Job Title: Consulting-ETP:F&P-SAP PM-Senior Consultant-Hyderabad
JD for SAP Project Manager (Base Location - Hyderabad)
The primary role of the SAP Project Manager will be to drive SAP Implementation & Transformation projects aligned with aligned with customer's Project/Product organization and/or relative IT/Business organization. For driving individual project, you will execute project management works such as Issue/Time/Cost/Risk/Communication/Quality/Resource/Session Managements. Responsible to lead project teams to develop and launch new product initiatives. Project Manager will plan and manage multiple related projects including, cost/benefit analysis, estimation of budgets, timelines, and resources required for successful and timely completion of projects. The SAP Project Manager will also assist in the development of measurement processes/methods for assessing progress towards goals and project outcomes.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Understand the customer's requirements, business processes and solution landscape.
- Create detailed project plans and execute them
- Understand SAP project methodology and premium engagement’s services and drive adoption
- Coordinate involvement of SAP consultants and support resources and lead them in project
- Properly make reports and escalation to management or executive level
- Manage project scope, resources (human, financial etc.) and schedule to ensure that the project team members are meeting the deadlines and following the guidelines.
- Should have strong critical-thinking capabilities to solve problems and think about wide-ranging issues and facilitate decisions.
- Should be able to direct, manage and motivate the project team in multi-vendor and multi country environment.
- Handle the escalations and conflict within the project team.
- Have good working experience in stakeholder management, change management,communication plan, risk and mitigation plan, implementation and cutover plan.
- Prepare Project status updates based on the stakeholders, handle Steering Meetings, Phase exits and Project meetings.
Required Skills:
- Overall, 7-10 years of experience
- Proven experience in leading SAP projects (should have handled at least 2 implementations end to end)
- MUST have strong Functional knowledge in any SAP Modules like FI, CO, SD, MM, PP, PM, QM . ABAP, BASIS, BO, BW and HCM is NOT required
- Experience in Project Management Tools
- Demonstrated project management skills
- Certifications like PMP/Agile/Scrum Master/Prince2 is preferred
- Excellent Project Management Skills
- Good leadership, inter-personal and motivational skills
- Experience in Cloud solutions
- Bachelors in engineering (preferably Computer Science) or equivalent
- Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency.
- Knowledge and experience of other agile, lean and DevOps approaches (e.g., XP, Kanban, TDD, continuous integration, continuous delivery, automation, etc.)
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal & presentation skills
- Ability to interact with all levels of the organization in a professional, diplomatic, and tactful manner.
- Excellent coaching and mentoring skills