: As Ford establishes a wholly owned subsidiary focused on Battery Energy Storage Systems, this role will initially be employed by Ford and is expected to transition to the subsidiary within one year.

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