ERP Program Manager - SAP Go-Live & PMO Leader

Associated Feed & Supply; Turlock (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Associated Feed & Supply in Turlock, CA, seeks an IT Project Manager to lead technology projects with SAP ERP implementation as the top priority. You will coordinate multiple business teams and the implementation partner, ensuring scope, schedule, and budget stay on track through go-live.

The role is hands-on, requiring an experienced self-starter who can work independently and within a team, with the opportunity to build an IT PMO and drive other IT initiatives as SAP workload allows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, IT, project management, or a related field.
• 7+ years of project management experience, including 3+ years leading ERP projects.
• Full-lifecycle ERP implementation experience, including work with an outside implementation partner.
• Demonstrated experience managing project budgets, risks, and executive reporting.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an internal project manager for the SAP ERP implementation, coordinating business teams from our operating companies, IT, and the implementation partner.
• Build and maintain the integrated project plan, combining the partner's plan with internal workstreams and keeping both on schedule.
• Hold the implementation partner to its contract: review deliverables, change orders, staffing, and invoices.
• Lead internal readiness for go-live: data cleanup and migration, testing, training, and cutover planning.
• Manage project budgets and forecasts, and report variances to the VP of IT.
• Track and resolve risks, issues, and decisions, and run change control so scope, cost, and schedule don't drift.
• Run project governance: status reports, steering committee updates, and escalation paths with owners and due dates documented.
• Build PMO standards for planning, reporting, and risk management as SAP workload allows.

Skills

Project management

Budget management

Vendor management

Communication

Risk management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/IT/project management

Tools

Microsoft Project

Smartsheet

Jira

Azure DevOps

Job description

Associated Feed & Supply in Turlock, CA, seeks an IT Project Manager to lead technology projects with SAP ERP implementation as the top priority. You will coordinate multiple business teams and the implementation partner, ensuring scope, schedule, and budget stay on track through go-live.

The role is hands-on, requiring an experienced self-starter who can work independently and within a team, with the opportunity to build an IT PMO and drive other IT initiatives as SAP workload allows.