ERP Project Manager

AXR Group Pty Ltd; Logan City; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid/Remote work options

Travel to project sites

Job summary

AXR Group Pty Ltd in Australia seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead ERP implementation and enhancement projects from initiation through go-live and hypercare, managing multiple workstreams including internal teams, external consultants and software vendors.

You will report honestly to executives, maintain risk logs, drive change, and ensure benefits realisation while coordinating testing, user training and governance.

Qualifications

• Five+ years of project management experience.
• Two full lifecycle ERP implementations on SAP or Oracle.
• Formal project management qualification or hands-on SAP Activate/Oracle methodology.

Responsibilities

• Own the project plan, schedule, budget and resourcing; report progress to steering group.
• Manage scope via change control processes.
• Manage consultant and vendor relationships, including SLAs and invoices.
• Maintain risk and issue logs; escalate early.
• Coordinate business analysts, developers, consultants, testers and trainers across workstreams.
• Lead stakeholder engagement and governance meetings.
• Coordinate system testing, UAT and sign-off.
• Oversee change management, training and communications for end users.
• Track benefits realisation and document lessons learnt.

Skills

Project management

Vendor management

Stakeholder engagement

Executive reporting

Budget management

Education

PM qualifications (PMP/PRINCE2)

Tools

Microsoft Project

Smartsheet

Job description

About the role

You will lead ERP implementation and enhancement projects from initiation through go-live and hypercare. You will manage several workstreams at once, including internal teams, external consultants and software vendors, and you will be the person who tells the executive team the truth about where a project stands.

Key responsibilities

• Own the project plan, schedule, budget and resourcing, and report progress and variances to the steering group.
• Manage scope through a formal change control process.
• Manage consultant and vendor relationships, including statements of work, milestones and invoice approvals.
• Maintain the risk and issue logs, and escape early.
• Coordinate business analysts, developers, consultants, testers and trainers across parallel workstreams.
• Lead stakeholder engagement and governance meetings.
• Coordinate system, integration and user acceptance testing, and manage sign-off.
• Oversee change management, training and communications for end users.
• Track benefits realisation and close projects with documented lessons learnt.

Essential requirements

• At least five years' project management experience, including at least two full-lifecycle ERP implementations on SAP or Oracle.
• A formal project management qualification (PMP, PRINCE2 or equivalent), or hands-on experience with SAP Activate or an Oracle implementation methodology.
• Experience managing significant project budgets and external vendor contracts.
• Strong written and verbal communication, including reporting to executives and boards.

Desirable

• Experience with an S/4HANA or Oracle Cloud migration.
• Experience in construction, property or project-based finance.
• Hybrid or agile delivery experience.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Project, Smartsheet or similar planning tools.

The person we are looking for

• Decisive and calm under pressure.
• Reports progress honestly, including the bad news, early.
• Keeps vendors to their commitments without making enemies of them.

Work arrangement

Based in Beenleigh, Queensland . Remote and work-from-home arrangements are available for this role. Working from AXR offices in other Australian locations is acceptable. Some travel to project sites and to Beenleigh may be needed.