Senior Manager, ERP

harmonization and system alignment.

• Define and drive decisions on data migration, process harmonization, and system integration, resulting in efficient and value-driven integration outcomes.

• Partner with business and IT stakeholders to design and implement migration roadmaps, ensuring timely and successful adoption of Waters' SAP S/4HANA platform.

• Build strong relationships with merged organizations and Waters business leaders, fostering alignment, buy-in, and trust throughout the integration process.

• Facilitate cross-functional workshops and decision-making forums, driving consensus and effective problem-solving across teams.

• Support ongoing operations of merged company SAP ecosystems during the transition, ensuring compliance with internal controls, audit requirements, and SOX regulations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a related field.

• Minimum of 12 years of SAP ERP experience, including proven program leadership roles—ideally with a track record in M&A or divestiture integration projects.

• Advanced negotiating, conflict management, and influencing skills to drive alignment across diverse stakeholders.

• Demonstrated ability to provide strategic leadership in planning, designing, due diligence, and implementation of business objectives.

• Strong business analysis and stakeholder management skills, with experience facilitating cross-functional workshops and decision-making forums.

• Excellent communication and presentation abilities, especially with executive audiences.

• Experience with SAP S/4HANA preferred.

Company Description

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) is a global leader in analytical instruments, separations technologies, and software, serving the life, materials, food, and environmental sciences for over 65 years. Our Company helps ensure the efficacy of medicines, the safety of food and the purity of water, and the quality and sustainability of products used every day. In over 100 countries, our 7,600+ passionate employees collaborate with customers in laboratories, manufacturing sites, and hospitals to accelerate the benefits of pioneering science.

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It benefits our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All hiring decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

Key Words

SAP, S/4HANA, Merger, Acquisition, M&A, TSA, IT Director, ERP Integration, Program Leadership, Process Harmonization, Project Delivery, Systems Integration