Enterprise Resources Planning Project Manager
Technology
Job Description
Title: ERP Project Manager
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Location: Newark, NJ
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Experience level: 5+ years of ERP Project Management
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Compensation: $90K-$105K
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Summary
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We are seeking an experienced and results-driven ERP Project Manager to oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of our ERP implementation. This role will lead the rollout of VAI S2K Enterprise version 6.2 or a comparable ERP system used in distribution and manufacturing environments. The Project Manager will bridge executive leadership, department heads, internal technical teams, third-party consultants, and software vendors to deliver a successful implementation.
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Responsibilities
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- Define project scope, goals, milestones, deliverables, governance, and reporting cadence in collaboration with senior leadership and key stakeholders.
- Develop and maintain the project plan, budget, resource plan, risk register, issue log, and change-control process.
- Serve as the primary liaison among the ERP vendor, implementation consultants, internal teams, and business stakeholders.
- Lead discovery workshops to document current-state processes and design future-state workflows across finance, order management, purchasing, inventory, warehouse operations, customer service, and related functions.
- Coordinate data extraction, cleansing, mapping, validation, and migration from legacy systems; ensure the integrity of master data, item records, customer data, pricing, inventory, and financial balances.
- Plan and lead conference room pilots, system/integration testing, user acceptance testing, defect triage, and readiness reviews.
- Develop and execute a change-management and communications plan, including role-based training, end-user documentation, and standard operating procedures.
- Lead cutover planning, go-live execution, and post-go-live hypercare, escalating and resolving operational issues promptly.
- Provide clear, regular project-status updates to leadership, including progress against milestones, dependencies, decisions required, risks, and mitigation plans.
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Required Qualifications
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- Five or more years of project management experience delivering full-lifecycle ERP implementations, upgrades, or major ERP transformation initiatives.
- Experience with VAI S2K Enterprise, including version 6.2, is strongly preferred; experience with a similar distribution- or manufacturing-focused ERP platform will be considered.
- Demonstrated experience working with operational and financial ERP functions, including order processing, purchasing, inventory, warehousing, and general ledger/accounting.
- Experience coordinating ERP vendors, systems integrators, third-party consultants, and internal cross-functional teams.
- Working knowledge of data migration, EDI and API integrations, warehouse management systems, and ERP reporting/analytics.
- Ability to apply waterfall, agile, or hybrid delivery methodologies and use project-management tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira, Asana, or Monday.com.
- Proficient in information technology (IT), including ERP-related applications, integrations, data-management practices, infrastructure concepts, and troubleshooting in collaboration with technical teams.
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Preferred Qualifications
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- Experience in wholesale distribution, supply chain, manufacturing, food and beverage distribution, or pharmaceutical distribution.
- Experience with S2K Financial Management, Order Processing, Purchasing, Warehouse Management, or analytics/reporting modules.
- Experience leading EDI, eCommerce, 3PL, carrier/shipping, or other third-party integration initiatives.
- PMP, PMI-ACP, Prosci Change Management, or similar certification.
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or equivalent relevant experience.
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Key Competencies
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- Project leadership and disciplined execution
- Business-process analysis and continuous improvement
- Risk management and practical issue resolution
- Change leadership and end-user adoption
- Ability to translate technical concepts into clear business decisions
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