SAP Project Manager, IT PMO
Position
Summary:
Monster Energy is seeking qualified applications for an SAP Project Manager to join our IT PMO team in Corona, CA.
As part of the Monster IT PMO team, the SAP Project Manager will work closely with PMO leadership and team, the SAP Applications leadership and team, and other project stakeholders to develop project charters, project schedules, resource plans and budgets, and lead SAP project planning and execution activities in compliance with scope, quality, time and budget constraints.
Essential Job Functions:
The SAP Project Manager plays an essential role in the success of SAP initiatives by ensuring project deliverables, activities, issues, risks and other components are properly identified, documented, organized, followed up on and updated in Monster's project and portfolio management platform.
The SAP Project Manager also plays a critical role in helping define, maintain, and enforce best practices for SAP Project Management functions.
Responsibilities and activities include (not necessarily limited to):
PMO
Responsibilities:
Develop and implement a best-practice-based approach to managing SAP projects, including but not limited to:
Work closely with Monster's SAP Applications Leadership to identify and document key objectives, internal constraints, risks, and other factors to establish and drive forward an effective SAP project management practice.
Internalize findings and integrate market-based SAP best practices to develop a coherent approach to managing SAP projects and ensure consistent delivery of SAP projects over time.
Identify repeatable deliverables, work packages or activities across SAP projects and create reusable templates that capture required steps, dependencies, and generic resource assignments.
Maintain the templates in Monster's project management solution to accelerate the planning of future projects and ensure all required project areas are identified early and considered in the project planning process.
Maintain and update internally developed SAP project management best practices on an ongoing basis.
Work with business and IT stakeholders to maintain an accurate pipeline of projects, and to facilitate periodic reviews to prioritize and sequence project deliveries in accordance with Monster's evolving objectives.
Ensure consistency and predictability in managing SAP projects, from charter development all the way to project closure.
Project Management
Responsibilities:
Leveraging best practices and relationships developed as part of PMO responsibilities above:
Educate and guide project teams on how to apply best practices during the SAP project management lifecycle.
Work with SAP team leadership to set overall direction and priorities for the SAP portfolio of projects and roadmap.
Collaborate with key stakeholders and project teams to set and align business and IT strategic goals Help sequence and prioritize projects to deliver against identified business and IT goals Serve as the primary project liaison between IT and business representatives for all project activities and interactions Learn Monster's Portfolio and Project Management (PPM) solution and become a champion for its use in all aspects of project management and reporting Create and maintain all project information in Monster's PPM solution (see below) and ensure adherence to Monster's internal project management framework and guidelines Working with project stakeholders, provide hands-on project management leadership from project initiation, to planning, execution, control, and closing.
Assist in the definition of project objectives, scope, and deliverables Work with business and IT stakeholders to develop business cases, assembling relevant information that will help prioritize projects and related resource commitments based on facts As business cases progress toward project status, coordinate availability and assignment of internal and external resources Help management prioritize projects based on expected value, ROI or other defined KPIs For approved projects, develop detailed project schedules to monitor and track progress Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path Document issues and coordinate follow up and resolution Identify project risks and manage risk response plan Facilitate the resolution of issues and risks through proactive discussions with stakeholders Escalate issues and risks to management as needed to ensure awareness and drive response Organize weekly project status calls and publish timely status reports to stakeholders and management Monitor scope compliance and document/record change requests Coordinate the review and approval (or deferral) of change requests based on impact on schedule/budget Oversee the execution of testing, training, and cutover activities Plan for and implement requisite change management activities to minimize impact on stakeholder organizations and drive solution adoption Throughout the project lifecycle, maintain regular communications with all stakeholder groups Seek input and maintain a list of lessons learned during the full project lifecycle so execution of future projects can be improved Help create documentation and prepare for project steering committees (or lead, as required) Maintain project budget, actuals, and identify and report on trends to prevent or limit cost overruns Develop and maintain partnerships with outside resources, including third party vendors Identify and resolve, or work with management on, any issues and conflicts that could arise within project teams Position Requirements:
Skills and
Qualifications:
5
years of experience leading or coordinating SAP Projects Excellent verbal and written communication skills Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences Ability to understand business requirements/concepts and facilitate discussions in project context Demonstrable experience in project management, including proficiency in, or strong working understanding of, various project management methodologies including PMBOK, Prince, Agile and or SAP's ASAP or Activate Ability to lead large local or geographically dispersed project teams Ability to create presentations and present in front of large audiences, including senior executives Ability to work collaboratively and independently in a cross-functional team environment, up, down and across the global organization Ability to address short-term tactical requirements without losing site of the longer-range strategic direction Ability to motivate others outside of direct authority to ensure project milestones and deliverables are met Proven analytical, problem solving, interpersonal and communicational skills Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems or related field (will consider applicants with extensive PM experience managing IT and technology projects in lieu of specific degree requirements) PMP Certification a plus but not required Working knowledge or experience with some or all of following platforms and technologies:
SAP ECC, SAP S/4 HANA, SAP Commerce Cloud, SAP Business Objects, Salesforce, Dell Boomi Experienced with or working knowledge of IT controls frameworks ranging from System Development Life Cycle, requirements gathering and management, change management, test management, SOX etc.
Proficiency with Microsoft's office desktop solutions, most specifically Excel and PowerPoint a must, SharePoint, Visio, Teams, Atlassian's Jira, and Confluence a plus Must be available on weekends, nights, and holidays as needed Pay Range:
$74k - $115k Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.
However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.
41 CFR 60-1.
35(c) Recommended Skills Agile Methodology Analytical Assembly And Installation Business Informatics Business Requirements Certified Project Management Professional Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
Summary:
Monster Energy is seeking qualified applications for an SAP Project Manager to join our IT PMO team in Corona, CA.
As part of the Monster IT PMO team, the SAP Project Manager will work closely with PMO leadership and team, the SAP Applications leadership and team, and other project stakeholders to develop project charters, project schedules, resource plans and budgets, and lead SAP project planning and execution activities in compliance with scope, quality, time and budget constraints.
Essential Job Functions:
The SAP Project Manager plays an essential role in the success of SAP initiatives by ensuring project deliverables, activities, issues, risks and other components are properly identified, documented, organized, followed up on and updated in Monster's project and portfolio management platform.
The SAP Project Manager also plays a critical role in helping define, maintain, and enforce best practices for SAP Project Management functions.
Responsibilities and activities include (not necessarily limited to):
PMO
Responsibilities:
Develop and implement a best-practice-based approach to managing SAP projects, including but not limited to:
Work closely with Monster's SAP Applications Leadership to identify and document key objectives, internal constraints, risks, and other factors to establish and drive forward an effective SAP project management practice.
Internalize findings and integrate market-based SAP best practices to develop a coherent approach to managing SAP projects and ensure consistent delivery of SAP projects over time.
Identify repeatable deliverables, work packages or activities across SAP projects and create reusable templates that capture required steps, dependencies, and generic resource assignments.
Maintain the templates in Monster's project management solution to accelerate the planning of future projects and ensure all required project areas are identified early and considered in the project planning process.
Maintain and update internally developed SAP project management best practices on an ongoing basis.
Work with business and IT stakeholders to maintain an accurate pipeline of projects, and to facilitate periodic reviews to prioritize and sequence project deliveries in accordance with Monster's evolving objectives.
Ensure consistency and predictability in managing SAP projects, from charter development all the way to project closure.
Project Management
Responsibilities:
Leveraging best practices and relationships developed as part of PMO responsibilities above:
Educate and guide project teams on how to apply best practices during the SAP project management lifecycle.
Work with SAP team leadership to set overall direction and priorities for the SAP portfolio of projects and roadmap.
Collaborate with key stakeholders and project teams to set and align business and IT strategic goals Help sequence and prioritize projects to deliver against identified business and IT goals Serve as the primary project liaison between IT and business representatives for all project activities and interactions Learn Monster's Portfolio and Project Management (PPM) solution and become a champion for its use in all aspects of project management and reporting Create and maintain all project information in Monster's PPM solution (see below) and ensure adherence to Monster's internal project management framework and guidelines Working with project stakeholders, provide hands-on project management leadership from project initiation, to planning, execution, control, and closing.
Assist in the definition of project objectives, scope, and deliverables Work with business and IT stakeholders to develop business cases, assembling relevant information that will help prioritize projects and related resource commitments based on facts As business cases progress toward project status, coordinate availability and assignment of internal and external resources Help management prioritize projects based on expected value, ROI or other defined KPIs For approved projects, develop detailed project schedules to monitor and track progress Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path Document issues and coordinate follow up and resolution Identify project risks and manage risk response plan Facilitate the resolution of issues and risks through proactive discussions with stakeholders Escalate issues and risks to management as needed to ensure awareness and drive response Organize weekly project status calls and publish timely status reports to stakeholders and management Monitor scope compliance and document/record change requests Coordinate the review and approval (or deferral) of change requests based on impact on schedule/budget Oversee the execution of testing, training, and cutover activities Plan for and implement requisite change management activities to minimize impact on stakeholder organizations and drive solution adoption Throughout the project lifecycle, maintain regular communications with all stakeholder groups Seek input and maintain a list of lessons learned during the full project lifecycle so execution of future projects can be improved Help create documentation and prepare for project steering committees (or lead, as required) Maintain project budget, actuals, and identify and report on trends to prevent or limit cost overruns Develop and maintain partnerships with outside resources, including third party vendors Identify and resolve, or work with management on, any issues and conflicts that could arise within project teams Position Requirements:
Skills and
Qualifications:
5
years of experience leading or coordinating SAP Projects Excellent verbal and written communication skills Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences Ability to understand business requirements/concepts and facilitate discussions in project context Demonstrable experience in project management, including proficiency in, or strong working understanding of, various project management methodologies including PMBOK, Prince, Agile and or SAP's ASAP or Activate Ability to lead large local or geographically dispersed project teams Ability to create presentations and present in front of large audiences, including senior executives Ability to work collaboratively and independently in a cross-functional team environment, up, down and across the global organization Ability to address short-term tactical requirements without losing site of the longer-range strategic direction Ability to motivate others outside of direct authority to ensure project milestones and deliverables are met Proven analytical, problem solving, interpersonal and communicational skills Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems or related field (will consider applicants with extensive PM experience managing IT and technology projects in lieu of specific degree requirements) PMP Certification a plus but not required Working knowledge or experience with some or all of following platforms and technologies:
SAP ECC, SAP S/4 HANA, SAP Commerce Cloud, SAP Business Objects, Salesforce, Dell Boomi Experienced with or working knowledge of IT controls frameworks ranging from System Development Life Cycle, requirements gathering and management, change management, test management, SOX etc.
Proficiency with Microsoft's office desktop solutions, most specifically Excel and PowerPoint a must, SharePoint, Visio, Teams, Atlassian's Jira, and Confluence a plus Must be available on weekends, nights, and holidays as needed Pay Range:
$74k - $115k Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.
However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.
41 CFR 60-1.
35(c) Recommended Skills Agile Methodology Analytical Assembly And Installation Business Informatics Business Requirements Certified Project Management Professional Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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