Project Manager – SAP Implementation

Description

The company needs a project manager to run a local SAP S/4HANA implementation from start to finish.

You take the project through initiation, requirements, solution finding, system build, testing, training, rollout and support after go-live.

The role calls for firm leadership, skill with stakeholders and prior SAP transformation work, with delivery held to scope, budget, schedule and quality targets.

Responsibilities

• Start the local project and lead it through to post-production support.
• Set up governance, communication plans, reporting lines and escalation paths.
• Build and maintain detailed plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans and risk registers.
• Track project performance and keep it aligned with business goals and strategy.
• Run steering committee meetings and give executives status updates.
• Work with sponsors, business leaders, functional and IT teams, and outside implementation partners.
• Set stakeholder expectations and keep communication flowing across the lifecycle.
• Lead decisions and resolve issues across cross-functional teams.
• Coordinate functional and technical workstreams such as Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Sales, Quality and others as needed.
• Manage deliverables, milestones, dependencies and critical path work.
• Follow the SAP Activate method and sound project management practice.
• Handle scope, change requests and project documentation.
• Identify local risks, issues and dependencies, and plan how to mitigate them.
• Check quality metrics so deliverables meet business and technical needs.
• Work with change management teams to drive user adoption.
• Make sure training, communications and readiness work is carried out properly.
• Support business process change and organizational alignment.
• Oversee system integration testing, user acceptance testing (UAT) and deployment planning.
• Coordinate cutover and go-live readiness reviews.
• Lead stabilization after go-live and hand over to operational support.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Business Administration, Engineering, Project Management, Supply Chain Management or a related field, or 4 years of SAP experience in place of a degree.
• Project management experience, including leading enterprise ERP implementations.
• 2+ years of SAP or ERP experience.
• A record of delivering complex ERP transformation programs with several workstreams.
• Solid grasp of project methods such as PMI, Agile, Hybrid and Waterfall.
• Experience managing budgets, timelines, resources, risks and vendor relationships.
• Strong leadership, communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills.
• Preferred: Knowledge of SAP modules FI/CO, MM, SD, PP, EWM and/or TM.
• Preferred: Experience leading global or multi-site implementations.
• Preferred: Familiarity with data migration, system integrations, testing strategies and change management frameworks.
• Preferred: 5+ years of project management experience, including leading enterprise ERP implementations.
• Key competencies: strategic planning, program governance, risk management, cross-functional leadership, change management, conflict resolution, decision making, and communication and presentation.

Conditions

Hybrid, 3 days a week in the office, at one of these sites: Auburn, IN; Fairlawn, OH; Halstead, KS; or Mount Pleasant, IA.

Travel of up to 50%, depending on location.

You must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. The company will not sponsor employment visas now or in the future for this role.

Benefits

• Paid time off.
• Tuition assistance and employee discounts.
• Employer 401(k) match.
• Competitive bonus programs.
• Employee assistance program.
• Growth opportunities, both personal and professional.
• Additional benefits beyond those listed.