SAP S/4HANA Business Process and Adoption Lead Procure-to-Pay
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced SAP S/4HANA P2P Transformation Lead to support a large-scale global ERP transformation initiative. This role serves as the critical bridge between business stakeholders, system integrators, and project leadership—guiding decisions on how best to align SAP standard capabilities with business processes across the Procure-to-Pay lifecycle (Requisition → Purchase Order → Goods Receipt → Invoice Approval). This is a highly visible role requiring both deep functional expertise and strong executive communication skills to drive alignment, influence decisions, and ensure a successful implementation and stabilization. This is not a remote role; must be within driving distance to Alpharetta, Georgia.
Responsibilities
- Translate technical configuration questions into clear business decisions
- Ensure scalable, compliant, and maintainable process design
- Identify and engage stakeholders across Procurement, Finance, Supply Chain, and IT
- Participate in workshops and decision forums
- Influence senior leaders and build cross-functional consensus
- Partner with system integrator to validate functional design
- Participate in cross-functional System Integration Testing (SIT) and define test scenarios
- Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and write test scripts for users
- Support deployment into Buyer teams and/or Procurement COE
- Provide continuity post go-live and support stabilization
- Provide recommendations for organization structure requirements to support the ERP
- Gather, document, and validate business requirements, process gaps, and functional needs across the P2P lifecycle
- Review and validate solution designs proposed by IT and/or the system integrator
- Support fit-to-standard workshops and drive business decisions for SAP S/4HANA design
- Lead or participate in User Acceptance Testing, including test scenario development and defect triage
- Coordinate business user participation in testing, training, cutover readiness, and hypercare support
- Develop training materials, job aids, and process documentation
- Conduct or support end-user training for procurement, finance, supply chain, and related business users
- Serve as a post-implementation super user, providing first-line business support and continuous improvement feedback
- Help identify change impacts, readiness risks, and adoption barriers across affected business teams
Qualifications
- 8–15+ years of SAP Procure-to-Pay (P2P) experience
- Experience with SAP S/4HANA and SAP Fiori (required)
- Experience with SAP ECC / R3 P2P (preferred)
- Strong knowledge of requisitioning, purchase orders, goods receipt, invoice processing, and vendor management
- Proven experience supporting ERP transformations, UAT, and go-live
- Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills
- Hands-on experience as a business lead, super user, process owner, or functional SME on an SAP implementation
- Demonstrated experience with business requirements gathering, process validation, UAT execution, and end-user training
- Strong understanding of how business process decisions translate into SAP capabilities, controls, reporting, and user experience
- Ability to work effectively with IT, system integrators, business stakeholders, and end users
- Strong facilitation skills for workshops, training sessions, and business readiness discussions
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working on system implementation projects with internal & external IT resources
- Familiarity with SAP Activate methodology
- Experience in Procurement, shared services, or Procurement COE environments
- Experience with source-to-pay platforms like Ariba or Coupa
- Experience with SAP S/4HANA greenfield implementations
- Experience with change management, business readiness, cutover, and hypercare activities
- Prior experience as an SAP super user, process owner, business process lead, or functional lead within Procurement or Source-to-Pay
- Experience developing SOPs, work instructions, training guides, and business process documentation
About the Company
You can find Arclin everywhere. Our technologies make homes and transportation safer, help crops flourish, keep water clean, protect first responders and members of the military, and preserve the purity of essential pharmaceuticals. These vital, everyday products can't fail, and we’re here to give the world an extra layer of performance and peace of mind. With ~4,000 team members across more than 30 global manufacturing facilities, we operate with the scale to make a global impact and the agility to solve complex challenges at the molecular level. Rooted in scientific discovery and innovation, Arclin’s materials redefine performance across industries - from Firepoint®’s patented intumescent technology that helps stall flames and save lives to the iconic Kevlar® and Nomex® brands trusted to protect those who serve, strengthen aerospace and industrial systems, and perform where reliability and safety are top of mind. As we expand our mission‑critical materials portfolio and shape the next era of performance technologies, we’re looking for people who want to grow, lead, and solve the challenges others can’t. Together, we’ll advance the innovations that keep the world moving. Because at Arclin, our people are truly Vital Beyond Measure.