Posted on Thu 17th Mar, 2022 - hotnigerianjobs.com --- (0 comments)
Growth in Value Alliance (GVA) Partners is a business advisory and market intelligence services firm. Our objectives are to assist organizations to achieve their growth aspirations by providing market intelligence, strategy blueprint, IT solution delivery expertise and business operation improvement capabilities.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: SAP Cutover Manager
Location: Lagos
Job Description
The SAP Cutover Manager is responsible for ensuring the smooth go live of the SAP Deployment at our client.
In their remit will be ownership of the change management, data cutover, finance and procurement cutover, manufacturing & logistics cutover & go-live plan and the execution of tasks.
Responsibilities
Coordinate activities of a wide team of points of contact across client locations including factories, warehouses & project resources
Monitor data, cutover activities and progress and communicate to senior leadership team including status, progress, issues, etc.
Input into Quality Gate reviews for all data and cutover related activity
Provide Business Unit engagement and communications strategy.
Look for opportunities to design innovative solutions to meet user needs and service demands
Plan, prepare and ensure execution of the pre-cutover, cutover and post-cutover tasks
Definition, Ownership and Governance of Finance, Procurement and Supply cutover plan
Liaison with all other members of the project plan to ensure alignment
Work with teams and leadership to develop plans to support labor requirements for training and cutover needs
Maintain knowledge and awareness of relevant issues, insights, practices and opportunities to identify and make recommendations for opportunities
Manage stakeholder relationships through effective communication and issues management to ensure stakeholders are engaged throughout the project and project deliverables are met
Lead and connect all parties involved in the cutover activities including business managers, project managers and project team/s, to ensure the creation of integrated solutions and plans meet organizational change management guidelines and priorities
Ensure post cutover that system is working properly and track any issues through to resolution.
Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree required
10+ years of experience and at least 5 cycles of SAP Implementations
Prior experience leading projects and at least 2 cycles as SAP cutover manager
Demonstrable experience with migrations of data in complex, global, release-deployed systems implementations
Ability to define and execute multiple detailed activity plans simultaneously, maintaining an ability to articulate progress and status clearly to key stakeholders
Natural ability to coordinate and facilitate diverse teams of different skill sets, backgrounds and locations
Good understanding of key SAP functional process streams as well as Project Management skills
Solid understanding of the SAP Data Model and most commonly used Master- and Transactional Data elements
Ability to conduct and facilitate workshops with business representatives, management and executive, team member resources, and external 3rd party groups
Problem solving skills that use techniques to identify the root cause of the issue and then ability to clearly communicate (verbal/orally) this position.
Advanced communication skills with a demonstrated ability to provide advice, consult and negotiate with senior management and manage key relationships.