Our client, an FMCG company, has a contract vacancy for a PGT SA TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER.
The Technical Project Manager is responsible for the delivery of high-quality technical solutions for a deployment project in South Africa/Western Cape. This role will coordinate the technical project activities for these functional streams starting from pursuit/estimation to deployment/Hypercare and liaise with the other project streams to ensure technical readiness at each stage of the project. This will be accomplished by identifying project wide touch points and dependencies with technical team & deliveries and planning and coordinating those to ensure timely readiness and flawless support.
PLEASE NOTE; DO NOT APPLY UNLESS YOU HAVE THE NECESSARY EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS; 10 YEARS PLUS IT WORK. 5 Years SAP.
- Minimum of 10 years of related IT work experience, including large-scale technical projects.
- 5+ years of SAP experience with cross-functional knowledge in Application Development, Middleware, System Admin, Infrastructure; S/4 & HANA experience a plus.
- Development experience in the past.
- Past experience in working in ECC 6.0 or S/4 versions.
- Past experience in SAP Basis.
- Ability to work collaboratively across project teams
- Knowledge of integration points between business processes
- Solves highly complex problems within their work team.
Partner with the global team to deliver RICEFW solutions for the functional streams.
Own the technical delivery plan for these streams by coordinating and managing the technical delivery execution, including the interaction across sub teams (System Management, Development and Integration, Legacy.) and the rest of project teams (Functional Value Streams, Testing, etc.)
Provide technical support to functional teams during the sprints. Lead technical development needed for the POCs in the Sandbox as requested by the functional team members.
Ensuring end to end delivery of the Interfaces. Work closely with other technical teams to make sure their components are being delivered so that the end-to-end interface works.
Interfacing with the Technology / Enterprise Architecture and Global teams on gaps in patterns and alignment on solution design.
Interface with service provides and other teams to get the ports / firewalls opened in time
Lead preparation and planning of high-volume interfaces
Liaise between technical team and the rest of the project streams to ensure alignment, coordination and escalation when needed.
Can take active lead of the different sub technical teams to ensure adherence to the plan and helping identify / resolve / mitigate any deviation. Partner closely with PMO team to ensure accurate planning of technical activities, that dependencies and constraints are identified, reflected and taken into account, as well as providing inputs for program replanning or risk and issue escalation
Provide clear and timely communication on technical team progress or escalated risks/issue at all levels of the organization, translating complex technical topics / issues to non-technical partners / stakeholders
Support test execution from a technical standpoint, by ensuring test phase readiness, defect resolution and closure
Provides outstanding customer service skills to direct and indirect customers.
Ability to manage budget.
Strong people management skills, ability to influence and bring others with him/her.
Knowledge and experience in following tools, disciplines and processes are preferred: SAP Solution Manager, SAP ChaRM, ITIL tools and processes, quality management tools, project implementation and production support experience.
Desired Skills:
- Min 10 years of related IT work experience
- 5+ years of SAP
- experience in working in ECC 6.0 or S/4 versions.
- Past experience in SAP Basis.
- Large-scale technical projects