SAP Cutover Manager at GVA Partners

SAP Cutover Manager

The SAP Cutover Manager is responsible for ensuring the smooth go live of the SAP Deployment at our client. In their remit will be ownership of the change management, data cutover, finance and procurement cutover, manufacturing & logistics cutover & go-live plan and the execution of tasks.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate activities of a wide team of points of contact across client locations including factories, warehouses & project resources
• Monitor data, cutover activities and progress and communicate to senior leadership team including status, progress, issues, etc.
• Input into Quality Gate reviews for all data and cutover related activity
• Provide Business Unit engagement and communications strategy.
• Look for opportunities to design innovative solutions to meet user needs and service demands
• Plan, prepare and ensure execution of the pre-cutover, cutover and post-cutover tasks
• Definition, Ownership and Governance of Finance, Procurement and Supply cutover plan
• Liaison with all other members of the project plan to ensure alignment
• Work with teams and leadership to develop plans to support labor requirements for training and cutover needs
• Maintain knowledge and awareness of relevant issues, insights, practices and opportunities to identify and make recommendations for opportunities
• Manage stakeholder relationships through effective communication and issues management to ensure stakeholders are engaged throughout the project and project deliverables are met
• Lead and connect all parties involved in the cutover activities including business managers, project managers and project team/s, to ensure the creation of integrated solutions and plans meet organizational change management guidelines and priorities
• Ensure post cutover that system is working properly and track any issues through to resolution

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required
• 10+ years of experience and at least 5 cycles of SAP Implementations
• Prior experience leading projects and at least 2 cycles as SAP cutover manager
• Demonstrable experience with migrations of data in complex, global, release-deployed systems implementations
• Ability to define and execute multiple detailed activity plans simultaneously, maintaining an ability to articulate progress and status clearly to key stakeholders
• Natural ability to coordinate and facilitate diverse teams of different skill sets, backgrounds and locations
• Good understanding of key SAP functional process streams as well as Project Management skills
• Solid understanding of the SAP Data Model and most commonly used Master- and Transactional Data elements
• Ability to conduct and facilitate workshops with business representatives, management and executive, team member resources, and external 3rd party groups
• Problem solving skills that use techniques to identify the root cause of the issue and then ability to clearly communicate (verbal/orally) this position.
• Advanced communication skills with a demonstrated ability to provide advice, consult and negotiate with senior management and manage key relationships