Data, Cutover & Testing Coordinator – S4 HANA AMEA

Overview

The Cutover & Testing Coordinator will support the S4 AMEA SAP implementation program by driving structured planning, execution and tracking of cutover activities and testing cycles across markets. The role also acts as the central Data SPOC for MSC within the S4 AMEA program.

What you'll do

• Drive consistency and quality in project execution using the appropriate methodology and tools.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project-level risks and escalate them to global leads and/or the program manager when needed.
• Provide project reporting and status updates using scorecards, status reports and monthly review meetings, and lead stakeholder meetings.
• Lead budget management, resource planning and utilization.
• Confirm project completion, consistency and readiness to go live.
• Own relationships with external vendors, including quality assurance across all phases of project delivery.
• Coordinate business-side cutover and testing activities across in-scope AMEA markets.
• Support transition from legacy systems and processes to S4-enabled ways of working.
• Partner with workstream leads and market key users through Fit-Gap, Build, Test and Cutover phases.
• Develop and maintain the overall test strategy, test plans and test schedules across workstreams, including SIT, UAT, regression and performance.
• Coordinate test case creation, review and sign-off with functional leads and key users.
• Track test execution status, defects and resolution progress; drive daily defect triage and escalation.
• Consolidate testing metrics and produce status reporting for leadership and governance forums.
• Build and maintain the master cutover plan, including sequencing, dependencies, timings and responsible owners across markets.
• Coordinate mock cutover and dress rehearsal cycles; capture lessons learned and refine the plan iteratively.
• Track readiness criteria, including data migration, interfaces, environment readiness and business sign-offs, ahead of go-live.
• Coordinate rollback planning and contingency scenarios with technical teams.
• Act as the central point of contact between workstream leads, technical teams and key users on testing and cutover matters.
• Ensure test plans, cutover runbooks and sign-off logs are current and audit-ready.
• Act as the central Data SPOC for MSC within the S4 AMEA program.
• Ensure data migration plans are in place and actively tracked for each workstream, aligned to overall cutover timelines.
• Drive implementation of the data governance framework, including ownership, quality standards and the sign-off process, across markets.
• Coordinate mock data load cycles and data validation activities with functional teams and market key users.
• Track data quality and readiness metrics, escalating risks ahead of testing and cutover milestones.
• Partner with MDS/DMLT teams to resolve data defects and gaps identified during testing.
• Support market key users in reviewing and signing off on cleansed and migrated data before go-live.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's Degree or Post Graduation with 8+ years of relevant experience in Supply Chain and Cutover & Data Testing.
• Proven experience in project management methodology.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to drive effective discussions with project resources from tactical execution level up to steering committee members.
• Excellent project planning and proactiveness in identifying risks and mitigations and managing strict timelines.
• Strong focus on cost, schedule and quality of project delivery.
• Knowledge of relevant business processes and related technology solutions.
• Stakeholder management and ability to influence positively in decision making.
• Proven ability in building effective teams across internal and external partners.
• Strong conceptual and analytic skills and an interest in problem solving.
• Prior experience with SAP implementation programs, ideally S/4HANA, in a testing and/or cutover coordination capacity.
• Strong understanding of testing methodologies, including SIT, UAT and regression, and cutover/go-live planning for large ERP programs.
• Experience working across multiple markets/geographies with part-time or matrixed key users.
• Excellent tracking, documentation and stakeholder communication skills.
• Comfort operating in a fast-paced Pre-Fit Gap to Go-Live program lifecycle.
• Good end-to-end supply chain and business process understanding.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Asana or equivalent test/defect management tools.

Details

• Location: Mumbai, India.
• Country-to-country relocation support is available through Global Mobility Policies.
• Job type: Regular.
• Business unit: Project and Program Management Business Capability.