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Cutover Manager
| Posting date: | 09 August 2024 |
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| Salary: | £529.26 to £529.26 per day |
| Additional salary information: | per day PAYE |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 September 2024 |
| Location: | GLOUCESTER, GL1 2TG |
| Company: | Triumph Consultants Ltd |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | Gloucestershire 5253115 |
Summary
What's involved with this role:
Interim Cutover Manager
Reference no: Gloucestershire 5253115
Pay rate: £529.26 per day PAYE
Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 8 months
City: GLOUCESTER
Hybrid working, expectation of being in the office at least once a week
A Cutover Manager is required to manage the workstream to develop the target operating model for the service to support the new ERP solution (SAP Cloud). Experience of procurement, including recent regulatory changes and knowledge of SAP or ARIBA are essential for this role. This is a significant role which will help the council capitalise on its new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. The role holder will meticulously plan, lead and manage the activities which will safely transition business through SAP S/4 HANA and SuccessFactors implementation and go-live. The role holder will be part of the ERP leadership team and manage a range of internal staff and contractors, and partner with identified stakeholders to plan and execute the cutover activities.
Key responsibilities:
Prepare the cutover strategy to set the proposed approach and governance arrangements for the planning, rehearsing and execution of cutover and post go-live activities.
Communicate the strategy with key stakeholders across the council and partners to build understanding of the requirements, resources and timescales involved.
Partner with key members of the programme team, technical delivery partners and the business to meticulously plan the business and technical cutover activities.
Build the detailed cutover checklist in conjunction with the programme team to ensure there are the right quality gateways and decision-making points mapped in the integrated programme plan.
Plan, manage and execute a Full Dress Rehearsal (FDR) to test the cutover plan and report on the outcomes. Ensure any issues are reviewed and replanned in a final cutover plan.
Closely work with the Technical Workstream and Technical Partner to develop detailed roll back scenario’s and plans in case of serious failure/s during the cutover.
Provide overview and assurance of wider data migration activities across the programme phases to ensure all data migration activities have been adequately performed, tested and validated leading into FDR.
Liaise with the OCM workstream to ensure effective comms are produced for the duration of the cutover lifecycle.
Ensure that go-live support arrangements are planned and coordinated leading and support the transition into hypercare.
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
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Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Experience:
Experience of procurement, including recent regulatory changes and knowledge of SAP or ARIBA essential.
Significant experience of planning, leading and managing ERP cutovers within a complex environment and including a significant system change.
Experience of simultaneous go-live for Finance, HR and Procurement systems.
Ideally have experience of SAP S/4 HANA, SuccessFactors and Ariba system implementations.
Experience and knowledge of data migration activities between source and target systems.
Experience of leading and developing team members for enhanced effectiveness and for future career paths.
Knowledge:
Good understanding of ICT and ERP systems.
An understanding of the technical and process dependencies.
Skills & Abilities:
Strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to succinctly deliver key messages to the Programme Board and broader HR stakeholders.
Ability to lead and manage a team of professionals.
Personally resilient and not averse to being robustly challenged and challenging back as appropriate.
Assertive and able to drive change against agreed parameters.
Collaborative and approachable.
Able to challenge leaders and managers on their own ground in relation HR, Finance and Procurement service provision.
Able to adapt quickly to changing priorities and organisational needs.
Solution and time focussed.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
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Job Ref: Gloucestershire 5253115
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