Description - External
About the role
We are seeking an accomplished ERP Project Manager to lead a complex migration from the legacy Epicor 10.2 platform to an on-premises Oracle E-Business Suite R12 environment.
This is a hands-on delivery leadership role supporting a cross-functional manufacturing ERP implementation. You will own integrated project planning and execution from mobilization through go-live and hypercare, while aligning business, IT, functional, technical, data, testing, training, and change-management teams.
In this role you will
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of the Epicor 10.2 to Oracle EBS R12 migration, from project mobilization through the targeted August 1, 2027 go-live and hypercare.
- Build, baseline, and manage the integrated project schedule, critical path, milestones, dependencies, deliverables, resource plan, and project budget.
- Coordinate business and IT workstreams across Order Management, Planning, Sourcing, Manufacturing, Engineering, Warehouse and Logistics, Finance, Master Data, Reporting, Integrations, Security, Testing, Training, and Cutover.
- Partner with business and IT leaders to clarify project scope, establish ownership, secure resource commitments, and implement effective project governance.
- Facilitate project kickoffs, delivery reviews, leadership updates, stage-gate readiness reviews, and cross-functional working sessions.
- Maintain disciplined project controls across risks, actions, issues, decisions, assumptions, dependencies, change requests, and milestones.
- Drive completion and approval of key project deliverables, including current-state and future-state process documentation, solution decisions, gap dispositions, test plans, cutover plans, training readiness, and operational handoff.
- Lead cross-functional planning for data cleansing, conversion, reconciliation, and validation, including business ownership and sign-off.
- Ensure testing cycles are effectively planned and executed, including entry and exit criteria, business participation, defect triage, readiness reporting, and formal approvals.
- Develop and manage an integrated cutover and contingency plan, including command-center governance, go-live readiness, stabilization, and transition to support.
- Manage external implementation partners and consultants against agreed scope, deliverables, schedules, quality expectations, and commercial commitments.
- Provide clear and actionable project communication to executives, project leaders, workstream teams, and site stakeholders.
Support organizational readiness, training, communications, adoption, and post-go-live stabilization activities.
Work Model: Hybrid - Cleveland, OH
What you need to have to be considered
- 7+ years of IT project management experience, including significant responsibility for full-lifecycle ERP implementations within a manufacturing environment.
- Demonstrated experience leading a large, cross-functional Oracle EBS implementation or migration.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing ERP processes, including Order-to-Cash (O2C), Plan-to-Produce, Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Inventory, Warehouse and Logistics, and Record-to-Report (R2R).
- Proven experience managing data conversion, application integrations, system and business testing, cutover, go-live, and hypercare.
- Experience building and managing detailed integrated project schedules, milestones, dependencies, and critical paths.
- Ability to translate executive-level milestones into detailed and accountable workstream plans.
- Strong project financial and vendor-management experience, including budget tracking, forecasting, scope control, and partner accountability.
- Strong facilitation, executive communication, negotiation, and conflict-resolution skills.
- Ability to effectively partner with plant leadership, business process owners, functional and technical teams, and external implementation partners.
Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
These will help you stand out
- Direct experience migrating from Epicor 10.2 or another legacy manufacturing ERP platform to Oracle EBS.
- Strong experience with on-premises Oracle E-Business Suite R12 implementations.
- Experience supporting multi-site manufacturing environments, inventory organizations, intercompany processes, and complex data-conversion programs.
- Experience managing large-scale manufacturing ERP transformation programs involving multiple business and IT workstreams.
- PMP or comparable project management certification.
- Experience with enterprise project management and collaboration tools such as Workfront, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Teams, and SharePoint.
- Change-management experience supporting business readiness, communications, training, user adoption, and post-go-live stabilization.
- Strong experience managing external system integrators, consultants, vendors, and implementation partners.
Salary and Other Compensation:
The annual salary for this position is between $83,250- $112,500 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:
Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
401(k) plan and contributions
Long-term/Short-term Disability
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Over Cognizant
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