Senior Project Manager (ERP) / Team Lead

Overview

The Who, What, Where and Why...

We have an opening for a high-achieving Senior Project Manager / Team Lead to join the Professional Services team for the Aptean Food and Beverage Enterprise Dynamics F&O product line.

As a senior project manager, you would be involved in leading large Dynamics F&O ERP enabled business transformations, overseeing the successful delivery of the project within scope, time, budget and according to industry quality standards and methodologies. This requires IT knowledge as well as soft skills including good communication, leadership, building customer relations, and a strong dedication to quality. Due to the business-critical nature of our projects you will report both to the C-level customer sponsors and the Aptean Enterprise services leadership.

• With strong leadership capabilities, with strong communication, time management, negotiation, facilitation, and organizational skills.
• Who has extensive Project Management experience, with a proven ability to manage and deliver enterprise level projects successfully and at the same time create and maintain positive working relations both internally across teams and with our external customers.
• Who can work with multiple stakeholders running multiple customer engagements simultaneously whilst balancing priorities and expectations.
• Who can proactively work independently, as well as in project teams and take ownership, accountability, and responsibility.
• Has knowledge of the D365 F&O platform to allow them to steer their team.
• Who ideally has experience within the Food and Beverage Industry.
• Who is meticulous in the application of best practices and project methodologies.
• With attention to detail and time management skills.
• With a strong commercial mindset, delivering projects within scope and budget.
• Who is certified in project management, for example Prince2, PMP, IPMA or PMBOK.
• Who has a Bachelor's degree or higher in business administration or related field.

• Communicating effectively with clients and strategic partners to identify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions.
• Lead the F&O team to deliver quality solutions and services. Fostering a one team approach across different operational departments.
• People management of the F&O team, including conducting regular catchups, as well appraisals and performance management.
• Facilitate and enable collaboration within the services team and with different parts of the business.
• Leading the planning and implementation of D365 projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope and budget.
• Defining project tasks and resource requirements and developing detailed project plans.
• Assembling and coordinating project team members, providing direction and leadership to the team.
• Accurate management of project utilization forecasts, scope and budgets.
• Constantly monitoring and reporting on the progress of the project to stakeholders, demonstrating ownership, accountability, and a primary point of contact.
• Implementing and managing project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs.
• Managing project risks and issues, devising contingency plans as necessary.
• Ensuring quality assurance and overall integrity of the projects.
• Maintaining an awareness of potential interdependencies with other projects and their impact.
• Have an excellent communication capability such that you can help forecast upcoming resource demand, as well as providing project status reports, utilization reports and other project artefacts.
• Provide accurate project revenue and cost forecasts to budget.
• Supervising other project managers and subcontractors within the team to review prospective plans and support their projects are completed in a timely fashion, in line with agreed scope, budget and to the required quality.