Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cherry Bekaert is partnering with a Midwest-based organization seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead the implementation of an Enterprise Resource Planning system. The role involves planning, coordinating, and executing the project while ensuring effective communication across various teams and stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Lead the full lifecycle of the ERP implementation from discovery and design through testing, deployment, and stabilization
- Develop and manage comprehensive project plans, timelines, budgets, and resource allocations
- Identify project risks, dependencies, and issues; drive proactive mitigation strategies
- Facilitate project governance meetings, steering committees, and status updates
- Serve as the central liaison between business leaders, functional users, developers, and third-party implementation partners
- Translate business requirements into actionable project tasks
- Ensure cross-functional alignment and manage change across impacted teams
- Drive organizational readiness, including training, communication, and adoption planning
- Ensure project deliverables meet defined scope, quality standards, and business objectives
- Oversee documentation of business processes, workflows, and system configurations
- Coordinate user acceptance testing (UAT), data migration activities, and cutover execution
- Promote best practices and continuous improvement in both project management and ERP utilization
- Manage relationships with ERP vendors, consultants, and integrators
- Oversee contract deliverables, service levels, and performance
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Technology, or related field
- 8+ years of IT project management experience, with at least 4 years leading ERP system implementations
- Strong knowledge of project management methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, or hybrid)
- Demonstrated experience managing budgets, schedules, and cross-functional teams
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills
- PMP, Agile/Scrum, or other project management certification
- Hands-on experience with specific ERP platforms (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics 365, NetSuite, Workday, Infor)
- Experience in change management, process redesign, or business transformation
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
- Ability to work between multiple stakeholders
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