D365 Project Manager (Lawrenceville, GA)

Elma Electronic Inc. is a global leader and industry innovator in advanced embedded computing solutions. Our products and integrated platforms are based on a set of modular building blocks such as, precision hardware components, rotary switches, and embedded computing boards.

As a global organization, we stay close to our customers and partners worldwide with sales, design, and manufacturing facilities across three continents.

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We have an excellent opportunity for a D365 Project Manager to join our team in Lawrenceville, GA. Our ideal candidate will have experience deploying Microsoft’s Dynamics 365 ERP system. The candidate will be responsible for all aspects of project coordination from the IT side, including project plan and progress tracking; resource management; process mapping; data cleansing and migration; testing; training; user support, and overall communication. The candidate will be considered the primary interface between IT and Business Functions. The work location is Lawrenceville, Georgia. There will be occasional travel to Pennsylvania and California. International travel might be required.

Responsibilities:

• Planning and execution of the IT scope within the overall Dynamics 365 project plan
• Creating and maintaining a detailed project Gannt chart
• Assessing and monitoring resources’ availability
• Managing resources with business owners to deliver tasks on time and within budget
• Organizing internal reviews to track and control progress against project milestones, identifying issues that need to be addressed, and taking escalation action when necessary
• Reporting business progress to the ERP Program Director and maintaining the IT project plan
• Daily exchange with stakeholders at all levels within the business and core team to drive the project (including senior management, function owners, process owners, IT support, ERP experts, key users and end users)
• Ensuring that project tools and systems, such as DevOps, are utilized effectively to track completion of detail tasks for various workstreams (process mapping, data cleansing, migration, testing, training, IT and communication)
• Co-ordinating the attendance of participants in organized working groups, such as scenario testing and training
• Managing the Communication Plan and escalating any issues or concerns in a timely manner to business and project leaders
• Interfacing daily with Business Process Owners (BPO’s) and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to co-ordinate project activities and address issues as they occur
• Overseeing progress on data cleansing and migration activities for all business functions
• Co-ordinating overall testing plans and preparation of test scripts with Core Team support (unit & scenario testing, end-to-end testing, user acceptance testing)
• Co-ordinating user role allocations and authorizations with IT
• Ensuring adequate training material is prepared by process owners in a timely manner
• Managing the business training log for end-users, including user feedback and auditing
• Overseeing the implementation of IT hard & software (bar code readers, MES screens, etc.)
• Managing the preparation and execution of the business cutover with the ERP core team
• Providing coaching and training to team members to help them perform their project tasks
• Ensuring that all project tasks are documented accordingly
• Preparing project reports for monthly communication to the Steco
• Carrying out post Go-Live follow-up to ensure business reaches sustainable ERP operation (MRP functionality, user discipline, effective use of BI reporting, etc)
• Preparing feedback for the next implementation (Lessons Learned, QA docs, etc.)

Qualities:

• Ability to create and implement detailed project plans
• Organizing and leading workshops
• Co-ordinating and managing resources
• Communication and feedback of project plan and progress
• Risk assessment and mitigation planning
• Coaching and training team members
• Documentation and quality control of project tasks
• Project reporting and feedback to team
• Mediation and resolution of issues between stakeholders
• Budget control
• Must be onsite in our Lawrenceville, GA, 20-40% Home Office is possible.
• Travel between implementation sites (CA, PA)

Minimum Experience:

• Proven D365 project management experience
• Working knowledge of MS D365 system and key modules (manufacturing and production standpoint)
• Strong operational experience in a manufacturing environment with MRP experience
• Sound understanding of all business functions
• Effective interpersonal skills and ability to deal assertively at all levels within the business and 3rd parties (consultants, experts, steering, other stakeholders)
• Process mapping experience
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to work well independently and with a team
• Proficiency with computer and information technology in DevOps and Teams

Education/Certifications:

• Strong problem-solving skills bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in applied science
• Project management in D365 ERP implementations, preferably PMI certified
• 5 years’ experience, preferably in a manufacturing industry
• Critical experience of organizational change management
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Elma offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience and benefits package.

Elma Electronic Inc. is proud of our diversity and equal employment opportunity practices. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.

This is a full time position