Project Manager – PMO (SAP S/4 HANA Transformation Programme)
Locations: UK/Spain/France
Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across three continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.
As part of our ongoing pursuit of excellence, we will be kicking off a significant Transformation Project to introduce S/4HANA, and as such we have created several positions to support this enterprise project (Project Nexus)
Role Purpose:
For Lonza’s transformation project to introduce S/4HANA, we create the new position of Director, Financial Compliance Subject Matter Expert (S/4HANA) to support this enterprise initiative.
The incumbent of this role will focuses on operational excellence in driving project activities, and is responsible for planning, managing, and monitoring day-to-day project activities for the successful delivery of the SAP S/4HANA implementation.
It involves as well overseeing project performance reporting, coordinating with both technology and functional teams, to ensure timely and accurate updates.
The role requires hands-on experience with project management tools such as MS Project, Jira, and Smartsheet. The ideal candidate should have experience working in a multi-cultural, multi-national environment, demonstrating strong communication and organizational skills across global teams.
This position offers the opportunity to work on a high-impact ERP transformation project with exposure to cutting-edge SAP technologies. The role is critical to ensuring that the organization leverages S/4HANA to drive business value and operational efficiency.
Key Accountabilities:
- Prepare and manage detailed project plans, timelines, critical path and work breakdown structures for various workstreams
- Identify, actively track, log, and escalate risks and issues, coordinating for mitigation strategies.
- Monitor project progress, ensuring adherence to the plan.
- Collect, compile, and update project dashboards, status reports and milestones on a weekly basis.
- Own and maintain SAP implementation methodology handbook.
- Provide training and guidance to the team members on PMO tools and processes
- Support the PMO Lead in managing other tasks within the PMO
Key requirements:
- Previous experience as a Project Manager / PMO, preferably within large-scale SAP implementations or similar ERP projects.
- Hands on experience within a Project Management role
- At least one end-to-end SAP ERP implementation project
- Hands-on experience with project management tools such as MS Project, Smartsheet, Planview, Jira, Azure DevOps etc.
- Good overview knowledge of SAP and SAP components
- Working in GxP / computer system validation highly desirable
- Bachelor or Master Degree in Business, Engineering, Project Management, IT, or a related field.
- PMP, PRINCE2, or Agile certifications (Scrum Master, PMI-ACP) highly desirable.
Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.
We want to attract the best talent and recognize that they are not always available full-time. At Lonza, we will consider requests for flexible working hours. Please talk to us during the interview process about the flexibility you may need. (50% min).
People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.
