Job
- Level
- Senior
- Location
- Mönchengladbach
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Job Field
- BI, Project
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
Job Summary
In this role, the Project Manager leads the SAP S/4HANA project in an agile environment, develops test strategies, coordinates go-live activities, and manages external partners during project execution.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- SAP S/4HANA Project Management (approx. 70%)
- Management of the SAP S/4HANA project in an agile project environment following the Scrum-of-Scrums approach
- Close collaboration with the Chief Product Owner and Chief Scrum Master
- Cross-cutting responsibility for all topics outside of the individual agile teams
- Operational management and active participation in cross-team project topics, in particular:
- Test Management: Development of the test strategy, planning and coordination of integration, regression, and acceptance tests, as well as defect management and test tools.
- Cutover, Go-live, and Hypercare: Planning, coordination, and support during the production rollout and subsequent stabilization phase
- Permissions, interfaces, and operational handover: Coordination of relevant requirements and ensuring a structured transition to regular operations
- Responsibility for overall project planning as well as budget, risk, and dependency management
- Release and milestone planning in close coordination with the Chief Product Owner
- Management of external implementation partners and service providers, including contract management and monitoring of agreed services
- Regular reporting to the Steering Committee and executive management
- Preparation and processing of strategic and operational management decisions
- Strategic and operational support for the Group Director IT & Digitalization (approx. 30%)
- Operational and strategic support for the Group Director IT & Digitalization on cross-cutting IT and digitalization topics
- Preparation and compilation of decision templates, management presentations, reports, and budget planning
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Our expectations of you
Education
- Completed degree in Business Informatics, Business Administration, Computer Science, or a comparable field of study, or an equivalent qualification with relevant professional experience.
Qualifications
- Secure understanding of collaboration between project management, product owners, and Scrum masters
- Strong hands-on mentality and willingness to take operational responsibility in addition to overarching project management
- Confident demeanor towards executive management, departments, and external partners, as well as strong negotiation skills.
- Structured and independent working style, high resilience, and strong communication skills
- Very good German language skills and good English language skills, both written and spoken.
Experience
- At least ten years of experience in SAP projects, ideally including at least one SAP S/4HANA implementation or migration (Greenfield, Brownfield, or Selective Data Transition)
- Solid practical experience in at least two of the following overarching project areas: test management, data migration, cutover, and change management.
- Experience as a project or sub-project manager in scaled agile project environments, for example with Scrum of Scrums, SAFe, or SAP Activate
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What we offer
- Excellent work-life balance thanks to a 38.5-hour workweek and 30 days of vacation per year
- Permanent employment in a dynamically growing company with long-term prospects
- A family-oriented work environment with dedicated colleagues, open communication, an open-door mentality, and short decision-making processes.
- Attractive annual bonus payments
- Company pension scheme as well as asset-building benefits
- Structured onboarding for optimal and personalized onboarding
- Regular development and feedback discussions for individual support
- A wide range of training opportunities, e.g., via our OQademy, access to LinkedIn Learning, and much more.
- Relaxed casual dress code in the office
- Attractive car leasing through our partner Allane BusinessAuto
- Subsidy for the Germany Ticket as a Job Ticket
- Company bike leasing for sustainable and healthy mobility
- Regular team and company events because great work deserves great moments
- Exclusive employee discounts via our corporate benefits portal
- Comprehensive occupational health management, including eye examinations for computer workstations, flu vaccinations, health days
- Varied sports activities such as company runs
- Complimentary catering with fresh fruits and vegetables, water, as well as coffee and tea specialties
- Employee referral bonus of up to €1,000
- Authentic insights into our daily work life on LinkedIn and Instagram (OQEMA Group or OQEMA_Germany)
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About Your Employer
OQEMA GmbH
OQEMA GmbH, based in Mönchengladbach, Germany, is a leading company in the chemical trade. With a wide range of chemical raw materials and specialties, it operates at the interface between manufacturers and processing industries.
Description
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Pharmaceutical Sector, Chemical Industry, Biotech
Project Manager SAP S/4HANA
- Location
- Mönchengladbach
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
