ERP Project Manager

ERP Project Manager

Location: Manchester (Hybrid - 1-2 days onsite)

Type: Permanent / Fixed-Term Contract

Salary: Competitive + Benefits

The Opportunity

We're seeking an experienced ERP Project Manager to join a major business transformation programme, leading the deployment, data migration, cutover, and go-live activities associated with a large-scale ERP implementation.

This is a highly visible role where you'll take ownership of migration planning and execution, working closely with business stakeholders, technical teams, and implementation partners to ensure a successful transition from legacy applications to a modern cloud-based ERP platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the ERP Data Migration workstream from planning through execution, go-live and hypercare support.
• Develop and maintain migration, deployment and cutover plans.
• Coordinate data cleansing, transformation, validation and reconciliation activities.
• Facilitate workshops with business users, data owners and SMEs to define migration requirements and data strategies.
• Manage readiness activities and ensure successful delivery against go-live criteria.
• Work closely with implementation partners and internal teams to resolve migration issues and risks.
• Oversee defect management, data quality improvement initiatives and governance activities.
• Support business transition, deployment activities and post-go-live hypercare.

Required Experience

• Proven experience delivering ERP projects with significant data migration responsibility.
• Strong understanding of the full migration lifecycle, including:
• Data profiling
• Data cleansing
• Mapping
• Transformation
• Validation
• Reconciliation
• Cutover planning and execution
• Experience with enterprise ERP solutions such as IFS, SAP, Oracle, Dynamics, or similar platforms.
• Demonstrable success leading large-scale deployments and business-critical go-live activities.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively across business and technical teams.
• Strong risk, issue and dependency management experience.

Desirable

• Experience of cloud ERP implementations.
• Knowledge of data governance and master data management.
• Experience managing service transition and hypercare activities.
• Background in complex transformation programmes.

What's on Offer?

• Hybrid working based in Manchester.
• Opportunity to play a key role in a high-profile ERP transformation.
• Exposure to senior stakeholders and strategic business initiatives.
• Collaborative and forward-thinking project environment.

If you are an experienced ERP Project Manager with a strong track record in data migration, cutover and deployment activities, we'd love to hear from you.

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