About the role
- Lead IT and ERP projects across the UK and Ireland for a global organisation.
- Deliver projects using SYSPRO UK’s IDEAL methodology and PRINCE2 principles.
- Serve as the main point of contact for customers, ensuring strong relationships and clear communication.
- Create and maintain detailed project plans; manage consultancy schedules via SYSPRO’s diary system.
- Ensure all project documentation is complete and stored accurately on SharePoint.
- Apply formal change control for scope variations and escalate issues as needed.
- Confirm commercial coverage, manage budgets, and ensure accurate billing and accruals.
- Build strong internal and external stakeholder relationships and communicate risks, issues, and progress.
- Produce monthly status reports covering budget, risks, milestones, and present updates in review meetings.
- Record billed time, forecast future work, and ensure diary bookings meet commercial and procedural standards.
Requirements
- Prince 2 Practitioner or equivalent
- Minimum 5 Year experience as implementations project/programme manager, preferably in an ERP environment throughout full project lifecycle.
- Managing politically sensitive projects
- Experience in managing multiple complex projects with varying objectives and milestones.
- Experience of managing commercially and politically sensitive projects in a high governance or regulated industry background
- Experience in the provision of financial and resource forecasting and reporting
- Experience of providing summary management level reporting for a portfolio of projects
- Experience of providing resource and financial planning reporting to a senior team
- **Beneficial Experience:
- Experience of working with technical and development teams
- **Skills & Knowledge:
- C-suite stakeholder management
- Thorough understanding of project/programme management techniques and methods.
- Ability to understand and interpret customer requirements
- Good commercial awareness
- Outstanding attention to detail
- Exceptional organisational skills
- Knowledge of core processes in ERP industry
- Ability to positively represent the business with customers and suppliers at a senior level. I.e. Be seen as an ambassador for the business
- Excellent communication with both stakeholders and senior management, including delivering hard messages
- Ability to resolve conflicts (resourcing & people)
- - Competitive Salary
- - Life Assurance Scheme
- - Employee Assistance Programme
- - Group Income Protection
- - Health Cash Plan
- - Enhanced Employer Pension Contribution
- - Enhanced Annual Leave Allowance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
project managementERP implementationfinancial forecastingresource planningbudget managementchange controlstatus reportingstakeholder managementcommercial awarenessproject lifecycle management
Soft skills
communicationorganizational skillsattention to detailconflict resolutioncustomer relationship managementpolitical sensitivityambassadorial skillsleadershipproblem-solvinginterpersonal skills
Certifications
Prince 2 Practitioner