SAP Programme Manager - 18 Months Project - Netherlands - Dutch Speake

Next Ventures is urgently looking for a Dutch speaking SAP Programme Director for a role based in the Netherlands.

Skills required:

-At least several SAP projects/Migrations handled previously. Finance or Insurance sector experience beneficial.
-Specific experience with SAP CRM or SAP Financial functionalities is important.
-Five to eight years of leadership responsibility managing midsize to large teams and influencing senior-level management and key stakeholders.
-Certification from recognized authority preferred (eg, project management professional [PMP] certification from the Project Management Institute [PMI]) for international projects or global rollouts, and experience in leading internationally distributed teams.

Knowledge required:

-Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to speak to technical-level staff and summarize communications for executive consumption.
-Excellent project management skills, with demonstrated track record.
-Excellent management and team-building skills.
-Project management software tools such as MS Project or Primavera to effectively manage, monitor and control project activities.
-Ability to analyse, understand and effectively communicate between business requirements and technical design and implementation.
-Business application life cycle management.
-System development life cycle management.
-Budget planning and management.
-Working knowledge of applications being implemented.
-Problem-solving, negotiation and decision-making skills to influence management as well as internal and external partners.
-Demonstrated leadership abilities; effective in Matrix management and team building.
-Works well with others in an integrated team environment.
-Self-motivated and a problem solver.
-Experienced in facilitation and negotiating.
-Intercultural competence.

Start date: November 2016

Languages: English and Dutch and French

Location: Netherlands

Duration: 18-24 months

Please send your CV or call me. If I am not available I will call you back TODAY to discuss further with a view to securing an interview as soon as possible. We look forward to hearing from you.