Senior Project Manager

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Location:

Corby, ENG, GB, NN17 5JF
Manchester, ENG, GB, M2 3AA
London, ENG, GB, N1C 4AG

Brand: RS Group

Function:
Digital & Technology

Work Location:

Hybrid

Location
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This is a hybrid role, offering a combination of being able to work remotely and from our UK offices.

Contract Type
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Permanent

To provide senior project management leadership for an assigned SAP S/4

HANA workstream within the wider S/4

HANA Programme. Reporting into the S/4

HANA Programme Manager, the role will be responsible for shaping, planning and delivering a complex SAP-enabled workstream to agreed scope, time, cost, quality and business outcomes, working closely with business workstream leads, SAP functional and technical teams, data, integration, testing, change, cutover and third-party delivery partners.

• Take responsibility for the definition, documentation,planning and successful delivery of an assigned S/4
  
  HANA workstream or project.
• Create andmaintaindetailed project plans, milestones, assumptions, dependencies, RAID logs, resource needs, budgets and delivery options, aligned to the integrated S/4
  
  HANA Programme plan.
• Work closely with the S/4
  
  HANA Programme Manager to ensure workstream scope, delivery status, risks,issuesand dependencies are visible,accurate and escalated where required.
• Coordinate activity across SAP functional and technical teams, business process owners, supply chain stakeholders, integration, data, testing, cutover,changeand third-party delivery partners.
• Manage project resources, budget assumptions, financialforecastsand delivery progress, ensuringaccuratereporting through Planview and agreed Programme governance routes.
• Ensure appropriate governance, qualitycontrolsand changecontrolare applied to protect scope, cost, timescale, quality,benefit sand business readiness outcomes.
• Support evaluation of technical and process options, ensuring decisions are aligned to RS Group technology strategy, SAP S/4
  
  HANA design principles and business operating model outcomes.
• Manage vendor and systems integrator delivery dependencies, ensuring actions, deliverables,decisions and escalations are clearly owned and progressed.
• Prepare clear workstream reporting, Steer Co input, decisionpapersand escalation summaries for senior stakeholders as required.
• Ensure workstream outcomes are formally closed, transitioned intoBAUand reviewed, with lessons learned captured and improvement actions agreed.

• Proven experience managing SAP ERP projects, including implementation, configuration/customisation,upgradesor transformation activity across SAP-enabled business processes.
• Strong understanding of SAP ERP and S/4
  
  HANA delivery environments, including SAP functional modules, integration, middleware, data,testing and cutover dependencies.
• Experience delivering supply chain or operational business change within SAP-enabled environments, ideally covering processes such as order management, materials management, fulfilment, warehouse,transport or distribution operations.
• Strong project governance capability, including planning, RAID management, dependency management, budget tracking, change control,reporting and project closure discipline.
• Experience of working with business stakeholders, SAP functional and technical teams, systems integrators, managed serviceprovidersor third-party delivery partners.
• Ability to translate complex SAP, process or technical detail into clear business language, options,decisions and delivery plans.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, withconfidenceengaging senior business,technology and supplier stakeholders.
• Good problem-solving skills, with the ability to see the bigger picture and get things done in a fast-paced, changing Programme environment.
• Experience using project management and collaboration tools such as Planview, Jira, Confluence,Teamsand Microsoft Office.

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