Associate Director SAP – Public Sector

Inetum is a European leader in digital services. Inetum’s team of 28,000 consultants and specialists strive every day to make a digital impact for businesses, public sector entities and society. Inetum’s solutions aim at contributing to its clients’ performance and innovation as well as the common good. Present in 19 countries with a dense network of sites, Inetum partners with major software publishers to meet the challenges of digital transformation with proximity and flexibility. Driven by its ambition for growth and scale, Inetum generated sales of 2.5 billion euros in 2023.

Reporting to the SAP Director, you will support the leadership and development of Inetum's SAP practice, with a particular focus on Public Sector initiatives.

The role combines leadership of complex SAP programmes, client relationship management, business development, proposal development and coordination of multidisciplinary teams. You will act as a key link between clients, delivery teams and commercial functions, supporting both operational excellence and sustainable business growth.

Main responsibilities

• Lead complex, large-scale SAP projects and programmes, ensuring delivery against timeline, cost, quality and customer satisfaction objectives.

• Manage programme risks, dependencies and mitigation plans.

• Coordinate functional, technical and external partner teams.

• Develop trusted relationships with CIOs, CFOs, Finance Directors and business leaders.

• Identify transformation and business development opportunities across existing and prospective clients.

• Lead or support public and private tenders, including solution definition, team structure, estimates and delivery models.

• Develop commercial and technical proposals and participate in executive proposal presentations.

• Support commercial negotiations and contracting processes.

• Lead, develop, mentor and coach SAP professionals.

• Contribute to SAP practice strategy, offerings, innovation initiatives and market activities.

• Degree or Master's in Management, Engineering, Information Systems or an equivalent field.

• At least 15 years of experience with SAP solutions.

• Solid SAP FI/CO experience and knowledge of SAP S/4HANA.

• Knowledge of end-to-end financial processes, budget management, Procurement and Management Control.

• At least 5 years of SAP team leadership or SAP project management experience.

• Experience managing medium and large SAP projects and complex programmes.

• Proven experience in SAP pre-sales and proposal development.

• Proven experience leading or actively contributing to public tenders and SAP proposals above €1M, including solution definition, team structure, estimation and commercial defence.

• Experience in project financial management, contract management and executive stakeholder management.

• Strong leadership, communication, strategic thinking, decision-making and stakeholder influencing capabilities.

• Autonomy, accountability, results orientation and a focus on business growth.

Additional Valued Experience

• SAP projects for Portuguese Public Administration.
• SNC-AP and public-sector reporting processes.
• SAP Public Sector Management, SAP IS-U, SAP SAC, SAP Datasphere, SAP BTP, SAP Project Systems or SAP Analytics.
• Experience in Water, Energy or Transport.
• SAP Finance certification.
• PMP, Prince2 or equivalent certification.
• International project experience.
• Fluency in Portuguese and English.