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Project Manager - ERP

Note: CV’s to be sent to: hr@technobrainltd.com

Project Manager – ERP

Job Location – Uganda

Experience – 6 years

Roles & Responsibilities

- The role will require the candidate to plan, execute, and finalize projects according to strict deadlines and within budget. This includes acquiring resources and coordinating the efforts of team members and third-party contractors or consultants in order to deliver projects according to plan.

- Direct and manage project development from beginning to end. Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.

- Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents. Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.

- Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.

- Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals .Draft and submit budget proposals, and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary.

- Where required, negotiate with other department managers for the acquisition of required personnel from within the company. Determine and assess need for additional staff and/or consultants and make the appropriate recruitments if necessary during project cycle.

- Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.

- Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel. Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team. Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.

- Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools. Track project milestones and deliverables. Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation and presentations.

- Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans. Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project life cycle.

- Conduct project post mortems and create a recommendations report in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements. Develop best practices and tools for project execution and management

Skills & Experience

- Overall 6+ experience in the industry with a minimum 3 years+ of experience covering delivery management for either a large account or a set of multiple accounts.
- Qualification: Bachelors with Computer Science and preferably a PMP certification.

- Experience at customer site as onsite delivery implementer or experience as Project Manager for Horizontal or Industry verticals
- Experience of managing multiple customers across geographies
- Well-versed with quality management processes