Senior Project Manager

Job Description:

Pay Range: $70hr - $96.30hr

Responsibilities:

• Projects will span across a broad range from ideation, evaluation to implementation of new software systems, scale up for product launches, system upgrades & facility expansions.
• Develop, coordinate, and maintain integrated business areas (Engineering product, warehousing, data warehouse, validation) program/project timelines and governance for all assigned programs/projects.
• Drive project management best practices for execution and standardized at a global level and uniformly applied at a regional level for the physical distribution of products encompassing warehousing, and local distribution.
• Over 7 to 10 years of experience working across business and IT with strong project delivery experience, in key SAP Lead roles as Project or Delivery Manager or COE Technical Lead that involves multi-module implementation of SAP ERP solutions with ECC6.0 or S/4 HANA will be key differentiators.
• Must have worked with SAP S/4 HANA projects and phased global implementations at multi-national industries and led technical project teams in an Agile manner for rollouts.
• Showcase at least 2 successful end to end implementations of SAP ECC6.0 and S/4 HANA projects in mid-size industries and 1 implementation in a large size manufacturing industry will be a distinguishing factor for the ideal candidate.
• Experienced in managing partnership with third-party system integrators, SAP Services, and other service providers in a project implementation.

Project Management Roles And Responsibilities:

• Gain cross-functional alignment on strategies, goals, resources, and timelines. Cross-functional teams include Finance, Manufacturing & Operations, Infrastructure, Product Quality, Regulatory & Compliance, Field Service, and other Business Units.
• Partner with business PM to organize and lead core team and executive steering committee meetings incl., status reports to the project sponsor and steering committee.
• Drive resolution of constraints, conflicts and other challenges that could impact timely and successful execution of projects.
• Provide clear communication to the organization on project status, critical path, as well as potential areas of risk. Create & manage project plan and assign tasks to team members.
• Manage (including ensuring the quality of) project deliverables in line with the project plan:
• Kick Off Presentation.
• Detailed Project Schedule in MS Project/Smartsheet.
• Project Budget vs. Actuals.
• Business Blueprint.
• Test Plan.
• Training Plan.
• Organization Change Management engagement - stakeholder analysis, communication plans, training material and end user training, solution adoption.
• Record, manage project issues and escalate when necessary, ensuring resolution on a timely basis.
• Ensure compliance to internal business and quality system requirements and to external regulatory standards.

Skills, Experience, Education, And Training:

• MS Office and JIRA.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Proven ability to lead, influence and work well at all levels of an organization and in a cross functional team environment.
• bility to handle ambiguity effectively and oversee multiple projects at once
• Minimum 8 years of experience involved in leading major cross-functional projects in Manufacturing Operations.
• Medical device experience is a plus.
• Experience with supervising people desired.
• Certification in project management (PMP) pr Scrum Master (CSM) desired.
• BS or equivalent work experience.