Assistant Manager - SAP Project and Portfolio Management

KDNI_SAP_Project and Portfolio Management_Assistant Manager

Key Responsibilities

• SAP PPM Configuration & Maintenance: Configure and maintain SAP PPM modules, including portfolio planning, project scheduling, resource allocation, and cost accounting.
• Portfolio Alignment & Strategy Support: Enable strategic decision-making by assessing, prioritizing, and balancing portfolios based on business value, risk, and available resources.
• Project Lifecycle Coordination: Support cross-functional teams to manage full project lifecycle: proposal, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure using SAP PPM tools.
• Resource Management: Optimize resource assignments by analyzing availability and capacity in SAP, addressing potential bottlenecks across portfolios.
• Risk & Issue Management: Monitor project risks and issues, develop mitigation plans, update decision-flow gates/statuses, and synchronize between PPM and PS.
• Reporting & Analytics: Generate standard and ad-hoc SAP reports/dashboards to provide portfolio/project insights and support performance monitoring and informed decision-making.
• Stakeholder Communication & Workshops: Facilitate regular workshops, stakeholder meetings, and training sessions to gather requirements, train end-users, and ensure adoption of PPM best practices.
• User Support & Authorization Management: Assist in role and authorization design for SAP PPM users and administer user access via enterprise portal.
• Post-Implementation & Continuous Improvement: Conduct reviews post-deployment, identify areas of improvement, and propose functional enhancements or system process refinements.

Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, IT, or related discipline.
• 5+ years SAP experience, including significant exposure to SAP PPM (modules 4.5, 5.0, 6.1 or S/4HANA PPM).
• Strong understanding of integration between SAP PPM and PS, CPM, HCM, and financial systems.
• Comfortable using reporting tools like SAP BI/BW.
• Certifications (PMP, SAP PPM, SAP PS) preferred.
• Solid project and portfolio management experience with ability to monitor scope, schedule, cost, and quality.
• Proficiency in conducting workshops, gathering requirements, and communicating with stakeholders at various levels.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and reporting skills.
• Strong communication abilities and collaborative mindset.

Experience & Attributes

• Proven track record in managing mid to large-scale SAP-centric projects or portfolios.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business strategy into PPM configurations and reports.
• Experience facilitating decision-making processes and status gates within PPM.
• Comfort managing multiple concurrent projects while achieving deadlines and quality standards.

Key Responsibilities

• SAP PPM Configuration & Maintenance: Configure and maintain SAP PPM modules, including portfolio planning, project scheduling, resource allocation, and cost accounting.
• Portfolio Alignment & Strategy Support: Enable strategic decision-making by assessing, prioritizing, and balancing portfolios based on business value, risk, and available resources.
• Project Lifecycle Coordination: Support cross-functional teams to manage full project lifecycle: proposal, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure using SAP PPM tools.
• Resource Management: Optimize resource assignments by analyzing availability and capacity in SAP, addressing potential bottlenecks across portfolios.
• Risk & Issue Management: Monitor project risks and issues, develop mitigation plans, update decision-flow gates/statuses, and synchronize between PPM and PS.
• Reporting & Analytics: Generate standard and ad-hoc SAP reports/dashboards to provide portfolio/project insights and support performance monitoring and informed decision-making.
• Stakeholder Communication & Workshops: Facilitate regular workshops, stakeholder meetings, and training sessions to gather requirements, train end-users, and ensure adoption of PPM best practices.
• User Support & Authorization Management: Assist in role and authorization design for SAP PPM users and administer user access via enterprise portal.
• Post-Implementation & Continuous Improvement: Conduct reviews post-deployment, identify areas of improvement, and propose functional enhancements or system process refinements.

Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, IT, or related discipline.
• 5+ years SAP experience, including significant exposure to SAP PPM (modules 4.5, 5.0, 6.1 or S/4HANA PPM).
• Strong understanding of integration between SAP PPM and PS, CPM, HCM, and financial systems.
• Comfortable using reporting tools like SAP BI/BW.
• Certifications (PMP, SAP PPM, SAP PS) preferred.
• Solid project and portfolio management experience with ability to monitor scope, schedule, cost, and quality.
• Proficiency in conducting workshops, gathering requirements, and communicating with stakeholders at various levels.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and reporting skills.
• Strong communication abilities and collaborative mindset.

Experience & Attributes

• Proven track record in managing mid to large-scale SAP-centric projects or portfolios.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business strategy into PPM configurations and reports.
• Experience facilitating decision-making processes and status gates within PPM.
• Comfort managing multiple concurrent projects while achieving deadlines and quality standards.

Key Responsibilities

• SAP PPM Configuration & Maintenance: Configure and maintain SAP PPM modules, including portfolio planning, project scheduling, resource allocation, and cost accounting.
• Portfolio Alignment & Strategy Support: Enable strategic decision-making by assessing, prioritizing, and balancing portfolios based on business value, risk, and available resources.
• Project Lifecycle Coordination: Support cross-functional teams to manage full project lifecycle: proposal, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure using SAP PPM tools.
• Resource Management: Optimize resource assignments by analyzing availability and capacity in SAP, addressing potential bottlenecks across portfolios.
• Risk & Issue Management: Monitor project risks and issues, develop mitigation plans, update decision-flow gates/statuses, and synchronize between PPM and PS.
• Reporting & Analytics: Generate standard and ad-hoc SAP reports/dashboards to provide portfolio/project insights and support performance monitoring and informed decision-making.
• Stakeholder Communication & Workshops: Facilitate regular workshops, stakeholder meetings, and training sessions to gather requirements, train end-users, and ensure adoption of PPM best practices.
• User Support & Authorization Management: Assist in role and authorization design for SAP PPM users and administer user access via enterprise portal.
• Post-Implementation & Continuous Improvement: Conduct reviews post-deployment, identify areas of improvement, and propose functional enhancements or system process refinements.

Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, IT, or related discipline.
• 5+ years SAP experience, including significant exposure to SAP PPM (modules 4.5, 5.0, 6.1 or S/4HANA PPM).
• Strong understanding of integration between SAP PPM and PS, CPM, HCM, and financial systems.
• Comfortable using reporting tools like SAP BI/BW.
• Certifications (PMP, SAP PPM, SAP PS) preferred.
• Solid project and portfolio management experience with ability to monitor scope, schedule, cost, and quality.
• Proficiency in conducting workshops, gathering requirements, and communicating with stakeholders at various levels.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and reporting skills.
• Strong communication abilities and collaborative mindset.

Experience & Attributes

• Proven track record in managing mid to large-scale SAP-centric projects or portfolios.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business strategy into PPM configurations and reports.
• Experience facilitating decision-making processes and status gates within PPM.
• Comfort managing multiple concurrent projects while achieving deadlines and quality standards.

Experience Level

Mid Level