SAP Plant Setup & Deployment Project Lead

Ford Motor Company • Dearborn, MI

1d • $86,600 - $166,200 • Hybrid

About The Position

The SAP Plant Setup & Deployment Project Lead leads enterprise-structure configuration and deployment activities required to establish new or expanded plants in SAP S/4HANA. The role connects Purchasing (MM) and Finance (FI/CO) workstreams, coordinating requirements, configuration, validation, and deployment across areas including Accounts Payable, General Ledger, Intercompany, Vehicle Accounting, and Reporting.

This position combines hands-on SAP configuration with project leadership. It coordinates cross-functional teams, manages plans and dependencies using Jira and Agile practices, and supports project governance, change control, cutover, and go-live activities. The role also maintains configuration and delivery documentation, tracks risks and issues, and identifies opportunities to improve plant setup and deployment processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• 5–8+ years of SAP configuration experience, including hands-on experience setting up Plants and related enterprise-structure elements in SAP S/4HANA.
• Experience supporting a plant rollout or expansion involving multiple Finance and Purchasing product teams.
• Working knowledge of Purchasing (MM) and Finance (FI/CO) configuration related to plant setup.
• Experience coordinating delivery across multiple functional teams, such as Accounts Payable, General Ledger, Intercompany, Vehicle Accounting, and Reporting.
• SAP project-management experience, including timeline and dependency management, status reporting, and cross-functional coordination.
• Experience using Jira for Agile project tracking, sprint planning, and issue management.
• Experience supporting project governance, including status reports, steering committee updates, RAID logs, and change-management processes.
• Strong communication, organization, documentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Demonstrated experience configuring Plants, Company Codes, Purchasing Organizations, and Storage Locations and maintaining their assignments.
• Working knowledge of plant-related Purchasing (MM) and Finance (FI/CO) configuration, including valuation areas, account determination, and Purchasing Organization assignments.
• Familiarity with configuration activities such as OX10, OX18, OX17, and OX09.
• Familiarity with SAP transport management and cutover coordination.
• Ability to coordinate configuration, validation, testing, and handoff across dependent product teams.

Nice To Haves

• SAP S/4HANA certification in MM or FI.
• Exposure to Vehicle Accounting or automotive OEM and dealer financial structures.

Responsibilities

• Configure SAP S/4HANA enterprise-structure elements, including Plants, Purchasing Organizations, and Storage Locations.
• Maintain assignments between plants and relevant organizational units, including Company Codes and Sales Organizations.
• Perform plant-related Purchasing configuration, including Purchasing Organization assignments and plant-specific procurement settings.
• Coordinate vendor master extension activities related to plant setup.
• Gather plant-specific requirements from product teams before configuration begins.
• Complete configuration accurately and on schedule so product teams can proceed with validation and testing.
• Hand off completed configuration to product teams with clear documentation and support their testing and sign-off.
• Troubleshoot configuration issues identified during validation and testing.
• Coordinate plant-related Finance configuration across Accounts Payable, General Ledger, Intercompany, Vehicle Accounting, and Reporting.
• Coordinate activities and dependencies across Finance and Purchasing product teams.
• Track decisions, risks, issues, and handoffs to support complete and consistent plant deployment.
• Develop and manage plant setup plans, milestones, dependencies, and timelines across parallel workstreams.
• Use Jira to maintain project backlogs, track issues and dependencies, support sprint planning, and communicate delivery progress.
• Apply Agile practices to coordinate cross-functional teams, manage sprint commitments, and address delivery impediments.
• Lead collaboration among SAP product teams, business stakeholders, technical teams, and deployment partners.
• Coordinate change-management activities, including impact assessment, approvals, stakeholder communication, and implementation tracking.
• Support cutover and go-live planning, including transport coordination and sequencing configuration across dependent products.
• Support project governance through status reporting, steering committee updates, RAID logs, and change-control processes.
• Maintain configuration documentation, plant setup checklists, project trackers, and delivery records across involved product areas.
• Ensure configuration decisions, dependencies, risks, and handoffs are documented and communicated.
• Identify opportunities to improve plant setup, deployment, and governance processes.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care
• 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
• Paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level