Become A SAP Project Manager

* Fulfill the project duties of initiating, planning, executing, closing, monitoring and controlling assigned IS/IT projects.
* This will include, but is not limited to, defining and controlling the scope, managing risks and issues, creating and updating schedules, reporting status, forecasting and monitoring project financials, maintaining the project management system, integrating vendor activities and adhering to development methodologies and governance.
* Experience with Agile and Waterfall methodologies required.
* years of experience, working in SAP as an end user, with any of the following modules:
* Material Management, including purchase requisitions, purchase orders, invoicing and inventory management
* Sales and Distribution, including order management and invoicing
* Financials, including general ledger, journal entry, accrual accounting, invoice postings and account assignment
* SAP S4 and HANA experience will be a plus.
* SAP integration experience required to work with the IS Managers and BA’s in GRM on upcoming projects

* Acts as the CMMS administrator for Operations and Maintenance departments.
* Considered as logistics’ “super-user” or subject matter expert in use of SAP Plant Maintenance (SAPPM) module and related work systems.
* Facilitates training and support sessions to SAP PM end users.
* Ensures integrity of location data in master records.
* Reviews master data requests and preventive maintenance plans for conformance to standardization guidelines established by corporate Maintenance &Reliability.
* Leads implementation of approved CMMS applications.
* Use SAPPM reporting functionality to create queries and generate performance reports on maintenance activities.
* Inputs preventive maintenance plans and maintenance related task lists into SAP PM as needed.
* Creates and maintains maintenance work process KPI’s.
* Reports usage issues to Central SAP support groups

* Using project management principals, theories, techniques and tools, manages time, cost, schedules, quality, procurement, communication, and risk.
* Directs and coordinates activities of assigned project personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule and within budget.
* Provides leadership of project team members throughout the project life cycle.
* Determines methods and resources needed to achieve project goals, and develops and maintains a detailed work (project) plan.
* Coordinates activities and work collaboratively with all stakeholders across departments.
* Facilitates meetings to discuss issues and implementation strategies and solicit alternative points of view.
* Facilitates problem-solving; and decision-making.
* Formulates conclusions, recommendations and develops options.
* Effectively presents and justifies findings and recommendations to management and customers, as appropriate, to gain approval.
* May manage vendor relationships and serve as a liaison between vendors and Avnet project team members and leadership.
* May manage vendors includes cost, quality, and schedules.
* Identifies, manages and mitigates issues and risks.
* Job Level Specifications:
* Extensive knowledge and application of principles, theories and concepts.
* Complete knowledge of all job functions and the broad industry best practices, techniques and standards.
* Develops solutions to complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires in-depth evaluation of variables.
* Determines best method to achieve results and may make suggestions to improve policies and procedures.
* Work is performed without appreciable direction using independent judgment and discretion.
* Exercises considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignments.
* Work may be reviewed at a high level.
* Might supervise 1
* individuals who provide tactical/operational support.
* Represents organization as a prime contact on projects or contracts.
* Interacts frequently with senior professionals and management and often has to coordinate the work between departments or organizations.
* Actions impact the organization.
* Failure to accomplish work or erroneous decisions will result in the inability to reach crucial organizational goals and may have a prolonged effect, as well as, result in the expenditure of substantial resources

* Leads and executes the full scope of complex assignments / projects / operating processes that involve multiple technology systems.
* Accountable for one or more initiatives including business, operational, and IT deliverables.
* Directly oversees all aspects of the project life cycle and manages scope to ensure commitments are achieved within agreed upon time, cost, and quality parameters.
* Validates financial forecasts and provides on-going reconciliation of resources and other related project expenditures.
* Work with business partners to document and evaluate the “as-is” processes and to determine the “to be” business processes.
* Coordinate recommendations for SAP solutions to align and enable business processes within ERP Services technology strategy, standards and processes.
* Coordinate documentation requirements for conversions, upgrades, interfaces, business logic, reports, forms and workflow.
* Coordinate unit and integration testing on our SAP Development and Quality Assurance servers, as needed to ensure high quality solutions.
* Work with business stakeholders to define and coordinate execution of user acceptance testing scenarios.
* Ensure appropriate end-user training.
* Act as liaison and problem solver for SAP application issues

* An ability to articulate and clearly communicate complex problems and solutions in a simple, logical and impactful manner.
* Experience eliciting high-level business requirements and creating detailed functional specs and other documentation, such as requirement traceability matrices, work-flow diagrams and use-cases.
* The ability to develop creative and breakthrough solutions.
* Strong interpersonal, team building, organizational and motivational skills.
* Experience working through organizational change, with a demonstrated track record of continuing responsibilities, creativity and innovation, including evidence of solution design.
* Well-developed analytical skills and the ability to provide clarity to complex issues, and synthesize large amounts of information.
* An ability to identify the root causes of issues by analyzing patterns and trends.
* An awareness of key methodologies, approaches and market trends in the industry.
* A desire to deliver to a high standard in a suitable timeframe.
* Self-motivating, adaptable, able to prioritize and also able to inspire and motivate others.
* Manages large - medium sized teams and/or work efforts (if in an individual contributor role) at a client or within Accenture.
* It is our intention for our people to live where they work and work where they live.
* However, in the context of our profession and serving our clients there may be times when you will need to travel