ERP Program Lead: Cross-Functional Delivery

Destinus; Hengelo; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Destinus is seeking a Senior Project Manager for Business Applications and ERP to own cross-functional ERP initiatives spanning finance, operations and IT. You will drive end-to-end delivery from requirements and design to data migration, testing, cut-over, go-live and hypercare.

You will lead large stakeholder groups, coordinate external partners, ensure governance and maintain clear, risk-aware reporting to leadership. Fluent English is required, with German or Spanish a plus.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of project management experience in business applications and ERP environments.
• Full cycle ERP implementations delivered end to end, ideally on Microsoft Dynamics 365.
• Deep understanding of core business processes: finance, procurement, supply chain, operations and manufacturing.
• Experience with data migration, UAT, cut-over planning and go-live in complex environments.
• Strong track record managing external implementation partners and consultants.
• Experience aligning large stakeholder groups and running steering committees up to executive level.
• Confident with both waterfall and agile delivery, and with structured status reporting.
• Fluent English; German or Spanish are a plus.
• PMP or PRINCE2 certification is a plus; manufacturing or aerospace industry experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own business application and ERP projects end to end: scope, planning, budget, execution, quality and closure.
• Lead large cross functional stakeholder groups across Finance, Operations, Production, HR and IT, keeping up to 100 project participants aligned and informed.
• Translate business processes and requirements into clear project scope, functional decisions and system design choices with process owners.
• Manage external implementation partners and consultants: contracts, deliverables, timelines, acceptance and knowledge transfer to internal teams.
• Plan and run the hard phases of ERP delivery: data migration, testing and UAT, cut-over planning, go-live and hypercare.
• Run project governance: steering committees, status reporting, risk and issue management, change control and budget tracking.
• Coordinate integrations and dependencies between business platforms and the wider IT landscape.
• Build in house capability: document processes, decisions and configurations so knowledge stays in the company.
• Keep structured, transparent reporting so leadership always knows the status, the risks and the decisions needed.

Skills

Project management

ERP

Stakeholder management

Data migration

UAT

Go-live planning

Vendor management

Waterfall & Agile

English fluency

Education

PMP

PRINCE2

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics 365

Job description

Destinus is seeking a Senior Project Manager for Business Applications and ERP to own cross-functional ERP initiatives spanning finance, operations and IT. You will drive end-to-end delivery from requirements and design to data migration, testing, cut-over, go-live and hypercare.

You will lead large stakeholder groups, coordinate external partners, ensure governance and maintain clear, risk-aware reporting to leadership. Fluent English is required, with German or Spanish a plus.