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Senior SAP Programs Director & PMO, expert in SAP S/4HANA and international multi-entity migrations, with over 11 years of experience in large-scale ERP program management. Specializing in complex and multicultural environments, I am involved in the entire transformation cycle: strategy, governance, execution, and business adoption.
3 SAP S/4HANA programs led (Volvo, Champion Iron, Bombardier) covering multi-site and multi-time zone roll-outs.
Proven ability to industrialize deployments, manage quality/schedule/cost KPIs, while ensuring business continuity and change management.
Recognized for my ability to:
• Structure and lead program and project governance,
• Provide consolidated and reliable visibility to senior management,
• Foster cross-functional collaboration in complex and international environments.
Key strengths: transversal leadership, results orientation, strategic vision, methodological rigor, developed political acumen.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)
Experience
- BombardierSAP S/4HANA Program Director – International Digital TransformationJune 2025 - Today (1 year)Montreal, QC, Canada• Direction of a large-scale international SAP S/4HANA RISE program (budget: $220M USD), covering over 20 entities across the Americas, Europe, and Asia, in coordination with world-class partners (IBM, TCS, SAP, HCL, Deloitte).• Coordination of ECC6 → S/4HANA RISE migrations with supervision of RTR (Record-to-Report) and SAP Ariba (global procurement) scopes.• Management of the key role of strategic mediator between executive committees, business departments (Finance, Supply, Manufacturing), and IT teams, to ensure shared decision-making and smooth transformation.• Complete governance of the hybrid SAP landscape (Cloud + On-Premise), including supervision of SAP Basis tasks (transport management, refresh, monitoring, upgrades, and patches).• Supervision of custom ABAP development, from prioritization to production deployment, in compliance with business requirements and regulations.• Implementation of SSO (Single Sign-On) via Azure AD, ensuring harmonized access to SAP services and group applications.• Design and orchestration of global cutover phases (preparation, system freeze, data load, switchover, hypercare).• Steering of the handover to AMS teams to ensure operational continuity post-migration across different time zones.• Strengthening of governance and compliance through SoD/GRC controls, with global design and deployment of secure roles.• Leading international executive committees (CIO, CTO, VPs), with bilingual strategic reporting (FR/EN), consolidation of KPIs, risks, dependencies, and progress.
- MFQ – Champion IronSenior PMO & SAP Program Director – S/4HANA Upgrade & SecurityJune 2024 - June 2025 (1 year)Montreal, QC, Canada
- S/4HANA Technical Upgrade (2017 → 2023): End-to-end steering of the S/4HANA system technical upgrade for a complete industrial scope, including coordination of SAP technical teams (TeamWork), impact analyses, environment management, non-regression testing, and go-live.
- Optimization of SAP PM and CO processes through the mining maintenance program (reduction of >20% in operational expenses)
- SAP Integrations via BTP:
- Deployment of Esker to automate supplier invoices (AP).- SAP–Caterpillar EDI integration to automate orders and invoices (impact >$100M CAD).- SAP Security Project: Steering of a complex project (SoD/GRC) blocked for 3 years, covering MM, PM, FI, CO, SD, unblocked and successfully delivered through tight governance.
- Strategic Governance: leading executive committees (CIO, CFO), consolidated reporting, budget management ($5M+), cross-functional IT-business coordination.
- Creation of a PMO unit to structure global steering (KPIs, risks, IT capacity, prioritization).
- Implementation of dashboards and Power BI monitoring to improve visibility and executive decision-making
Technologies: SAP S/4HANA, BTP, GRC, OnePlan, Power BI, Smartsheet, Azure DevOps. - Volvo Buses North America – Groupe VolvoSenior SAP Project Manager / Governance PMO – International America–Europe ProgramApril 2022 - June 2024 (2 years and 2 months)Montreal, QC, Canada• Direction of the SAP ECC6 → S/4HANA Private Cloud migration program for the North American region, coordinated with the Volvo Group's template model (Europe). Multi-process scope, including FI, CO, PP, MM, SD, CS, WM, QM modules.• Complete management of cutover cycles, including synchronization of technical and business tasks, environment freeze, switchover testing, critical data migration, new system activation, hypercare, and post go-live analysis.• Proven leadership in an international and multi-entity environment: alignment with EMEA teams, coordination of a multi-time zone program (4 regions in parallel).• Implementation and management of program governance: executive committees, consolidated reporting (CIO, Global PMO), budget monitoring (>$10M), risk management, and resource capacity.• Steering of Salesforce ↔ SAP integration for sales and after-sales service management (Revenue >$100M), with multi-business implications.• Direction of a BI project based on SAP Data Intelligence (Azure), leveraging AI for road safety obligations, in a multi-site industrial context.• Cross-functional management of a team of over 20 specialists (functional, technical, integrators), with international workshop facilitation and local change management for key users.• Migration from Jira to Azure DevOps to standardize project steering (SAP integration, deployment, backlog, releases, automation).
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Education
- AI Essentials for Business CertificateHarvard Business School2023AI Essentials for Business Certificate
- PMP Certification Preparation CourseHEC Montréal2023Cours de préparation à la certification PMP