SAP S/4HANA Migration Project Manager (m/f)

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It is an exciting time to join the Information Management Team. IM is the Information Technology business enabler which runs the Business Relationship Management role towards all Airbus Defence and Space program lines and functions.

As a central function, IM is involved in all business processes and enables technical and management careers. IM covers a wide range of state-of-the-art technologies and positions ranging from IT infrastructure, application support to governance or strategic consultancy. IM offers the best conditions – especially for young talents – for a successful career in an advanced and forward-looking environment. Joining IM means living global trends such as digitalization, innovation and a new way of working. 

Context:
The vacancy for this position has arisen in Information Management Team within Airbus Defence & Space in Toulouse, France (other locations possible: Elancourt, France; Stevenage, UK). The roles and responsibilities of the position will focus on the SAP migration project life cycle to facilitate successful delivery. Major tasks will be to provide leadership to cross-functional teams responsible for delivering defined project outputs to time, budget and project quality criteria. You will have to ensure adherence to project management methodology best practices (waterfall full & light, Agile), perform Project Management Reviews following the Airbus PPM (project portfolio management) methodology.

Your first assignment will be to manage the full lifecycle of the SAPHIR migration project in the frame of the strategic ERP Roadmap program: through process harmonization and benchmarking against best practices, the ERP Roadmap program is transforming our business. It simplifies and modernizes the ERP tool landscape and its surrounding systems. This will increase transparency, compliance and efficiency, and reduce operating costs and working capital employed. Most importantly, we are becoming "Fit for Future", with the ERP Roadmap Program strongly linking to the DDMS initiative as well as to our running legacy tool suite.

You will have to ensure the adherence to the SAP Airbus DS template as well as managing the migration in the context of all AD home countries being involved respecting the national data classification requirements. Additional major challenge will be the integration of the industrial components notably Procurement, Manufacturing, Quality, Logistics, Manufacturing Execution, Manufacturing Engineering into the entire landscape including connectivity with product lifecycle management systems (e.g., PTC Windchill) and manufacturing execution systems (SAP ME, DELMIA Apriso).

Main tasks and responsibilities:

• Achieve project objectives (time, scope, cost, quality) to customer satisfaction in compliance with internal and external rules and regulations.
• Define, implement and drive a project team/organization all along the project phases, including people coming from other functions (matrix organizations).
• Conduct active risk and opportunity management.
• Ensure effective management of partners and suppliers.
• Conduct the project planning activities and manage the execution of large scale, high risk, or strategic projects according to plan.
• Evaluate complex situations accurately and identify viable solutions.
• Manage relationships with project stakeholders, including internal and external clients, keeping stakeholders informed of progress and issues in order to manage expectations on all project requirements and deliverables.
• Manage and communicate a clear vision of the project’s objectives, and motivate the project team to achieve them. 
• Create a project environment that enables peak performance by team members.
• Ensure proper use of methodology, tools and procedures.
• Manage the financial aspects of the project: budgeting and estimate to actual variance.
• Analyze risk, establish contingency plans and identify trigger events and responsibilities for initiating mitigating action.
• Perform regular Project Management Reviews.
• Clarify assignments and deliverables to project team. Review quality of work and manage integration of team members’ work. 
• Ensure project documentation delivery and updates to relevant knowledge management bases. 
• Participate in the development of project management best practices. Ensure effective integration of lessons learnt.