Project Managar - IFS ERP

Company Description:

ProV International Inc.  is a global consulting firm based in the United States with offices in Europe, Brazil, India, Sri Lanka, Philippines, and Dominican Republic.  Our industry expertise of our people solutions has made us a recognized leader in our sector.  Connecting the human and digital experience is what we do best.

We specialize in streamlining business operation processes, increasing service quality, and keeping the workplace productivity high.  We provide digitally enabled workforce solutions that reduce cost and risk of critical shared services such as: Customer Service, HR, IT Field Services. 

Position Summary:

An ERP Project Manager at ProV International is responsible for leading, managing, and steering implementation projects of IFS software. An ERP Project Manager is acting on behalf of IFS as a focal point of expertise to ensure the Value Realization to the customer and Revenue Generation to ProV International. Key to this is a firm understanding of Project Management in general and the IFS Methodologies in particular, highlighting the ability to gain trust from both the customer and the IFS teams. Project Manager enjoys the challenge of being the key driver, decision maker, engager, and motivator in projects, while consistently having control of both short and long terms goals along with set KPI’s.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and delivery of the project within agreed scope, time, and cost.
• Govern, steer the overall project plan, and provide status reports according to defined process
• Lead the project team and ensure it is acting as a uniform entity in both communication and methodology 
• Ensure consistent and timely cost management including invoicing and follow-up
• Routinely question and challenge the key decisions that are taken in relation to the solution design to ensure they do not affect the overall scope and timeline/budget of the project.

Knowledge/Skills:

• Minimum 10+ years of experience required in overall IFS ERP upgrade project handling

• Must possess excellent leadership and communication skills with the ability to clearly communicate bi-directionally with the client and project team.
• Project and Resource Planning: Work to define scope, tasks, deliverables, resources requirements and align organization against integrated project plan(s)
• Lead day to day execution, facilitate communication and drive progress against plan(s)
• Track issues, prioritize and drive timely resolution.
• Monitor and manage project risks and escalate as needed.
• Assist in completion of project deliverables as needed, include, solution design documents, functional specifications, test plans, training plans, etc.
• Ensure efficient change control methods and process are followed as per the PMO guidelines.
• Prepare project status reporting and communicate program status to broad stakeholders, including program leadership and PMO and at daily/weekly/monthly reviews.
• Improve the organizations competencies in project management and delivery of software related projects.

• Vendor Management: Effectively engage vendor upgrade team, defining statements of work, ensuring quality of deliverables, and managing to schedule.

Desirable:

• Experience in conducting projects in Agile methodology 
• Certification in one of other Project Management methodologies PMP 
• Experience in IFS Applications 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s/Postgraduate degree, a professional qualification, or equivalent experience.
• Certification in one of other Project Management methodologies PMP; preferred

EEO Statement:

ProV International does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other category protected by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.

Other Duties:

Please note, this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.