ERP Programme Manager - SAP

TN United Kingdom; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate SAP Programme Manager to lead transformative projects across prestigious clients. This role offers the opportunity to shape and deliver complex SAP programmes, ensuring excellence through Agile and Waterfall methodologies. You will engage with C-level executives, fostering strong relationships while driving business growth and innovation. Join a collaborative team that values diverse perspectives and empowers individuals to excel in their roles. If you have a strong consulting background and a desire to make a significant impact, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in delivering large-scale SAP programmes across multiple industries.
• Strong understanding of Agile and Waterfall methodologies and their applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the delivery of large SAP enabled business transformation programmes.
• Build strong client relationships and manage project scopes, costs, and timelines.

Skills

SAP Programme Management

Stakeholder Management

Agile Methodologies

Waterfall Methodologies

Communication Skills

Consulting Skills

Financial Acumen

Education

PRINCE2 Certification

MSP Certification

PMI Certification

Tools

SAP Activate

Project Management Tools

Job description

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KPMG in the UK is part of a global network of firms that offers Audit, Legal, Tax and Advisory services. Through the talent of over 16,000 colleagues we bring our creativity, insight and experience to solve our clients’ and communities’ biggest problems. We’ve been doing this for more than 150 years.

We aim to be universally recognised as a place for great people to do their best work. A firm known for our collaborative and inclusive culture, using technology to empower and equip our people to deliver outstanding work with real flexibility – through inspiring workspaces, innovative ways to collaborate and hybrid ways ofworking.

With offices across the UK, we work with everyone from small start-ups and individuals to major multinationals, in virtually every industry imaginable. Our work is often complex, yet our mission is simple: To support the UK in a connected & ever evolving world - It guides everything we do, underpinned by our values: Courage, Integrity, Excellence, Together and For Better.

Joining KPMG means joining a talented team of exceptional colleagues who bring innovative thoughts and a natural curiosity to the work they do each day. No one type of person succeeds at KPMG; a diverse business requires diverse personalities, characters and perspectives. There really is a place for you here.

You will join a great team and take a proactive role in helping shape, manage and deliver our largest Technology enabled business transformation programmes across a range of prestigious clients. As well as having the opportunity to be part of leading-edge programmes you will also be involved in supporting the build of capability including the development and mentoring of more junior team members and leveraging KPMG Velocity to capture the growing demand for AI-driven advisory services.

You’ll be building global relationships and have access to the global networks’ best experts to address client needs, as well as communicating compelling and well thought out solutions to complex problems. In doing so, you’ll ensure that as a practice we build constructive working relationships across different teams, functions, countries, or cultures.

As an SAP Programme Manager, you will be responsible for managing a portfolio of SAP projects, ensuring successful safe execution, and maintaining strong client relationships. You will lead multi-disciplined teams to drive delivery excellence, leveraging Agile, Waterfall & Hybrid methodologies. Additionally, you will play a key role in business development, commercial proposition creation, and financial & commercial oversight.

Key Responsibilities:

• Moulding, leading and supporting the safe delivery of large and complex SAP enabled business transformation programmes.
• Leading discussions with C-level client executives to help shape their business transformation agenda enabled by SAP
• Provide leadership, management & coaching of project teams and junior colleagues
• Oversee project scope, cost, quality, benefits, risks, and timelines
• Develop and manage strong client relationships, ensuring successful stakeholder engagement
• Build constructive working relationships within KPMG and the industry across different teams, functions, and countries at all levels and actively building a network and range of experience to help address client needs.
• Support the growth of the practice through internal initiatives and support winning new business through developing bid responses & including commercial proposition development
• Ensure best-practice reporting and governance across projects
• Maintaining an in depth understanding of current SAP & Cloud ERP industry trends
• Supporting service development through ownership and management of our programme and project management tools and techniques
• Actively contributing to the global people agenda including people management and mentoring.

We are looking for you to be a passionate and motivated individual who has strong consulting skills and able to work with senior level executives to deliver large multi-year business transformations enabled by SAP. Typically we are looking for individuals with the following backgrounds:

• Extensive experience delivering large-scale, high quality SAP programmes (multi-million-pound budgets) across multiple industries
• Excellent consulting, stakeholder management and communication skills to allow you to engage and guide senior client executives.
• Solid understanding of Programme & Project Management techniques / tools and how these can be applied to help deliver success for our clients with a strong understanding of Agile, Waterfall, SAP Activate and hybrid methodologies
• Solid understanding of business drivers that lead to ERP enabled business change and transformation programmes.
• Entrepreneurial spirit - experience of being involved in and leading proposals / bid development and building strong relationships both internally and externally.
• Industry-recognised qualifications such as PRINCE2, MSP, PMI, PPM
• Strong financial and commercial acumen
• Exceptional team leader that advocates equality, acts ethically and responsibly and instils confidence in other
• Motivator & coach people to find meaning in their work and achieve exceptional results, preferably with both onshore and offshore elements.