Contractor Project Manager

Qualifications:

• Proven experience in leading large SAP implementation projects, specifically SAP S4 HANA.
• Strong background in supply chain and finance processes.
• Excellent project management skills, including planning, execution, and stakeholder management.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Project Management Expertise: Proficiency in project management methodologies and tools.
SAP Knowledge:

• Understanding of SAP systems, modules, and implementation best practices.
• Preferably with ECC to S4 Hana experience

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end SAP S4 HANA implementation project.
• Develop a comprehensive project plan and overall strategy.
• Manage project timelines, ensuring milestones are met within defined timeframes.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and integration.
• Monitor project progress, identify risks, and implement mitigation strategies.
• Provide regular updates and reports to senior management.
• Provides weekly program status reports for each program. Hold program status and other meetings as necessary
• Reviews and oversees Management of the project schedule via the use of MS Enterprise Project Management (EPM) and MS Project
• Creates and maintains SharePoint project site for each project.
• Ensure there are quality and well-maintained project schedules, baselines and estimates to complete program/project and report variances.
• Provides risk management plan, risk assessment and mitigation within a program/project.
• Reports on ongoing issues and changes utilizing existing processes and templates and publishing reports within a program/project.
• Creates and publishes weekly status report of activities, accomplishments, issues and action to resolve issues.
• Identifies and ensures all activities required to successfully meet the operational readiness review are completed on time.
• May create a Statement of Work (SOW) for the Request for Proposal (RFP) and associated vendor response evaluation.
• Verify the creation of all documents from vendors as outlined in the SOW or creation of new ones as required.
• Provides a SOW for ongoing support services as necessary.