An SAP Localisation Lead manages the local requirements, process differences, compliance needs and business readiness activity needed when SAP is deployed into a specific country, region or operating unit.

The role is commonly used on SAP S/4HANA, ECC, RISE with SAP and global rollout programmes where a central template must be balanced against genuine local tax, legal, reporting, language, process or operating requirements.

• Rolling out SAP into a new country, region, site or business unit
• Managing local legal, tax, reporting, language or operational requirements
• Controlling fit-gap activity between the global SAP template and local business needs
• Preparing local teams for testing, training, cutover, go-live and hypercare
• Reducing deployment risk by making localisation decisions clear, approved and documented

• Lead SAP localisation activity across assigned countries, regions or business units
• Gather local legal, fiscal, reporting, process, language and operational requirements
• Coordinate local business users, process owners, functional consultants and rollout teams
• Manage fit-gap decisions, localisation requests, approvals, risks and dependencies
• Support SAP S/4HANA, ECC, RISE with SAP and Document and Reporting Compliance activity where relevant
• Prepare local inputs for testing, training, cutover, deployment and BAU handover
• Protect the global SAP template while making sure genuine local requirements are not missed

• SAP localisation or rollout experience
• Understanding of SAP S/4HANA, ECC and global template deployment
• Knowledge of local process, reporting, legal or fiscal requirements
• Fit-gap, template governance and change control experience
• Stakeholder coordination across central and local business teams
• Clear judgement on standardisation, compliance, usability and local adoption