Senior ERP Project Manager

• Manage the day-to-day activities, performance and progress of various projects escalating issues to the appropriate stakeholders as needed
• Ensuring that issues, risks, actions, and decisions are fully documented and be the focal point for escalation and resolution across given projects.
• Play an active role in continuously improving the project management processes
• Assess program performance and aim to maximise delivery objective
• Ensure projects are fully resourced with appropriately skilled consultants
• Manage changes to the project through the appropriate change control mechanisms
• Develop and control deadlines, budgets, and activities
• Assist with creation of reports for Steering Committee meetings
• Assist in agreeing Test Strategy/Plan with the PMO team
• Maintain reporting metrics to enable management to review the effectiveness and progress of projects

• Demonstrable experience in leading end to end ERP projects, IFS experience is preferred but not essential
• Experience managing fluctuating numbers of projects ranging in size and complexity
• Thorough understanding of project management techniques and methodologies

Preferred experience and capabilities

• Knowledge and understanding of change management principles
• Working knowledge of project management software (MS Project, Smartsheet etc.)
• Knowledge of the IFS delivery methodology
• Strong desire and ability to provide ‘best in class’ service

Required mindset and leadership skills

• Strong communication skills - capable of establishing and maintaining strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, setting and managing expectations
• Proactive judgement, decision making and problem solving - Ability to Analyse/asses information, evaluate results to choose the best solution and solve problems early in a process by identifying root cause and implementing corrective and preventative actions
• Creative thinking - Developing, designing or even creating new processes to drive effective project delivery and value creation for clients.
• Resilient - Able to manage ambiguity and uncertainty in a structured and risk efficient way
• Influence and leadership presence - comfortable in presenting to and communicating with stakeholders and peers at all levels of an organisation in an efficient and effective way in written form, e-mail, or in person. Ability to challenge the ‘status quo’ to ensure its clients ‘do the right thing’.

You’ll be joining at a key stage in their evolution, at a time when you can make a real difference. Every team member has a say in what they do and how they do it, and they expect everyone to get involved.

As well as an excellent salary, you’ll enjoy a range of benefits and bonuses. Plus, they regularly review their benefits, based on ideas and feedback from the team.

Current package of benefits includes:

• Bonus (both profit and performance-related)
• Contributory pension up to 5%
• Flexible working
• Personal annual learning and development allowance
• 25 days annual leave
• Anniversary gift
• Perkbox
• Birthday gift
• Netflix/Amazon/Spotify/other subscription