SAP Release Manager

SAP RELEASE MANAGER - BERGEN, NORWAY - 12 MONTHS CONTRACT

SAP Release Manager urgently required on a 12 months contract in Bergen, Norway. The SAP Release Manager will own the SAP Change and Release Management life cycle, which includes scheduling, coordinating and the management of releases across the enterprise for the SAP environment and non-SAP integrated applications. The releases can be inclusive of application updates, operating system patches, security improvements, hardware & application upgrades. 

ROLE:

- DEFINE RELEASE AND DEPLOY STRATEGY AND PLANS FOR SAP.
- APPROVE THE RELEASE INTO THE PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT.
- DEFINE AND MAINTAIN PROCESSES AND TOOLS TO GOVERN, CONTROL AND EXECUTE CHANGE ACROSS TEAMS AND PROJECTS, WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF CHANGE & RELEASE MANAGEMENT FOR SAP.
- REPORTING (DAILY/WEEKLY/MONTHLY/AD-HOC) FOR CHANGE REQUESTS.
- ENSURE THAT A UNIFIED SET OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE DEFINED AND CONSISTENT ACROSS ALL APPLICATIONS WITHIN THE CLIENT IT DOMAIN.
- RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FULL LIFE CYCLE OF CHANGES & RELEASE ASSIGNED TO THE CHANGE MANAGER.
- MEDIATE CONFLICTS RELATED TO THE CHANGE (IF REQUIRED).
- DRIVE ORDINARY, EXTRAORDINARY AND MAINTENANCE CAB MEETINGS.
- ATTEND AND ASSIST WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND APPLICATION CABS.

REQUIREMENTS:

- KNOWLEDGE OF SOX AND REPORTS.
- ITIL V3 CERTIFICATION.
- KNOWLEDGE OF SAP TRANSPORTS.
- TRACKING AND FOLLOW-UPS.
- MS OFFICE (EXCEL IN PARTICULAR).
- SAP AWARENESS/OVERVIEW.
- SAP SOLUTION MANAGER ITSM/CHARM
- ANY OTHER TICKETING TOOL (USD/REMEDY/SERVICE NOW)
- EXPERIENCE IN ANY OF THE SAP MODULES (TECHNICAL/FUNCTIONAL), ABAP/FUNCTIONAL MODULES PREFERRED.
- Oil & Gas or Global Companies with 10+ years experience.

THIS IS A HIGHLY URGENT CONTRACT ROLE FOR AN EXPERIENCED SAP RELEASE MANAGER WITH EXTENSIVE SAP RELEASE MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE. PLEASE SUBMIT CV IN THE FIRST INSTANCE FOR IMMEDIATE INTERVIEW.

SAP RELEASE MANAGER - BERGEN, NORWAY - 12 MONTHS CONTRACT - ENGLISH SPEAKING