SAP S4/HANA Project Manager - Louisville, United States - Local World

Description

Job Duties

• Reporting to the CFO/VP of Finance, the ERP Project Manager will own and drive the end-to-end implementation of SAP S/4HANA across the organization and all business units.
• You will serve as the key liaison between business stakeholders, executive leadership, implementation partners, and internal teams.
• This role is also responsible for planning and coordinating the processes and activities related to the development, delivery and integration, applications, and third-party solutions as required to meet the businesses requirements.
• The ideal candidate has successfully led multiple full lifecycle SAP S/4HANA ERP implementations from end-to-end in complex manufacturing organizations.
• Lead end-to-end project management for ERP implementation, ensuring successful delivery within scope, budget, and timeline.
• Maintain the overall project plan including detailed workstreams for activities such as, data cleansing, design, configuration, testing, data migration, integrations, training, change management, and deployment.
• Steadfastly drive the project to meet all timeline milestones and go-live dates by adeptly controlling scope and preventing scope creep through disciplined change management.
• Manage the program budget, analyze spending and forecasts, and provide regular budget versus actual reporting to key stakeholders.
• Provide direction, feedback, and guidance to implementation partner project teams on a daily/weekly basis to drive progress. Delegate appropriately while maintaining solid working relationships.
• Oversee data migration activities, validating data extracts and transformations from legacy systems.
• Collaborate with Change Management Consultant to drive change management and communications to educate staff and promote user adoption. Motivate teams positively through transformation.
• Present reports on project progress, budgets, milestones, and risks to the Steering Committee and Board of Trustees. Also, tailor communications to various audiences.
• Proactively identify and resolve project obstacles and conflicts in a timely manner. Solve problems with solutions focus.
• Coordinate go-live readiness assessments and cutover activities to ensure a smooth transition.

Education, Training, and Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, information systems, computer science, or a related field.
• 7+ years as an ERP implementation project management experience, with at least 3 end-to-end SAP S/4HANA projects completed from blueprinting through go live.
• Excellent project management skills and/or substantial exposure to project-based work structures and methodologies – i.e., Agile, Waterfall, and Kanban.
• Experience and expert in lines-of-business processes: Finance and Accounting, Quality Management, Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, Integration, and Reporting.
• Experience with business and technical requirements analysis, business process modeling/mapping, methodology development, and data mapping.
• Strong knowledge of system and data quality assurance best practices and methodologies.
• Working knowledge of current network protocols, and IT governance and compliance standards, including change management best practices.
• Mastery translating business processes into technical configurations.
• Hands-on experience configuring SAP S/4HANA solutions.
• Data migration experience from legacy systems into S/4HANA using tools like SAP Data Services.
• Excellence managing multi-vendor implementation teams and partners.
• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification preferred.
• CSM (Certified Scrum Master) preferred.
• SAP/4HANA certifications preferred.