Senior IT Projectmanager (SAP ECC / EDI)

We are looking for a Senior IT Project Manager to lead a program scheduled for the time period of December 2017 till November 2018. The program scope

includes

Further automation of the Order To Cash (OTC) and intercompany processes between the 3 regions and their respective entities; North America, Europe and Asia.
Establish a trading company in Asia region and build all the related processes to support the local sales process (OTC) and the intercompany processes between North America and Europe to the new trading entity in China.

Senior IT Project Manager Role
The Senior IT Project Manager reports into the IT Project Management team. This position provides overall leadership for the delivery of ITS projects. The position works closely with business and technical leadership, serving as a facilitator and leader, in driving the quality delivery of projects.
This senior position will manage global project teams of highly effective resources to implement ITS projects. This role will require managing multiple resources and interfacing at all levels of the organization.
The Senior IT Project Manager is accountable for the successful delivery of ITS projects, within the expected quality, budget, timeline and scope.

General qualifications
A minimum of 8 years in a project management role with a demonstrated track record Experience working with SAP systems(ECC, EDI) and understanding of intercompany process
Certification from recognized authority preferred (e.g. project management professionals PMP)
Strong analytical skills and ability to understand and effectively communicate between business and ITS stakeholders
Strong in project financials (budgeting, forecast, actuals, burn rate, accruals)

Strong in project procurement activities (SOW, PR and PO creation)
Strong in project planning and forecasting
Strong change management project leader skills with an ability to implement cross
functional business process changes
Experience in leading multi-cultural teams
Effectively manages and resolves complex issues
Flexibility to work outside the standard 9am-5pm working hours to facilitate and drive the
project completion with our US, EU and Asia stakeholders.

Project specific qualifications
Experience in managing IT specific projects, involving the implementation and adjustments
of intercompany processes between different entities of the company.
Working location in Rotterdam 5 days a week
Ability to travel as required by the project (mainly Houston or Asia Pacific
locations including but not restricted to Hongkong, Dubai and Shanghai)
Ability to manage the global stakeholders from the ITS and business side and actively steer
and drive the project to the successful completion.
Strong English communication skills and interpersonal skills