Senior Project Manager – ERP​/SCM Transformation

Job Description

On behalf of our public-sector client, Affinity is seeking a Senior Project Manager – ERP/SCM Transformation to modernize several mission-critical systems to enhance operational efficiency and support future growth. The core systems in scope include Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Supply Chain Management (SCM).

• Lead the delivery of assigned project(s), ensuring all core activities (project planning, governance, stakeholder management, risk mitigation, and delivery management) are completed on time and within scope.
• Conduct a stakeholder impact analysis to define and establish the core project and delivery teams, ensuring they include the necessary resources from across the organization.
• Establish governance for the project, all while ensuring adherence to LDB decision-making frameworks and reporting structures.
• Prepare and maintain comprehensive project status reporting, aligning milestones with project objectives and outcomes, including executive-level reporting on progress, risks, and recommendations.
• Oversee budget planning and financial tracking for the Discovery phase.
• Lead stakeholder engagement and communication planning, ensuring transparency and alignment across business units.
• Ensure quality assurance of deliverables, including output from the requirements gathering workshops

• Ability to work effectively at all levels of the organization, quickly establishing and maintaining productive working relationships with stakeholders.
• Ability to understand business and operational requirements and translate them into actionable project plans and deliverables.
• Demonstrated experience supporting governance and steering committees, including preparing materials, facilitating discussions, tracking decisions, and escalating issues as required.
• Ability to identify project risks, issues, dependencies, and bottlenecks and develop practical mitigation strategies.
• Experience leading requirements gathering activities, workshops, and stakeholder consultations to support project planning and delivery.
• Experience preparing key project deliverables such as project charters, project plans, business requirements, options analyses, status reports, and decision materials.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate project information to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and adapt to changing business needs within a dynamic project environment.

• Degree or diploma in business administration, commerce or a related field with a minimum of 5 years of recent, related experience as a project manager*, and a Project Management Certification from a recognized institution (i.e., PMP). OR;
• An equivalent combination of education, training and experience may be considered, i.e., a minimum of 8 years of recent, related experience as a project manager
  * with formal courses and/or certification in business administration, commerce or a related field, and a Project Management Certification from a recognized institution (i.e., PMP).
• Experience supporting ERP, SCM, or other enterprise business system initiatives
• Recent, related experience as a Project Manager must have occurred within the last 10 years and include:
• Independently managing the full project lifecycle for one or more medium-to-large projects or project work streams.
• Projects involving a significant business process, operational, or organizational change component.
• Projects involving a significant technology or systems implementation, enhancement, or modernization component.
• Gathering and managing requirements from multiple stakeholder groups with competing priorities.
• Leading project planning, execution, monitoring, reporting, and issue resolution activities.
• Supporting governance and presenting project updates, risks, issues, and recommendations to senior leaders and project sponsors.
• Facilitating stakeholder engagement sessions, workshops, and requirements gathering activities.
• Developing and maintaining project documentation, including project charters, schedules, status reports, risk registers, and decision logs.
• Coordinating activities across cross-functional teams, including business and technical resources.
• Delivering projects or work streams that have organizational impact across multiple business areas.

• Experience with retail/wholesale businesses.
• Knowledge of the liquor industry.
• Change management expertise, including application of models such as PROSCI / ADKAR.

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