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14/10 Vishu Pryal
Talent Acquisition at Unilever

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Unilever - Senior SAP Infrastructure Delivery Project Manager - Fixed Term Assignment (8-13 yrs)

Bangalore Job Code: 385069

Function : SAP Infra CoE (SIC)

Reports to : SAP Infra CoE (SIC) Leadership Team

Location : Port Sunlight

Scope : Global

Fixed Term Assignment - 3 years fixed term project based assignment

Business Context and Main Purpose of the Role :

- Unilever's business strategy, COMPASS, is on course to drive us forward from the recently achieved - 50BN turnover, onto its ultimate goal of 80BN by 2020 & all without increasing our current carbon footprint. In support of that ambition the Infrastructure Services & Service Delivery function will strive to put business outcomes back at the core of our operating model and reassert our identity as a key enabler of the Compass ambition. ISSD will strive to improve Quality of service, speed, security & increase collaboration with Application teams. Provide enhanced System and Cloud Integrated solutions. Develop team skills for Cloud Service Architecture & integration with on premise Hybrid Data Center facilities at the core of our solutioning provision to the business. Also ensuring KPI- s/metrics for Business Outcomes are in place and will drive Service Performance & optimization of Costs.

- The SAP Infrastructure CoE (SIC) is integral to this strategy, working in alignment with the ISSD functions, Innovate, Activate and Operate to provide Enterprise Solutions, Infrastructure and Geography IT with a unified gateway to the Unilever SAP Private Cloud platform in a high quality, cost and time efficient manner whilst activating world class integrated capabilities in collaboration with Innovate, Activate & Operate and in full support of Infrastructure and Service Delivery ambitions.

- The Senior infrastructure project manager will be responsible for managing a variety of infrastructure based projects within the scope of work identified for the SAP CoE.

Main Accountabilities :

- Identifies, assesses and manages risks to the success of the project. Take responsibility for the definition, documentation and safe execution of projects, actively participating in all phases of the project.

- Ensures that realistic project and quality plans are prepared and maintained and tracks all activities against the plan, providing regular and accurate reports to stakeholders, as appropriate.

- Monitors costs, timescales and resources used, and takes action where these deviate from agreed tolerances. Ensures that delivered systems are implemented within these criteria.

- Initiates and influences relationships with and between key stakeholders, in business change design, management and implementation, acting as a primary point of contact for senior stakeholders and influencers.

- Manages the change control procedure and ensures that project deliverables are completed within planned cost, timescale and resource budgets, and are signed off. Gains agreement for revisions to the project(s) from project sponsors.

- Provides effective leadership to the project team ensuring that team members are motivated and developing their skills and experience. Takes appropriate action where performance deviates from agreed tolerances. Actively represents the project team, ensuring that effective relationships are built and maintained with the business.

- Identifies mechanisms by which benefits can be delivered and measured, and plans to activate these mechanisms at the required time. Recognizes issues that may help or hinder the change and works with others to tackle them.

- Determines the readiness levels of business users with regard to upcoming changes; uncovers readiness gaps and creates and implements action plans to close the gaps prior to go-live.

Specification - SAP Certification & SAP PM

Direct Reports : Project Analysts

Key Interfaces :

- SIC LT members

- Srv Delivery, Landscape Managers /Directors

- Release Managers(across ETS)

- Solution Activation Portfolio Managers

- Operate SAP Basis /DBA Managers &/or Discipline Leads

- Operate Technical SME's (Unix, Backup, SAN, )

- SIC SAP Infrastructure Architects

- SIC Project Managers

- Innovate SMEs/Architects

Critical success Factors for the Role :

KPIs :

- Budget Control

- Milestone Control

- Issue/Risk Control

- Resource Control

- Stakeholder Mgmt (SLAs)

Relevant Experience :

Essential (8 years or more) :

- Skills such as business case preparation, project definition, planning, risk management, project change control, configuration management, financial management and staff selection for managing projects.

- Principles, methods, techniques and tools for the effective management of projects from initiation through to implementation.

Example : PRINCE2 / PMI

- Excellent stakeholder Management experience

- Service Management

- Broad understanding of SAP Basis in Global Environment Broad knowledge of Global SAP infrastructure (inc. storage, network, servers, tooling, capacity management & planning)

- Broad knowledge of SAP Landscape management (System refreshes and release cycles)

- System migrations, EHP upgrades, AIX patching & Db2 upgrades

- Acquiring understanding of a problem or situation by breaking it down systematically and identifying the relationships between these parts.

- Applying quality standards to all tasks undertaken and ensuring that nothing is overlooked.

- Methods and techniques for reporting progress and financial compliance against an agreed plan.

- Methods and techniques associated with planning and monitoring progress of projects.

Examples : Product/work breakdown structures, critical path analysis, earned value, resource analysis, conflict resolution.

- Project management methods and leadership skills, as preparation for more demanding project management responsibility.

- Methods, techniques and tools for the analysis, assessment and management of risk.

- Methods, techniques associated with Global change control

Desirable :

- Educated to degree level or holds a professional qualification.

- ITIL Foundation.

- Clarity Workbench experience

- Remedy Change Management & CMDB

Key Skills :

- Project Management

- Stakeholder Management

- SAP Infrastructure

Leadership Behaviours :

Employee should "meet expectations" on the Standards of Leadership behaviours relevant to the WL of this role.

This job opening was posted long time back. It may not be active. Nor was it removed by the recruiter. Please use your discretion.

Women-friendly workplace:

Maternity and Paternity Benefits

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