Senior SAP Test Manager

TEST MANAGER FOR SOP PROJECT

EXPERIENCES:

-Operational Test Management experience within large scale SAP projects ideally in the Chemical/Industrial areas
-Experience through full SAP life cycle experience (System testing, Integration testing, Regression Testing, User Acceptance Testing, etc)
-Experience with managing and coordinating large international groups of Super Users for User Acceptance tests across many countries
-Experience within International SAP Projects
-Good experience of SAP modules, more focus on Supply Chain related (SD,MM including FICO integration)
-Experience with SAP Solution Manager (STWB) test management system eg creation of test plans, reporting on test progress and defect tracking

PROFILE:

-A strong Leader/Manager/coordinator profile who can organize international testing teams and coordinate groups of business super-users for UAT
-Strong communication skills since much interaction with senior management/project teams/stakeholders
-Proactive and able to deal with intense testing periods with a cool head
-Experience working together with System integrators and off-shore teams
-Can follow and implement methods, procedures and directives provided by GSCC Test Architect
-Experience working within a Scandinavian culture
-Fluent in English (Spoken & Written)
-Ideally willing to relocated to Oslo or commute

TASKS:

-Project is based in Oslo Headquarters. Some travel to other locations most likely required eg during testing periods.
-The client's Test Manager will work closely together with the designated System Integrator (SI) and GSCC test architect, with a primary focus on Regression, Retrofit, Performance, & User Acceptance Testing
-While the SI will have primary responsibility for the project, there will be highly coordinated and interrelated activities
-Working closely with the OCM stream to ensure mobilization the continuous involvement of business stakeholders for early user acceptance of the solution
-Planning and overseeing testing, review of test conditions, test scripts and test scenarios for the various business requirements
-Interacting with project functional and technical teams to understand schedule dependencies and ensure testing milestones are met
-Interacting with business and external contacts (eg Legacy application users and leads) to identify/understand external activities and support required during the interface testing
-Tracking test readiness and to ensure that complete test environment is ready and resources are trained before testing starts
-Managing resources in the test organization and planning the capacity
-Together with the GSCC test architect, ensuring sign-off on all test plan deliverables and test closure memos
-Creation of test plans and test packages, Coordination of test document (test scripts), Coordination of test execution
-Providing regular status reports to Project Manager team and key stakeholders, in particular during test execution phases
-Continuous following-up and tracking of defect escalation with support teams

Added value experiences but not essential.

-Working with off-shore teams
-Test automation tools such as Worksoft Certify
-Experiences with testing -Web and mobile device interfaces to SAP