Acara Solutions is hiring an SAP Project Manager consultant for a 1-2 year SAP implementation project with a Global manufacturing company in the South Towns. With a focus on the business end of this implementation, you will play a critical role in the success of this roll-out with core functions to include:

• SAP IT Project Management in Agile / Scrum

• Emphasis on the Business Process and Business side of SAP and Project Management

• scheduling business resources to ensure proper time is allocated to be successful in their project work

• Project planning with system integrator and IT PM to ensure necessary business resources are allocated for project

• Accountability to ensure business team members deliver to plan, and account for deviation if any

• Align with Business Test Manager on overall test strategy and to coordinate UAT

• Provide status to executives on progress of business deliverables, and course correct when needed

• Facilitate business issue escalation and resolution with business leaders

• Work with OCM team to establish training strategy, plan the training, and execute alongside OCM

• Work with business team and IT to establish HyperCare, post production support

• Work with business team to plan and execute testing dress rehearsals for pilot and core companies thereafter

• Coordinate go live for pilot, working with business team to plan it and execute

• Coordinate go live, working with business team to plan it and execute

• Manage projects logs and escalations for business team,

• Oversee business case and provide metrics to Executive/Stearing team,

• Support Business Project team OCM to converge/consolidate disparate business decisions and views, ensuring incorporation of one view of the truth by the SAP team,

• Manage the change request to change order process for the business, and oversee incorporation of CR work effort into the project planning,

• Identify project risks and develop mitigation strategies