SAP FUNCTIONAL OPERATIONS AND PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION MANAGER (GYB)

Austria - Vienna

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SAP FUNCTIONAL OPERATIONS AND PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION MANAGER (GYB)

Location: Vienna, hybrid (min 1/month office day)

Salary: competitive

Type of employment: full time contracting, long term

Start: ASAP / 1 month

Responsibilities

Manage SAP Office
- Tightly manage and optimize SAP project budget and resources.
- Maintains project management office, documentation, templates in line with project management implementation methodology.
- Manages SAP operational and implementation planning and provides direction\course correction in case of deviations\issues.
- Participate as part of SAP governance structures and processes of direction and control to ensure objectives are achieved, risks are managed.
- Work closely with internal stakeholders including counterparts in the Administration
- Division, (Budget and Finance, Procurement Services, General Services), Human
- Resources Services, peer members of the Information Communication and Technology
- (ICT) team for IT related SAP aspects including Cloud application.
- Work with external SAP implementation partner ensuring contract management,milestone tracking and early risk identification and risk mitigations.
Manage SAP Team (20 people)
- Serve as a role model and leader for the SAP team.
- Manage SAP team including functional analysts and support functions.
- Foster a positive and productive team environment, promoting collaboration, innovation, and accountability.
- Ensure work planning and clear direction of team including performance
- management.
SAP System Design and Implementation
- Formalizes an SAP business case and implementation roadmap, including plan, schedules, and resource allocation.
- Coordinate the development of Terms of Reference (ToR) for the SAP implementing partner in conjunction with ERP stakeholders and Procurement Services.
- Supports scope control activities and facilitate alignment with ERP objectives and requirements.
- Establish and execute configuration, risk management, issue management, and change management processes.
- Coordinate closely with SAP team and internal and external counterparts including technical teams and evaluate how system changes will affect workflow, system integrations, data, and reporting. Recommend changes based on their evaluations and input.
- Clear understanding of data architecture, migration, and control processes
- Monitor and manage functional, schedule, and budget/cost risks for SAP operations and implementation project.
- Communicate, in close collaboration with the SAP team, project status at scheduled meetings and serve as a central source of SAP finance project information with the Director of Administration.
SAP Data migration and Cutover
- Assess with ERP team and stakeholders' requirements for data migration.
- Conduct planning for data migration and validations.
- Plan for system cutover assessing impact to business operations.
SAP System Testing and Training
- Manage, in close collaboration with the SAP team, the day-to-day aspects of training and testing of SAP system before launch and post launch for fixes.
- Manage a training curriculum for Administration staff, as well as programmatic and other staff on the SAP modules. Training materials should include user guides and job aids. Training itself should be prepared to be conducted both in-person and online.
- Identify key power uses who can be trained first and then train others.
- Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and experience

University degree in business administration, finance, information technology, or a related field.
Project management certification such as PMP, PRINCE2 is an asset;
Business processes management certification is an asset;
Professional accounting certification and membership in an internationally
recognized accounting body is an asset;
A minimum of seven (7) years progressively responsible SAP implementation project management experience;
At least two (2) SAP implementations (including Finance, asset management, supply chain, procurement (P2P), HR, as examples), as a project manager is essential;
An S/4 Hana cloud migration is an asset;
Experience with implementation of various applications including SAP Ariba,
Concur, SuccessFactors is an asset;
Strong understanding of work practices, methods, streams, technology for SAP implementation and migration is essential;
Demonstrated experience in configuration management, data conversion approach, integrations approach, systems testing, cut-over, and end-user training is essential;
Experience in managing teams and providing guidance for work completion to satisfaction is essential;
Working with vendors and implementation partner in relation to SAP requirements is essential;
Managing client relationship with organizational counterparts is essential;
Working with senior management is essential;
Thoroughness, excellent analytical and project management skills are essential;
Ability to build strong relationships with clients, focus on impact and respond positively to constructive feedback is essential;
Previous experience working within international organizations or the public sector is an asset;
Excellent written and oral communication skills in English are essential.
EU citizenship is essential