SAP Project Manager - English Speaking - Amsterdam, the Netherlands. S

SAP PROJECT MANAGER - ENGLISH SPEAKING - AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS. START: 3RD JULY 2017 - 6 MONTH CONTRACT.

Our End Client in Amsterdam is looking to hire an SAP Project Manager to manage a project to deliver robotic scripts to automate SAP processes - Robotics Process Automation (RPA)

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE NEEDED:
* Strong experience in managing SAP projects and programs
* Experience with international projects and global roll-outs
* Experience of managing SI Partners
* Excellent communication skills
* Result driven, stick to deadlines and deliver deliverables on full in time
* Political sensitivity
* Problem-solving, negotiation, and decision-making skills to influence management, as well as internal and external partners
* Flexible and adaptable to be open to new technological solutions and interfaces

NICE TO HAVE EXPERIENCE:
* Hands on experience of Agile/Scrum deployments
* Strategy Definition
* Experience of Robotics Process Automation
* SAP Finance Project experience (as a project manager)

RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Manage and report on project planning, progress, financials, issues and risks according our methodology, policies, standards and working practices
* Planning deliverables and resources
* Financial Management; Manage project budget decisions as well as financial risks and opportunities, guard the budget, get funds released in time, manage contracts
* Proactively identify, manage and mitigate risks and issues during the life of the project
* Identify and actively engage key internal and external stakeholders and establish collaborative, win-win relations
* Engage and motivate the team and foster an open and safe project environment for the team, to work effectively and efficiently
* Actively manage the team (set priorities, support where necessary), lead by example
* Establish a project governance organization with clear roles and responsibilities and an effective process for escalating issue and communicating decisions
* Quality of the project deliverables and project products.