Program Manager (Contract) ERP
Location : Dublin Type : contract Category : Contracting, Technology, PMO / Business Support Salary :
600-650
Experience required : ERP Implementation Project Management
Program Manager (Contract)
Contract Programme manager for an enterprise client to lead delivery of retail workstream in a multi-year transformation program happening. This is a fast moving environment with a lot of programmes and projects happening and a growing large PMO. Reporting to a portfolio manager – this role will
- Lead all retail projects from initiative though to successful delivery
- Ensure the transformation vision is converted to tangible work packages that deliver value to the organisation.
- Work with the leadership team to identify opportunities and build out a pipeline of initiatives to deliver within the retail transformation
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, forecasts, manage project deliverables and scope, resolve cross-functional issues and change control
- Co-ordinate the resource team in line with the plan
- Work with business stakeholders to identify additional innovative opportunities to transform the operation, elicit high level strategic plans, build a pipeline, secure funding and deliver identified strategic initiatives
- Understand and deliver on the customer’s needs, collaborate with business stakeholders to ensure requirements are documented and agreed
- Work with 3rd party vendors to deliver technical solutions, including RFP’s, solution architecture, build, test and implementation.
- Develop quality assurance plans to ensure what was requested has been delivered successfully
- Manage any migration from a business readiness perspective, ensure solutions are migrated accordingly, users are trained as appropriate, operational support plans are in place and the business is ready to launch
- Effectively control risks and issues, manage dependencies within your workstream and as part of the wider transformation program as required, escalation of issues to senior stakeholders as appropriate
- Monitoring project progress and performance, budget tracking, governance and reporting at a project level
- Contributing at a program level in areas such as cross workstream dependency management, governance, quality assurance, delivery frameworks and communities of practice
- Degree in Commerce, IT or a related field and a PMP or Prince2 certification
- 10+ years delivering complex commercial and technology projects in a large scale environment around Retail / consumer goods / Supply chain & distribution
- Substantial commercial acumen with good vendor and system integrator management experience
- Experience at a strategy level, must be able to work with senior executives as required to develop a backlog of projects and initiatives
- Broad exposure to change management and business readiness techniques
- Working knowledge of enterprise platforms, as comfortable delivering a bespoke digital technology and integration, as they are working with an SI to implement an off the shelf platform
- Experience in some or all of : Mergers & Acquisitions, business restructuring, eCommerce, Enterprise Resource Planning, Customer Relationship Management systems, EPOS, mobile apps, software development
625 a day. 6 months, Hybrid in West Dublin.