TechCARE.base SAP Project Manager

About

The healthcare systems are undergoing profound transformations. Payer expectations, patient and healthcare professional behaviors are evolving rapidly, in a rapidly changing competitive landscape. The growth and consolidation of medical device manufacturers, the acceleration of digital transformation - reinforced by the CoVid-19 crisis - require strengthening the alignment and internationalization of certain of our activities.

In response to these challenges, the Home Healthcare business has decided:

• to accelerate digital transformation and the standardization of information systems through the TechCARE program,
• to scale up procurement activities and develop synergies between the different global entities of Air Liquide Healthcare (home healthcare and medical gases).

To implement this strategy, the Air Liquide Healthcare International Services & Technology (ALHIST) entity has been created. It is dedicated to hosting shared global operational services, such as Digital & IT and Procurement & MedTech teams.

What will be your contribution and how will you thrive in this role?

As part of the TechCARE digital transformation program which aims to support the company's Value-Based Healthcare (VBHC) strategy by implementing personalized care plans, improving patient outcomes, and generating efficiencies through digitization, process improvement, and automation, we are seeking a TechCARE.base SAP Project Manager to coordinate and monitor with the selected integrator, the concerned subsidiaries (currently Italy, Spain, Portugal and Belgium) and the other internal and external stakeholders, the technical migration of SAP Chorus to S/4 Hana, the implementation of the HHC FiCoPro (Finance, Controlling & Procurement) Core model based on the customization of the Group ALign FiCoPro core model and the HHC target business processes.

Reporting directly to the Strategy, Roadmap, Governance, PMO & Project Management Director and functionally to the SAP Center of Excellence (CoE) Director, the main responsibilities include:

Governance & Methodology

• Respect the Group's D&IT project governance process and ensure the quality of deliverables
• Setup, co-prepare and co-animate the operational and steering committees to communicate status and progress to stakeholders and to identify and anticipate risks and issues in order to facilitate resolution, mitigation, and appropriate escalation to the top management
• Monitor project and related KPIs in the Group Project management tool with regular updates
• Publish and communicate regular reporting to the stakeholders
• Ensure project documents are complete, current, and appropriately stored.

Project Management

• Define the structure, scope, and lead efforts around work plans, schedules, cost estimates, resourcing required to deliver the project
• Manage internal and external resources including the IT subcontractor contract management and timesheet monitoring
• Master plan to identify external dependancies & risks
• Direct the project delivery through active sponsorship, leadership and involvement in specific initiatives to ensure they meet time, cost and quality requirements
• Monitor and control execution of project though analyse, design, build, test and release phases
• Provide direction and support to the project team
• Manage the scope change process and issue identification/resolution with all stakeholders.

Delivery & Business/subsidiary coordination

• Serve as the interface between project teams and the subsidiaries to ensure collaboration and coordination between all stakeholders
• Ensure business and subsidiary resources availability and workload during the key phases (functional design, functional data migration, UAT and training)
• During the detailed design phase, organize and attend workshops, realize the minutes of meeting and complete the detailed action plan.
• Co-define the testing strategy (Unitary tests, UAT, E2E tests)
• Participate in defining training strategy, follow training preparation actions and capture feedback following the training sessions
• To prepare the go-live(s), capture from central and local project teams a clear measurable business & technical go/no-go criteria, build and animate the cutover and organize dry runs
• During the hypercare period, follow the raised issues and ensure the proper reactivity from the project team.

Are you THE person for this role?

You have a 10 year degree from an engineering or business school, including at least 5 years of experience in a Project Manager role.

Skills required :

• Experience in project management skills, methods and techniques (capacity planning, resource management, risk matrix, cost follow-up, etc.)
• Ability to manage Agile and Non-Agile projects
• Substantial experience in change, issue and risk management
• Significant IT project management tool experience
• Controlling and budget management
• SAP knowledge good to have
• English and French fluent

Personal skills :

• Excellent analytical capabilities
• Critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Demonstrate decisiveness and action
• Able to simplify and synthesize complex situations with consideration to all elements
• First class influencing skills, able to convince audiences to adopt a different course of action
• Excellent communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills
• Good management capabilities and leadership qualities, able to build and develop a cohesive and motivated team

Our differences make our performance

At Air Liquide, we are committed to creating a collaborative and inclusive work environment that reflects the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, and stakeholders, as well as the cultures around the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their background. We are convinced that a diverse organization allows our employees to reveal their talent, both individually and collectively, and that it contributes to strengthening our capacity for innovation by bringing our fundamentals to life, acting for the success of the Group and creating an engaging environment, in a changing world.