SAP Project Manager - SAP ECC / Finance - Birmingham
Posted 1 week ago by Crimson
£650 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
Birmingham, West Midlands
Summary: The SAP Project Manager role involves leading the implementation of SAP templates and processes across non-SAP countries, with a focus on finance business processes. The position requires extensive experience in managing global full-cycle SAP implementations, particularly in a manufacturing environment. The candidate will oversee project lifecycle management, ensuring alignment with business outcomes and stakeholder communication. The role includes hybrid working arrangements with some travel to Brazil, Canada, and Ireland.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and drive the full project lifecycle, including planning, execution, issue and risk management, resource management, and timeline alignment across all workstreams.
- Ensure all project artefacts, milestones signoffs, and phase gate reviews are well managed in accordance with PMO methodology.
- Establish and maintain appropriate governance and control over project deliveries throughout the project lifecycle.
- Support business change management for smooth process transition from AS IS to TO BE.
- Report project status, including cost-related updates, to various stakeholders to meet communication plan expectations.
- Co-work with Data Migration Leader to align data migration plans with overall project timelines.
- Monitor partner performance adherence to agreed SOW and drive corrective actions as necessary.
- Conduct weekly vendor progress reviews to ensure alignment with the organisation's blueprint and compliance protocols.
- Work with Programme Manager to track project expenditures against the approved budget.
- Facilitate alignment between Brazil teams, global HQ, and external partners through virtual workshops and on-site meetings.
- Resolve conflicts among stakeholders with competing priorities while maintaining project agility.
Key Skills:
- Strong SAP Project Manager with experience managing global full-cycle implementations with multinational teams.
- Proven experience leading SAP programs in a manufacturing environment.
- Technical expertise with strong business acumen, particularly in finance business processes.
- Ability to manage projects with 100+ stakeholders in matrix environments, including senior leadership teams.
Salary (Rate): £650/day
City: Birmingham
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
SAP Project Manager - SAP ECC / Finance Business Processes - Birmingham / Hybrid Working
Outside IR35 - £650/day
6 Month initial duration, with view to extend.
Hybrid working - some travel required to Brazil, Canada and Ireland.
SAP Project Manager required for a leading organisation. We are looking for an experienced SAP Project Manager to lead the SAP implementation to rollout SAP templates and processes into the rest of non SAP countries. The organisation are currently going through an implementation in Brazil, with them approaching UAT testing, but there would be a view to continue the implementations into further locations (Canada, Ireland, US and Latin America).
The right candidate will have extensive experience aligning technology with production, supply chain, finance, and quality processes, ensuring seamless integration and operational efficiency. You will also need a strong technical experience with SAP ECC and business processes, especially in Finance Area.
Key Responsibilities of the Role:
- Lead and drive the full project lifecycle, including planning, execution, issue and risk management, resource management and timeline alignment cross all the workstreams.
- Strong awareness of PMO Methodology - ensuring all the project artefacts, milestones signoffs and phase gate review are well managed.
- Ability to establish and maintain the appropriate level of Governance and Control over Project Deliveries throughout the Project Lifecycle delivering business outcomes and deliverables.
- To support on business change manager to secure a smooth process transition from AS IS to TO BE.
- Able to report project status, including cost-related updates, to various level of the stakeholders, to ensure the communication plan meet all the expectations.
- Co-work with Data Migration Leader to ensure the data migration plan and progress fully align with overall project timeline, and tracking the key dependencies as well.
- Monitor partners performance adherence to agreed SOW, escalating deviations and driving corrective actions (e.g., revised resource plans).
- Conduct weekly vendor progress reviews, ensuring the alignment with the organisations blueprint and compliance protocols.
- Work with Programme Manager to track project expenditures against the approved budget, ensuring transparency and timely escalation of variances.
- Facilitate alignment between Brazil teams, global HQ, and external partners through virtual workshops and on-site meetings.
- Resolve conflicts among stakeholders with competing priorities while maintaining project agility.
Main working set up will be following UK Time, but you may need to be flexible to adjust working time as per project needs.
Key Skills of the Role:
- Strong SAP Project Manager with clear experience managing global full-cycle implementations with multinational teams.
- Proven experience leading SAP programs in a manufacturing environment.
- The right individual needs to be technical with strong business acumen - including a strong understanding of the basic business processes in the industrial and SAP technical background, especially in Finance domain.
- Ability to manage projects with 100+ stakeholders in matrix environments, including senior leadership teams.
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