project manager London, England
Job description
About Sapphire Systems:
Sapphire is the largest digital operating transformation provider to the mid-market and mid-enterprise clients. Our mission is to turn operating friction into digital business momentum. Through the passion and expertise of our people, we unlock the cloud-delivered operating platforms, digital user experiences, data analytics, and intelligent automation that transforms our client’s operational performance. We are globally significant partners for SAP, ServiceNow, Automation Anywhere, Infor, Hexagon and AWS, and we have transformed the digital operating capacity, capability, intelligence and resilience of over 1,250 clients in the UK and US through our portfolio of consulting, design, delivery, lifecycle service, and cloud services.
Job Summary:
To join the S/4Hana Cloud practice within Sapphire. Lead the Project management of S/4 Hana Cloud projects in the USA. Knowledge of S/4 Hana Private or Public Cloud or certification in this product is a distinct advantage but not essential. Knowledge of S/4 Hana on premise is ideally needed but we will consider SAP ECC Project Managers with the right level of experience and attitude.
This will be to work initially on upper mid-market / large enterprise projects in the US and therefore experience of working in the upper mid-market is an advantage.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Work on client projects to provide SAP Project Management.
- Undergo SAP Certification in SAP S/4Hana Cloud Project Management.
- Travel to client site as and when needed in the US.
- Some opportunity to work remotely depending on client requirements.
- Provide input into pre-sales opportunities as and when needed.
- Possibility of travel to international travel on occasional basis.
The ideal candidate will be:
- Industry experience ideally in Manufacturing and supply chain.
- Project managed at least 5 SAP projects end to end.
- Experience of managing million dollar+ SAP projects & Transformations
- Ability to communicate at senior stakeholder level with clients.
- Knowledge of SAP Activate methodology.
- Knowledge of Project Planning techniques.
- Ability to manage project commercials.
- Ability to manage project scope, risk, change.
- Ability to manage 3rd party resources.
- Understands differences between Mid-market & Large Enterprises.
Non-Technical:
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Results driven
- Ability to work in (virtual) teams at all levels, across all time zones
- Self-motivation with a drive to learn and pick up new challenges
- Intellectual curiosity for technical innovation
Education and Experience:
- University degree or an equivalent technical/IT education
- At least 10+ years SAP Experience as a Project Manager.
- Ideally 2+ years S/4 HANA “on premise” - at least 2 full lifecycle projects.
- Any experience of S/4Hana Cloud is advantageous.
