Project Manager SAP Manufacturing

About AkzoNobel

Since 1792, we've been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people's lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We're active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It's what you'd expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that's dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let's paint the future together.

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Job Purpose

The Project Manager is responsible for the successful execution of IT projects and programs in the IT department. The scope of projects focuses on Manufacturing projects. Projects integration with IOT systems (eg MES, Process Control Systems), accommodate changes in manufacturing capacity across the globe and other innovations to improve manufacturing efficiency. Our core system is SAP ECC. Plans are being prepared to migrate to SAP S4 / Hana.

Key Activities

• Create project plans including objectives, deliverables, time plan, budget &organization.
• Build effective project team structures and recruit / assign project staff.
• Identify, manage, and mitigate project risks and issues.
• Deliver on time, within budget and with quality, ensuring architectural, security and compliance guidelines are followed.
• Guide, steer and motivate project team members.
• Define project objectives, deliverables, roles, planning and budget to successfully deliver projects.
• Ensure compliance with respect to IT project methods, approaches, and project reporting.
• Monitor project progress, track expenses, and ensure projects remain within budget.
• Provide regular project status updates and reports to IT Delivery Management and key stakeholders in business in respective steercos.
• Work with stakeholders from support organization to ensure successful handover to support post go live.
• Work with architecture to ensure that standards are implemented consistently in projects.
• Promotes best practice methods, approaches, and practices for project management.
• Organizing post project reviews contribute to improving project management capability.

Experience

5 years of experience in project management roles

2 years of experience in manufacturing and production planning projects & SAP modules PP / QM / MM / PM as SAP consultant or SAP project manager

2 years of experience with integration platforms as engineer or project manager

Competencies -

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.

Requisition ID : 48771

Skills Required

Access Point, Switches, Sap Ecc, Sap S4 Hana, Firewalls, Routers, Mes, Cabling