Sr Project Manager

Planet Pharma

Lake Zurich (IL)

On-site

USD 138,000 - 172,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

Planet Pharma seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead a global P2P restructuring initiative, aligning regional processes with the SAP Guided Buying and SAP 4Hana roadmap. You will drive change, training, and adoption across USA, Canada and LATAM in a matrixed environment.

We require enterprise project management expertise, strong communication, and ability to navigate complex stakeholder landscapes while delivering on a pre-defined blueprint and timelines.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, IT, or related field.
8+ years of experience running projects in procurement or transformation.
Experience with SAP P2P, S2C and ERP implementations.
Experience migrating or realigning procurement functions.
Strong change management expertise including ADKAR.
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
Able to work in a fast-paced, global environment with diverse teams.
Willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

Lead deployment of a pre-defined organization change blueprint across US, Canada, LATAM.
Drive cross-functional teams to meet timelines, risks and deliverables.
Develop and execute pre-go-live and hypercare plans.

Skills

Project management

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Training

Communication

Adapting to global teams

Leadership

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, IT

Tools

SAP ECC

SAP Ariba P2P

SAP 4Hana

Ariba S2C

MS Project

Jira

Smartsheets

Job description

SUMMARY

Part of a newly established center-lead strategy, we are on a multi-year strategy to globalize our processes, tools and ways of working across all Procurement services. To support and lead these activities, we are seeking an experienced and strategic Project Manager to join a large matrixed project team responsible for enabling the re-organization of localized, repetitive, administrative tasks, people and system changes toward a smart, technology-enabled global P2P structure.

This role will be part of a critical team tasked with leading and executing a targeted P2P restructuring project (people, process, data) as the forerunner to Global Procurement’s digital transformation to SAP Guided Buying and SAP 4Hana from 2027. The ideal candidate will come formed from expertise in enterprise project and change management, process optimization, end-user training and adoption with maturity and sensitivity to navigating organizational change.

We are seeking a bilingual (English/Spanish) project leader characterized by drive, passion, and robust curiosity – an individual skilled in steering complex business changes through structured project management who can simultaneously juggle stakeholder needs and competingpriorities to ensure a seamless implementation aligned with a pre-defined template process.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Project Management

Picking up from a transferring PM, continue to lead the deployment of a pre-defined organization change blueprint across the US, Canada and then LATAM ensuring alignment with global template processes and organizational goals.
Drive Workstream Leads in timely completion of project deliverables and collaborate with other internal and external cross-functional teams to manage project timelines, risks, and deliverables.
Leveraging the existing blueprint, construct, schedule and deliver a robust pre-go-live test plan utilizing Super User channels and remediate any issues with the nominated IT Workstream leads
Drive a robust, well-documented hypercare program with daily updates to key stakeholders

2. Change Management

Work closely with the designated Change Management team to drive change and communication initiatives to ensure stakeholder buy-in and adoption of new processes.
Serve as the on-site advocate for change, addressing concerns and ensuring clear communication across all levels of the organization.
Work closely with the global Change Champions to ensure proactive engagement and advance information sharing to mitigate surprises or resourcing challenges during UAT or time-sensitive knowledge clinics.

3. Training and Support

Work closely with the designated Training Leads to develop and deliver comprehensive, multi-modal training programs for key users and end-users.
Support in the creation of content for training materials and ensure knowledge transfer to sustain long-term solution adoption.

4. Process Alignment

Ensure that all program activities adhere to pre-defined global template processes.
Work closely with process owners to identify and address any gaps or deviations from the standard templates.

5. Communication and Engagement

Act as the primary point of contact for deployment-related updates, providing regular progress reports to stakeholders, superusers and end‑user communities.
Effectively communicate the benefits and impacts of the transformation initiatives to drive alignment and enthusiasm.

6. Tools and Technology: previous experience and deep knowledge of enterprise project management methodologies and procurement tools including

PMI and/or PROSCI project and changement management standards
Enterprise resource management: SAP ECC, SAP Ariba P2P is a must, Ariba S2C and SAP 4Hana is a plus
Purchase to pay masterdata taxonomies, workflows, frameworks, cycles, and benchmark standard is a plus
Project Management tooling: MS Project, Jira, Smartsheets

7. Digitalisation Projects

Actively support the Senior Director in delivering the regional transformation goals on ServiceNow and other emerging tools.
Proactively contribute to projects and working groups to drive process efficiency through the promotion of appropriate digital tools.

8. Policy and Process Alignment

Ensure familiarity with global financial policy controls and processes;
Proactively partner with the NAM Procurment Tower Lead and regional shared service centers (SSCs) to standardize P2P processes, creating a more effective and efficient shared service model
Strive for synergies among SSC teams’ targets and address emerging needs through the establishment of regular mechanisms; and
Work closely with designated global Business Process Owners (BPOs) to identify and address any gaps or deviations from the global processes.

9. Communication and Engagement

Act as the primary point of contact for Stakeholders on project updates, progress reports and people matters;
Provide timely support, updates and consultation to the Director, Procurement Transformation to help drive project alignment, change management and enthusiasm on transformation initiatives.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, IT, or a related field;
Minimum of 8+ years of experience running projects in procurement or commercial transformation, full lifecycle system implementation, or similar enterprise roles.
Hands‑on experience working with shared services transformations (insourcing, outsourcing with recharge models), SAP solutions, P2P process frameworks and similar;
Experience of developing, migrating, or realigning a procurement or commercial function;
Strong expertise in change management, including tools and ADKAR methodologies;
Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, influencing and training skills;
Ability to work in a fast‑paced, global environment with diverse teams;
Strategic thinking and problem‑solving.
Process‑oriented with high attention to detail.
Strong leadership and project management skills.
Proficiency in adapting/developing user‑focused training and communication strategies.
Willingness to travel