Project Manager - ERP / MRP or Accounting Software background

New role for an IT Software Project Manager with ERP or Accounting / Financial solutions experience and a consulting / consultancy / reseller or vendor background to manage concurrent projects for a thriving ERP and CRM software consultancy. This role is based near Fleet on the Hampshire / Surrey / Berkshire borders with the normal travel to client sites and carries a wide salary range from £40-£60k (they are keen to look at junior, mid-range and experienced PM's) plus a £6k car allowance and benefits. Initially you can expect to be in the office 3 days a week for the first few months, which will probably drop down to two days a week, so reasonable proximity to their offices is important.

This successful, busy reseller provides Sage ERP, accounting and CRM business software to client companies; the software covers finance, warehousing, ecommerce, manufacturing, distribution, order processing, payroll, HR, sales and CRM. Your job is to work with the customers' on the requirements managing the whole process to delivery and go live.

This is a very busy group and typically they have up to 125 software implementation projects on the go at once - of which some might be stalled, some are waiting for client action, some are in the software development phase, some are waiting for resource and so on. Your job will be to manage the clients' expectations and keep your portfolio of projects rolling forward as well as organising your consultants and keeping track of each stage. You will need to liaise with the consulting teams and development teams.

If you are a hard working Project Manager with a reseller, vendor or consultancy background and ERP / MRP or Accounting Software skills, this is a terrific opportunity to move to a top 10 UK consultancy that works with the full range of Sage solutions including Sage 200, Sage ERP X3, Sage 1000, Sage CRM and SalesLogix. They have a long track record of successfully delivering on-premise and cloud based ERP, Accounting and CRM software solutions into the SME market, and a thorough understanding of their customers' business requirements with the skills and resources to deal with bespoke software customisations.

You will be an accomplished Software Project Manager who is well organised, good under pressure and is an enthusiastic leader. You will be a great communicator with strong stakeholder and relationship / team management skills and the ability to develop, lead and motivate your project teams to achieve the desired results. You will be motivated and pragmatic and adept at creating the right project environment to ensure successful implementations of ERP, Accounting and CRM software solutions.

The requirement is for a Project Manager with prior application software implementation and project management experience with ERP or accounting / financial solutions. You should be capable of managing projects of up to £100k, 50 days of consulting and £50k's worth of software / licenses, as well as managing multiple smaller projects of around 10 days consulting.

Your core skills will include the ability to effectively manage customer expectations, manage project creep, keep the project within scope, deliver profitable projects and find the commercial balance between customer satisfaction and getting the project finished on time and to budget.

The job of a Project Manager can be a tough one with many challenges - so you will be the type of person who is not easily intimidated and works really well when the pressure is on!

If you would like further information about this new PM role, please get in touch with Jake King or Carolyn MacLurg at Ambis in the first instance or send us a copy of an up to date CV and we will contact you.