Associate SAP Project Manager

at  SAP

WE HELP THE WORLD RUN BETTER

At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

The role of the Associate Project Manager is to support a Senior Project Manager, Portfolio Manager, or Program Manager in all aspects of the project life cycle: initiate, plan, monitor and control, and close. This is a junior position responsible for performing a basic function to support SAP Services delivery execution on customer engagements.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist in the delivery of SAP Software and services as required and directed by SAP Delivery and Project Manager
• Provide support to the Project Manager for the Sales to Delivery Handover
• Assist with project coordination, planning and management
• Capture project metrics and ensure they are clearly communicated to appropriate SAP or Customer team members
• Manage revenue backlog in SAP systems for assigned projects

EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS

• Participate in initial training to quickly learn targeted SAP technologies and methodologies.
• Responsible for maintaining a high degree of customer satisfaction in addition to growing and developing referenceable customers.
• Create and maintain procedures and manuals.
• Track project status through use of internal and external tracking tools and assist in weekly status reporting.
• Assist in developing process and templates as well as establishing document control procedures.
• Support project team through data management, scheduling and coordination of events.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks, work in a team environment, understand and be responsive to project and customer needs.
• Ability to adapt and function effectively in a fast-paced, changing environment while working under deadlines.
• A record of taking initiative (self-starter), driving results and accepting increasing levels of responsibility.
• Build credible relationships with peers and clients, and continuous professional learning.
• Ability to learn quickly and apply knowledge effectively.
• Assist with compliance to project requirements and standards
• Assist with tasks associated with monitoring and controlling the project
• Assist with revenue forecasting of a project
• Assist in Resource Management process, creating and tracking resource requests.
• Assist with the capture and recording of inputs for financial planning and management; including capture of project team timesheets (including external parties), effort expensed, project costs, project invoices etc.
• Assist with RAID Meetings, documentation, invitations, minutes
• Assist with management and documentation of project deliverable reviews and review sessions
• Assist with minutes of reviews and related project approvals
• Assist Project Manager with Project Sponsors and Project review Boards, including development of content, meeting minutes etc.
• Assist with project escalations
• Assist with management and tracking of key project documents and deliverables Participate in project weekly/monthly meetings, and in Project Reviews
• Assist with the capture of Lessons Learnt
• Work with consultants and project managers to ensure accuracy of project reporting
• Capture project metrics and ensures they are clearly communicated to appropriate SAP or Customer team members