About the job
SAP Order to Cash Manager (SAP SD)
Kilkenny / Dublin · Hybrid · Permanent
Most SAP roles ask you to keep the lights on. This one asks you to build the room.
A large, established Irish organisation is moving off an outsourced IT model and building its own in-house capability. New operating model, new Centre of Excellence, new team — and they need someone to own Order to Cash inside it. The SAP instance already exists. The function around it doesn’t yet. Whoever takes this shapes how it works rather than inheriting how it works.
What you’d do
Own SAP Order to Cash end to end, from customer order through to invoice and payment. Be the bridge between the technical solution and the commercial and supply chain stakeholders who need to understand what’s possible. They’re clear-eyed that this translation piece is the hard part, and it’s what they care most about.
You’d lead a small team — one internal specialist plus two dedicated offshore colleagues who work as a genuine extension of the team, not an outsourced ticket queue. Hands-on, but real management.
What you’d need
- 5+ years in SAP Order to Cash, with SAP SD as your core territory
- S/4HANA Sales certification — the first thing the hiring manager looks for
- Real understanding of supply chain processes, not just the module
- Experience managing or directing at least one other person (informal delegation counts)
- A degree in IT, Computer Science, Business Information Systems, or similar
- The ability to explain a technical solution in language a non-technical audience would use themselves
Transportation management exposure and full SAP deployment experience are both a bonus.
Who it suits
Someone with energy who wants to leave a mark. The hiring manager is new in post and the honest description offered on our briefing call was that the function operates like a start-up — a gift if you want influence, a poor fit if you’d rather be handed a roadmap.
It also suits someone ready to step up. If you’re a strong senior analyst or team lead waiting for the title to catch up with what you already do, they’ve said openly they’d rather back someone on the way up than hold out for a like-for-like match.
Why people say yes
Genuine influence over how this gets built. A flat structure where the executive team are as approachable as anyone at any level. Recently built offices in both locations. Flexible Fridays, free parking with EV charging, on-site gym, parenting room, subsidised lunch. And when we asked what sets the place apart, the answer wasn’t the technology — it was the people.
Interested?
Get in touch for a confidential conversation and we’ll tell you who it is and whether it’s worth your time. If it isn’t right for you, we’ll say so.
Jane Olden · jane.olden@barden.ie · Barden