D365 ERP Project Manager

Crowe's Consulting Manufacturing and Distribution practice has an exciting opportunity for an D365 Project Manager to join our growing team. The Project Manager will be focused on leading and/or architecting solutions for D365 opportunities, managing the project solution scope with customers, and providing project leadership and direction for Crowe and customer team members tasked with implementing the solution. The successful candidate will demonstrate a proven track record of managing and delivering full lifecycle ERP implementations.

The Consultant will be expected to participate in team building events and develop internal team and customer relationships. Any non-customer time will be spent on personal investment, internal initiatives and administrative tasks

Job Responsibilities include:

• Collaborate with customers to prepare a formal Project Charter outlining the objectives, detailed scope, resources, timeline, and budget for each new implementation
• Participate in operational review meetings with customers to translate business needs into functional requirements and business scenarios
• Manage the effective transition of requirements to the delivery team ensuring a clear and complete understanding of the requirements
• Manage the complete software development lifecycle for approved development activities with a focus on reducing cycle times between functional, technical, and QA resources
• Manage project plan, budget, and resource schedule on a weekly basis
• Prepare weekly status reports and facilitate weekly status review meeting with customer
• Identify risks and formally manage risk mitigation plans in close collaboration with customer
• Facilitate quality assurance reviews with customer on a regular basis and execute correction actions
• Engage with project teams to gather assets, best practices and guidance from our customers in an effort to integrate and/or improve our methodologies and end customer experience

Qualifications:

• Minimum of two yearsmanaging enterprise level ERPimplementation projects which are at least $2M in size
• Experience working in core financials and operational business processes such as General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Bank and Cash Management, Financial Reporting, Manufacturing Costing, Procurement, Sales, Inventory Management, Production, and Planning is a plus
• Experience in Manufacturing and/or Distribution industries is preferred
• Experience with Agile software development lifecycle methodology is a plus
• Knowledge and/or experience servicing the following vertical industries is highly regarded: Metals, Automotive, and Life Sciences
• Prior consulting organization experience preferred
• Ability to manage time, prioritize and communicate commitments is required
• Demonstrated strong communication skills as evidenced by ability to articulate project status and risks to diverse audiences
• Must have reputation and references with previous customer, contacts, and/or partners
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Project and Visio
• Project Management Professional certification from PMI is strongly preferred
• Bachelor's degree required
• Flexibility totravel up to 75%