SAP S4/HANA Project Manager-Contract

Company Description

Sia Partners is a next-generation consulting firm focused on delivering superior value and tangible results to its clients as they navigate the digital revolution. Our global footprint and expertise in more than 40 sectors and services allow us to enhance our clients’ businesses worldwide. We guide their projects and initiatives in strategy, business transformation, IT & digital strategy, and Data Science.

Job Description

Sia Partners, a next-generation consulting firm, focused on delivering superior value and tangible results to our clients is seeking a qualified SAP S4/HANA Project Manager for an engagement opportunity at a global manufacturer of high-performance materials.  The company is in the midst of launching multiple initiatives to help transform the business.

SAP Project Manager will be responsible for validating current and future business needs, assessing existing capabilities (process and technology), evaluating in-flight / planned initiatives, and confirming the roadmap to take the business from current state to future state.  The consultant will serve as both an internal subject matter expert and accountable for the design and implementation, in conjunction with System Integrator (SI), of the future state SAP solution.

Project Length: 12 months plus

Location: Remote (50%) as well as on-site (Philadelphia)

Responsibilities

• Manage, jointly with SI, all aspects of SAP S4/HANA Project life cycle to facilitate successful delivery of the program.
• Oversee detailed project plans, metrics, work plans, schedules, resource plans, and status reports.
• Assess complex situations and identify viable solutions that create successful outcomes.
• Manage relationships with all stakeholders, including internal clients, SI, and third-party; keeping stakeholders informed of progress and issues in order to manage expectations on all initiative requirements and deliverables.
• Ensure proper use of methodology, tools, and procedures.
• Provide subject matter expertise in how to leverage the SAP technology to enable the successful delivery of business requirements.
• Provide guidance, analysis, and recommendations to facilitate decision making around the implementation approach and solution design. 
• Serve as strategic advisor while also providing hands on recommendations and practical advice on how to optimize the use of the SAP solution - providing guidance with respect to “best practices”.
• Collaborate with business to define future state – process, data, and capability perspectives.
• Collaborate with IT to develop technical framework to deliver the future state.
• Create the roadmap to deliver the future state, considering key initiatives (e.g., PLM and Salesforce implementation).
• Socialize and gain acceptance of proposed solution (roadmap) from impacted stakeholders.
• Support implementation and maintenance activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Information Technology, Business or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience.
• 15+ years’ professional experience in Engineering/Manufacturing IT systems including ERP, PLM, MES and QMS.
• 10+ years’ experience supporting SAP implementations as a subject matter expert and/or project manager.
• Participated in 3+ life-cycle implementation of S/4 HANA in a Workstream Lead or Project Manager is required.
• Experience/working knowledge with SAP MM/PP, IM, WM, PP-MRP and MM-PUR is required.
• Experience/working knowledge with SAP SD, MM, PP and FI/CO integrations is required.
• Experience/working knowledge with Manufacturing Execution System (MES) a plus, SAP ME/MII is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to balance longer term strategic thinking against more tactical execution of shorter-term deliverables.
• Experience with system integration involving ERP, add-on applications, and trading partners is required.
• Experience with multi-company and multi-country implementation is required.
• Experience in the process industry; especially in the chemical/materials industry is required.
• Strong business process knowledge and business process reengineering experience is expected.
• PMP certification a plus.
• Working knowledge of enterprise technical infrastructure required.
• Proven ability to create strategies and execute on those strategies.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and to adapt to frequent change.

Additional Information

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