S/4 HANA Training Lead

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S/4 HANA Training Lead

3-6 months, will extend

Rate is $75/hr.

Hybrid, onsite, Mundelein, IL, 3-days each week

Manufacturing background is ideal. Client is a Medical supply company but we don t need medical manufacturing

Need great technical skills but will need outstanding presentation. Lots of visibility on this one.

Position Overview:

We are seeking an experienced training lead with over 8-10 years of experience to oversee the end-to-end training strategy and execution for SAP S/4 HANA Implementation.

• Candidate is expected to play a critical role in ensuring a smooth transition to the new system by equipping employee with knowledge and skills needed to adopt and level SAP S/4 HANA effectively.
• Industry: Manufacturing / Healthcare / IT Change Management
  
  

Key Responsibilities:

• Training Strategy Development
• Design and implement a comprehensive training strategy aligned with the SAP S/4 HANA roadmap
• Collaborate with project leaders, functional consultants and business stakeholders to identify training needs
• Capability to interpret the change impact assessment, cull out the training needs across people, technology and process
• Coordinate with trainers and content developers to ensure the training needs are covered as part of material as well as delivery
• Training Governance
• Conduct workshops and sessions to ensure alignment with leadership and key stakeholder groups who would be covered as part of the training plan
• Team Leadership
• Lead a team of trainers, instructional designers to delivery high quality training across the organization
• Provide guidance and mentorship to ensure consistent delivery standards
• Change Support
• Collaborate with OCM team to ensure training initiatives support larger OCM effort
• Collaborate with communications team to ensure all critical timelines around training are communicated to the right set of stakeholders on time
• Work with OCM team in onboarding the Key User Group who will undergo the train-the-trainer program and eventually support with end user training
• Training Logistics and Execution
• Manage training schedules, resources, and budgets to meet project deadlines
• Ensure all employees have access to training platforms and material
• Effective Assessment
• Develop training effectiveness assessment metrics which should include critical success factors for training, training effectiveness survey, training KPI metrics for delivery
• Collect and incorporate feedback to continuously improve training content and delivery
• Knowledge Management and Future Proofing
• Ensure knowledge management of training material and also develop strategies on how to future proof training and build a sustainable model post go-live
  
  

Qualifications

• 8 Years of experience in leading training programs for ERP transformations preferably SAP S/4 HANA
• Proficiency in creating training materials using tools like EnableNow, Articulate, PowerPoint, as well as Workday or other LMS platforms.
• Bachelor s degree in a related field (e.g. HR, Business, IT and Education)
• Expertise on instructional design, Learning principles and training delivery method
• Excellent communication, facilitation and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work across cross functional teams
• Familiarity for OCM frameworks like Prosci, APMG
• Experience leading training initiatives for ERP implementations, SAP Fiori is a plus, new technology rollouts, process changes, or compliance programs.
• Strong understanding of adult learning principles, ADDIE, instructional design, and facilitation techniques.
• Ability to train diverse audiences, including non-technical manufacturing employees and leadership teams.
• Ability to work onsite 3 days per week