Project Manager

Hello There

My name is Himanshu Sharma and I serve as the Recruitment Lead at Kanak-IT INC. I am reaching out to share an excellent career opportunity for the role of ERP Project Manager with our esteemed client. If you are interested then please share your updated resume at .

Job Description

Position : ERP Project Manager

Location : Lansing MI Hybrid (MUST be within 2 hours of Lansing)

Duration : Long term contract

Job Description:

The candidate must be comfortable working in a fast paced multi-vendor deployment supporting a hybrid workforce (combination of on-site and remote work) at all levels of the organization. Applicants should possess exceptional communication and follow up skills along with significant experience in formal IT project management.

Senior ERP Systems Integration Project Manager:

• Oracle/SAP ERP experience. Global ERP Project Management leading 20 member team with over $750M budget. 10 years experience.
• Project Management Office leadership and governance.
• Oversee Technical Teams with system architecture and integration across SaaS solutions.
• Developed and maintained detailed project integration schedules over 5000 lines.
• Prior Developer/Senior Technical Project Management experience.

Basic Duties:

• Utilize our Project Portfolio Management Tool (Clarity) to prepare project schedules assign resources and management budgets.
• Prepare information for presentations geared to various audiences ranging from executives managers and project team members.
• Accountable for monitoring controlling and communicating project progress by actively managing the cost schedule scope resources quality and risks.
• Accountable and responsible for clear timely and accurate communications with stakeholders particularly the project sponsors project team members program managers and MGCB/DTMB management on the status of the project using appropriate communication methods.
• Responsible for providing leadership and fostering collaborative participation between the technical and business teams by obtaining consensus and gaining commitment.
• Responsible for working with the project team members to develop and maintain the following key SUITE Project Management Methodology (PMM) deliverables throughout the project lifecycle:
• Project Charter - Project Schedule Project Budget - Communication Plan Project Status Report - Risk and Issue Management Plans - Change Requests Project Closedown Summary
• Responsible for managing interfaces related communication with other agencies
• Responsible for ensuring the project adheres to the SUITE PMM and System Engineering Methodology (SEM) including appropriate and timely transitions through the stages and phases of the project lifecycle.
• Responsible for facilitating and enforcing the Change Management process (Change Requests) when the project deviates from the approved scope schedule or budget. This includes ensuring all Change Requests have appropriate approval before action is taken or information is updated.
• Responsible for creating project Corrective Action Plans (CAP) when necessary for projects in yellow or red status.
• Responsible for understanding the project benefits and the impact of change requests to the benefits business cases. Responsible for ensuring related project artifacts are updated accordingly.
• Responsible for reviewing and understanding vendor contracts to actively manage the vendor deliverables and adherence to the vendor deliverable approval procedure.
• Facilitates the interactions among stakeholders by clarifying the expectations of all participants and ensuring all deliverables are assigned reviewed and completed

Qualifications Required/Desired Experience:

• Oracle/SAP ERP experience. Global ERP Project Management leading 20 member team with over $750M budget. - Required - 10 years
• In-depth knowledge of and experience in IT project management including industry standards and best practices. - Required - 7 years
• Proven record for delivering projects on time and on budget in a formal project manager role - Required - 7 years
• Experience establishing and maintaining project budgets schedules change requests risk and issue logs - Required - 7 years
• Experience developing and delivering project status Required - 7 years
• Experience using a project portfolio management systems and tools (eg.) Clarity - Required - 5 years
• Advanced working knowledge of MSProject Required - 5 years
• Experience handling variety of stakeholders and system owners from other departments. - Required - 5 years
• Oversee Technical Teams with system architecture and integration across SaaS solutions. - Required - 5 years
• Experience in providing project management services for IT Projects involving Commercial Off the Shelf Technology (COTS) - Required - 5 years
• Experience managing multi-vendor environment in a government environment. - Required - 5 years
• Developed and maintained detailed project integration schedules over 5000 lines. - Required - 5 years
• Prior Developer/Senior Technical Project Management experience. - Required - 5 years
• Possession of a Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification. - Highly Desired - 3 years