SAP Project Manager required for growing Consulting Firm

Growing SAP Consulting firm is looking for a senior Project Manager to work at a variety of client sites (global Fortune firms) mainly on the east coast.  100% travel is required.  Position will be 6 months consulting initially with right to hire.  Person must have perfect communication skills and have managed several global SAP full scale implementations. 

Person must have the following skills and experience:

Education/Experience
Years of Related Professional Experience:        15 Years business experience
Minimum: BS/BA with 10 years project management experience.
Experience in managing complex project schedules, task dependencies and downstream activities
Experience in managing global SAP Implementation Projects
Must have been the lead project manager for at least 3 full term SAP projects and have at least 10 years of SAP experience with the last 4 years managing / implementing SAP Projects
Experience in change management and IT financial control and analysis.
Experience in Agile, ASAP or equivalent implementation methodologies.

Skills
Must be Results Oriented, Quality and Process Oriented, Highly Organized, and a Proficient Project Manager with strong verbal and written communication skills.
Advanced Project Management experience required.
Excellent leadership skills
Position requires travel and overtime including evenings and weekends. Position also involves oversight of multiple, concurrent, very large systems implementation projects.

Key Responsibility


Description


% Time

Relative


Importance

 Utilizes project management skills of communication, presentation, time management, risk management, cost control/budget management, organization and planning to successfully implement projects within VF.

20

5 - Very High

 Sets project expectations concerning deliverables, project performance, Integration Partner task assignments, costs and time frames.

15

5 - Very High

 Responsible for managing budget, change requests and communicating financial status and project activities to project team members and project stakeholders.

15

5 - Very High

 Manages all project resources to perform tasks according to plan.

15

4 - High

 Provides management oversight of the Integration Partner (or other external resources) on the Implementation Project Team

15

5 - Very High

 Serves as primary project escalation point for issues; resolves conflicts involving scheduling, resources, or technical project issues.

5

4 - High

 Ensure all project testing is completed adhering to the testing methodology.

5

4 - High

 Prepares and submits weekly project status reports to project stakeholders.

5

3 - Medium

 Conducts project close-out with Project Stakeholders to obtain agreement of completed deliverable.

5

3 - Medium