Functional Project Manager

Bright Purple Resourcing Ltd; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 88,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Purple Resourcing Ltd. is seeking a Functional Project Manager to lead ERP transformation workstreams across Finance, Commercial, Construction and Land as COINS ERP is rolled out.

The role is hybrid in Edinburgh with two days onsite per week, paying £475-£525 per day on an Inside IR35 contract, initial for six months with expected extension. You will drive requirements, process design, configuration, testing and deployment readiness, coordinating with business teams and implementation

Qualifications

• Proven project management experience delivering ERP functional workstreams.
• Strong ERP implementation experience across Finance, Commercial, Construction or property.
• Experience in process design, testing and deployment activities.
• Excellent planning, governance and dependency management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead ERP functional workstreams across key business areas.
• Drive requirements, process design and solution reviews.
• Manage implementation partner deliverables and business SMEs.
• Coordinate dependencies across data, reporting, integrations and architecture.
• Managing risks, issues, decisions and change requests.
• Coordinate testing and business validation.
• Support cutover, deployment and hypercare.

Skills

ERP project management

ERP functional delivery

Requirements gathering

Process design

Stakeholder management

Planning and governance

Job description

Functional Project Manager, ERP Transformation

Edinburgh, hybrid, 2 days onsite per week £475 - £525 per day, Inside IR35 Initial 6-month contract, expected extension

Bright Purple is recruiting an experienced Functional Project Manager to join our client on a major ERP transformation programme. You will lead functional delivery across Finance, Commercial, Construction and Land as our client implements COINS ERP across the business. This is a hands-on delivery role covering business process design, requirements, configuration, testing, deployment readiness and business transition. You will bring business teams and implementation partners together, keeping delivery on track and managing dependencies across the wider programme.

What you'll be doing

• Leading ERP functional workstreams across key business areas
• Driving requirements, process design and solution reviews
• Managing implementation partner deliverables and business SMEs
• Coordinating dependencies across data, reporting, integrations and architecture
• Managing risks, issues, decisions and change requests
• Coordinating testing and business validation
• Supporting cutover, deployment and hypercare

What we're looking for

• Proven Project Management experience delivering ERP functional workstreams
• Strong ERP implementation experience
• Experience managing process design, testing and deployment
• Strong supplier and implementation partner management skills
• Excellent planning, governance and dependency management
• Confidence working with senior business and technology stakeholders

COINS experience and knowledge of Finance, Commercial, Construction or property environments would be particularly useful.

Bright Purple is an equal opportunities employer: we are proud to work with clients who share our values of diversity and inclusion in our industry.