Senior Project Manager – ERP/SCM Transformation

Affinity; Burnaby; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

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Job summary

Affinity is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead ERP/SCM transformation efforts, modernizing core systems for improved efficiency and growth. The role focuses on end-to-end project leadership, governance, and cross-functional collaboration across business units.

The successful candidate will manage full project lifecycles, facilitate workshops, and report progress to executives, while guiding teams through significant process and system changes.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of recent, related experience as a project manager with PMP or equivalent certification.
• Experience supporting ERP, SCM, or other enterprise business system initiatives.
• Independently managing the full project lifecycle for medium-to-large projects.
• Experience leading governance and presenting updates to senior leaders.
• Gathering and managing requirements from multiple stakeholder groups with competing priorities.
• Facilitating stakeholder engagement sessions and requirements workshops.
• Developing and maintaining project documentation (charters, schedules, risk logs, decision logs).
• Coordinating activities across cross-functional teams including business and technical resources.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of assigned project(s), ensuring planning, governance, stakeholder management, risk mitigation, and delivery are on time and within scope.
• Conduct stakeholder impact analyses to define core project and delivery teams.
• Establish governance complying with organizational decision-making frameworks and reporting structures.
• Prepare and maintain comprehensive project status reporting for milestones and executive updates.
• Oversee budget planning and financial tracking for the Discovery phase.
• Lead stakeholder engagement and communication planning to ensure transparency across business units.
• Ensure quality assurance of deliverables including outcomes from requirements workshops.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Requirements gathering

Governance

Risk mitigation

Project planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Change management

Education

Degree or diploma in business administration, commerce or related field

PMP certification / Project Management Certification

Job description

Job Description

On behalf of our public-sector client, Affinity is seeking a Senior Project Manager – ERP/SCM Transformation to modernize several mission-critical systems to enhance operational efficiency and support future growth. The core systems in scope include Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Supply Chain Management (SCM).

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of assigned project(s), ensuring all core activities (project planning, governance, stakeholder management, risk mitigation, and delivery management) are completed on time and within scope.
• Conduct a stakeholder impact analysis to define and establish the core project and delivery teams, ensuring they include the necessary resources from across the organization.
• Establish governance for the project, all while ensuring adherence to LDB decision-making frameworks and reporting structures.
• Prepare and maintain comprehensive project status reporting, aligning milestones with project objectives and outcomes, including executive-level reporting on progress, risks, and recommendations.
• Oversee budget planning and financial tracking for the Discovery phase.
• Lead stakeholder engagement and communication planning, ensuring transparency and alignment across business units.
• Ensure quality assurance of deliverables, including output from the requirements gathering workshops

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to work effectively at all levels of the organization, quickly establishing and maintaining productive working relationships with stakeholders.
• Ability to understand business and operational requirements and translate them into actionable project plans and deliverables.
• Demonstrated experience supporting governance and steering committees, including preparing materials, facilitating discussions, tracking decisions, and escalating issues as required.
• Ability to identify project risks, issues, dependencies, and bottlenecks and develop practical mitigation strategies.
• Experience leading requirements gathering activities, workshops, and stakeholder consultations to support project planning and delivery.
• Experience preparing key project deliverables such as project charters, project plans, business requirements, options analyses, status reports, and decision materials.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate project information to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and adapt to changing business needs within a dynamic project environment.

Must-Have Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in business administration, commerce or a related field with a minimum of 5 years of recent, related experience as a project manager*, and a Project Management Certification from a recognized institution (i.e., PMP). OR;
• An equivalent combination of education, training and experience may be considered, i.e., a minimum of 8 years of recent, related experience as a project manager* with formal courses and/or certification in business administration, commerce or a related field, and a Project Management Certification from a recognized institution (i.e., PMP).
• Experience supporting ERP, SCM, or other enterprise business system initiatives
• Recent, related experience as a Project Manager must have occurred within the last 10 years and include:
• Independently managing the full project lifecycle for one or more medium-to-large projects or project workstreams.
• Projects involving a significant business process, operational, or organizational change component.
• Projects involving a significant technology or systems implementation, enhancement, or modernization component.
• Gathering and managing requirements from multiple stakeholder groups with competing priorities.
• Leading project planning, execution, monitoring, reporting, and issue resolution activities.
• Supporting governance and presenting project updates, risks, issues, and recommendations to senior leaders and project sponsors.
• Facilitating stakeholder engagement sessions, workshops, and requirements gathering activities.
• Developing and maintaining project documentation, including project charters, schedules, status reports, risk registers, and decision logs.
• Coordinating activities across cross-functional teams, including business and technical resources.
• Delivering projects or workstreams that have organizational impact across multiple business areas.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Experience with retail/wholesale businesses.
• Knowledge of the liquor industry.
• Change management expertise, including application of models such as PROSCI / ADKAR.

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About Affinity

Affinity Group is a technology and business consulting and services company. We believe in creating long term relationships between clients and consultants that foster a mutually beneficial partnership. Affinity is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.

For more information on Affinity, please visit www.affinity-group.ca

Job Number: 13804