Ifs Erp Project Manager Consultant

Ifs Erp Project Manager Consultant

Posted 2 weeks ago by 1750919870

Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA

Summary: The IFS ERP Project Manager Consultant role requires a professional with ERP and food industry experience to manage and deliver projects effectively. The position is primarily remote with occasional travel to Texas, focusing on project governance, team leadership, and vendor management. The consultant will be responsible for ensuring project scope, timeline, and budget adherence while improving organizational competencies in project management. A minimum of two years of hands-on experience in managing IFS ERP projects is essential.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Manage and deliver the project within agreed scope, time, and cost.
  • Govern and steer the overall project plan, providing status reports according to defined processes.
  • Lead the project team, ensuring uniform communication and methodology.
  • Ensure consistent and timely cost management, including invoicing and follow-up.
  • Question and challenge key decisions related to solution design to maintain project scope and budget.
  • Define project scope, tasks, deliverables, and resource requirements.
  • Facilitate communication and drive progress against project plans.
  • Track issues, prioritize, and drive timely resolution.
  • Monitor and manage project risks, escalating as needed.
  • Assist in completing project deliverables, including solution design documents and training plans.
  • Ensure efficient change control methods are followed as per PMO guidelines.
  • Prepare project status reporting and communicate program status to stakeholders.
  • Improve organizational competencies in project management and software delivery.
  • Engage vendor upgrade teams, defining statements of work and managing deliverables.

Key Skills:

  • Minimum of 2 years of hands-on experience in managing IFS ERP projects.
  • Experience in the food industry.
  • Strong project management skills.
  • Ability to lead and manage project teams.
  • Excellent communication and reporting skills.
  • Vendor management experience.
  • Proficiency in project planning and risk management.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: USA

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other

Detailed Description From Employer:
Primary Skills
ERP
T+S
USC
Must have ERP experience and Food Industry Experience
90% remote and 10 % occassional travel to TX(expenses paid)
Duties:
Manage and delivery of the project within agreed scope, time, and cost.
Govern, steer the overall project plan, and provide status reports according to defined process
Lead the project team and ensure it is acting as a uniform entity in both communication and methodology
Ensure consistent and timely cost management including invoicing and follow-up
Routinely question and challenge the key decisions that are taken in relation to the solution design to ensure they do not affect the overall scope and timeline/budget of the project.
Project and Resource Planning: Work to define scope, tasks, deliverables, resources requirements and align organization against integrated project plan(s)
Lead day to day execution, facilitate communication and drive progress against plan(s)
Track issues, prioritize and drive timely resolution.
Monitor and manage project risks and escalate as needed.
Assist in completion of project deliverables as needed, include, solution design documents, functional specifications, test plans, training plans, etc.
Ensure efficient change control methods and process are followed as per the PMO guidelines.
Prepare project status reporting and communicate program status to broad stakeholders, including program leadership and PMO and at daily/weekly/monthly reviews.
Improve the organizations competencies in project management and delivery of software related projects.
Vendor Management: Effectively engage vendor upgrade team, defining statements of work, ensuring quality of deliverables, and managing to schedule.

Must Have:
A minimum of 2 years of demonstrated hands-on experience in managing IFS ERP Projects.