Epicor Project Manager

ARCH; Bloomfield Hills (MI); Remote; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

ARCH is seeking an ERP-focused Project Manager to lead conversions, upgrades, and major ERP initiatives for a multi-site manufacturing environment. You will own schedules, milestones, and budgets, coordinating with the ERP Systems Manager and site leaders to ensure timely delivery and alignment with the conversion plan.

The role requires strong governance, planning, and cross-functional collaboration across Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, and IT, with direct reporting to

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business, Accounting, Operations, or a related field.
• 5+ years of ERP project management experience with at least one successful full-cycle implementation or major upgrade in a multi-site manufacturing environment.
• Project management experience supporting Epicor ERP or Epicor Kinetic implementations is strongly preferred; experience with conversions from other manufacturing ERP systems is beneficial.
• Strong knowledge of ERP project governance, integrated project planning, testing and cutover coordination, risk and issue management, resource planning, budget management, and organizational change management.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing business processes, including Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Plan to Produce, inventory, costing, and financial close.
• Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional teams, consultants, competing priorities, budgets, risks, and executive-level communications, including the ability to hold people accountable & escalatE known issues.

Aufgaben

• Build, maintain, and manage the integrated project plan for ERP conversions, upgrades, and major initiatives, including milestones, dependencies, deliverables, and completion dates.
• Manage project budget, forecasts, variances, and escalations for overruns or changes.
• Collaborate with the ERP Systems Manager to translate strategy into executable schedules with clear owners and due dates.
• Coordinate the overall project resource plan across site resources, functional leaders, consultants, and stakeholders.
• Own project governance and operating cadence with meetings, status updates, risk/issue logs, and change control.
• Coordinate cross-functional activities across Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, IT, and site leadership.
• Report status to Steering Committee and senior management on schedule, budget, resource constraints, risks, issues, decisions, and overall health.

Kenntnisse

ERP project management

PMO / PMP certification

Cross-functional collaboration

Budget management

Scheduling & planning

Risk and issue management

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business, Accounting, Operations, or related field

Tools

Epicor ERP

Epicor Kinetic

Jobbeschreibung

• Build, maintain, and manage the integrated project plan for each ERP conversion, upgrade, and major improvement initiative, including milestones, dependencies, deliverables, critical path, and completion dates.
• Manage project budget, including approved budgets, consulting spend, travel, software and other implementation costs; maintain forecasts, identify variances, and escalatE expected overruns or changes promptly.
• Partner with the ERP Systems Manager, who serves as the conversion lead, to translate the conversion strategy and technical workstreams into an executable schedule with clear owners, resource requirements, and due dates.
• Coordinate the overall project resource plan and incorporate ERP Systems team assignments established by the ERP Systems Manager, along with site resources, functional leaders, consultants, and other participants; identify and elevate capacity constraints.
• Own project governance and operating cadence, including project meetings, status updates, action-item tracking, decision logs, risk and issue logs, change control, and escalation of overdue or blocked items.
• Coordinate cross-functional activities across Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, Sales, Information Technology, and site leadership so the business deliverables are aligned to the ERP Systems Manager’s conversion plan.
• Manage project documentation and lead status updates to the Steering Committee and senior management for each ERP conversion, upgrade, and major improvement initiative, including schedule and milestone status, budget status, resource constraints, key risks and issues, decisions required, and overall project health.

Education & Experience Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business, Accounting, Operations, Supply Chain, or a related field is strongly preferred; consideration will be given to equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of ERP project management experience, including responsibility for at least one successful full-cycle implementation or major upgrade in a multi-site manufacturing environment.
• Project management experience supporting Epicor ERP or Epicor Kinetic implementations is strongly preferred; experience with conversions from other manufacturing ERP systems is beneficial.
• Strong knowledge of ERP project governance, integrated project planning, testing and cutover coordination, risk and issue management, resource planning, budget management, and organizational change management.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing business processes, including Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Plan to Produce, inventory, costing, and financial close.
• Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional teams, consultants, competing priorities, budgets, risks, and executive-level communications, including the ability to hold people accountable & escalatE known issues.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or comparable formal project management training is preferred.

This position is 100% remote with up to 50% travel.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Key Responsibilities:

• Build, maintain, and manage the integrated project plan for each ERP conversion, upgrade, and major improvement initiative, including milestones, dependencies, deliverables, critical path, and completion dates.
• Manage project budget, including approved budgets, consulting spend, travel, software and other implementation costs; maintain forecasts, identify variances, and escalatE expected overruns or changes promptly.
• Partner with the ERP Systems Manager, who serves as the conversion lead, to translate the conversion strategy and technical workstreams into an executable schedule with clear owners, resource requirements, and due dates.
• Coordinate the overall project resource plan and incorporate ERP Systems team assignments established by the ERP Systems Manager, along with site resources, functional leaders, consultants, and other participants; identify and elevate capacity constraints.
• Own project governance and operating cadence, including project meetings, status updates, action-item tracking, decision logs, risk and issue logs, change control, and escalation of overdue or blocked items.
• Coordinate cross-functional activities across Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, Sales, Information Technology, and site leadership so the business deliverables are aligned to the ERP Systems Manager’s conversion plan.
• Manage project documentation and lead status updates to the Steering Committee and senior management for each ERP conversion, upgrade, and major improvement initiative, including schedule and milestone status, budget status, resource constraints, key risks and issues, decisions required, and overall project health.

Education & Experience Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business, Accounting, Operations, Supply Chain, or a related field is strongly preferred; consideration will be given to equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of ERP project management experience, including responsibility for at least one successful full-cycle implementation or major upgrade in a multi-site manufacturing environment.
• Project management experience supporting Epicor ERP or Epicor Kinetic implementations is strongly preferred; experience with conversions from other manufacturing ERP systems is beneficial.
• Strong knowledge of ERP project governance, integrated project planning, testing and cutover coordination, risk and issue management, resource planning, budget management, and organizational change management.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing business processes, including Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Plan to Produce, inventory, costing, and financial close.
• Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional teams, consultants, competing priorities, budgets, risks, and executive-level communications, including the ability to hold people accountable & escalatE known issues.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or comparable formal project management training is preferred.

This position is 100% remote with up to 50% travel.

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