Freelance Local Project Manager (Focal Point) (ZZP)

Randstad Nederland; Den Haag; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Office in The Hague

Job summary

Randstad Nederland seeks an experienced SAP Project Manager to act as the interface between local Netherlands activities and global IT and business units. You will coordinate SAP modules, manage stakeholders, and ensure timely progress across releases, with a strong emphasis on change management and data cleansing.

Fluency in English is required; Dutch language skills are highly desirable. The role offers a hybrid office-based setup in The Hague and relocation flexibility as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience with international corporate projects.
• Strong hands-on SAP experience, not just a key user.
• Solid understanding of business processes and how to map them in SAP.
• Strong personality; effective communication.
• Experience with stakeholder management in an international environment.
• English proficiency; Dutch language skills are highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Interface between local and international business and IT to ensure effective rollout.
• Manage stakeholders and coordinate local activities in the Netherlands for SAP modules.
• Monitor progress and timelines; take action where needed.
• Coordinate with the international organization to ensure efficient collaboration.
• Escalate issues when needed.
• Gather local requirements: legal, fiscal, local interfaces, interim processes and org data.
• Coordinate Local Key Users and bring in Business Core Team SMEs as required.
• Support Change Impact Analysis sessions with as-is process information.
• Maintain local communication with End Users and Stakeholders.
• Facilitate data cleansing progress.
• Act as ambassador for the program within SGRE.
• Support user-role mapping.
• Assist UAT testers and trainers.
• Lead local training for End Users.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communications

Business processes

Tools

SAP

Job description

• Preference for 40 hours per week (32 hours is also negotiable).
• Office located in The Hague; hybrid working is possible (minimum of 3 days in the office, with some flexibility expected).
• 2 interviews: one online and one in-person.
• Start date: ASAP.
• A short motivation letter is required.

Siemens Energy has globally over 20 SAP systems. In order to simplify a program has started to move to two different systems. This is a global program with a gradual roll out. The first wave in Europe is about to go live. The next wave, including the Netherlands will has been started recently with a go live date in October 2027. We will move from SAP VP1 to SAP AGORA (SAP4Hana).

The Main Activities Will Be

• Acting as the interface between the local and international business and support (IT) organization to ensure an effective way of working and successful implementation
• Stakeholder management
• the internal coordination and organization of the local activities in the Netherlands for the different SAP modules.
• Ensuring that all activities are covered and monitoring the progress and timeline (taking action where needed)
• Acting as the interface between the local and international organization to ensure an effective way of working
• Escalating where needed

But Also

• Provide active inputs to collection of local requirements - specifically:
• legal/fiscal requirements, local interfaces, Interim processes and Local structural data (org structures)
• Coordinate with the Local Key Users in their area
• Bring in the right Business Core Team SMEs and Business SMEs as and when required
• Participate actively and provide information related to “as is “ description during the Change Impact Analysis Sessions
• Maintain local communication channels with End Users & Business Stakeholders
• Facilitate data cleansing progress
• Acts as an ambassador for and promotes the Program within SGRE
• Supports the user to role mapping
• Facilitates identification of local UAT testers and trainers
• Participates and drives User Acceptance Testing
• Focal point for local training to End Users

Requirements

• Experience with similar projects within an international corporate environment
• Strong hands‑on knowledge of SAP (not just as a key user)
• Solid understanding of business processes and how to translate them into SAP
• Strong personality; effective communicator
• Experience with stakeholder management within an international corporate environment
• Proficiency in English; Dutch language skills are also highly desirable (please do not apply if you do not speak Dutch)