Change Manager

Role Overview

Our client is currently delivering a SAP Greenfield implementation and is seeking an experienced SAP Change Manager to lead the people, process, and organisational change aspects of the programme.

The successful candidate will play a critical role in ensuring business readiness, user adoption, and successful transition to the new SAP landscape by defining and executing an end -to -end Change Management strategy aligned to the programme roadmap.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

Change & Adoption

• Define and own the Change Management strategy for the SAP Greenfield implementation
  

• Conduct stakeholder impact assessments and change readiness assessments
  

• Design and execute change interventions to support adoption across business units
  

• Manage organisational change risks and mitigation plans
  

Stakeholder & Communication

• Identify and manage key stakeholders across business and IT
  

• Develop and execute a communication plan aligned to project milestones
  

• Facilitate executive and business leadership engagement
  

• Act as the primary change liaison between the programme team and the business
  

Training & Enablement

• Work closely with SAP Functional Leads and business SMEs to define training needs
  

• Oversee the development of role -based training materials
  

• Coordinate end -user training, super -user enablement, and knowledge transfer
  

• Support cutover, go -live, and post -go -live adoption activities
  

Governance & Reporting

• Establish change governance, metrics, and reporting structures
  

• Track change adoption, training effectiveness, and user readiness
  

• Provide regular updates to Programme Leadership and Steering Committees
  

Required Skills & Experience

Mandatory

• Proven experience as a Change Manager on SAP implementations, ideally Greenfield
  

• Strong understanding of SAP transformation lifecycles (Prepare, Explore, Realise, Deploy)
  

• Demonstrated experience in Organisational Change Management (OCM)
  

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
  

• Experience working in large, complex, multi -stakeholder environments
  

Desirable

• Experience in Africa -based or emerging market projects
  

• Exposure to SAP S/4HANA implementations
  

• Familiarity with Prosci / ADKAR or similar change frameworks
  

• Experience working in culturally diverse environments
  

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Business, HR, Psychology, Information Systems, or related field
  

• Change Management certification (Prosci, APMG, etc.) — advantageous
  

Key Competencies

• Strong leadership and influencing skills
  

• Excellent written and verbal communication
  

• High emotional intelligence and cultural sensitivity
  

• Structured, outcome -driven approach
  

• Ability to operate at both strategic and hands -on levels
  

Why Join

• High -impact SAP Greenfield transformation
  

• Opportunity to shape business adoption from the ground up
  

• Work within a large, enterprise -scale programme
  

• Exposure to a dynamic, cross -functional environment in Botswana