IT Project Manager

Smiths Group•Greenville, NC

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About The Position

Smiths Group is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to lead enterprise ERP implementations, upgrades, acquisitions, divestitures, and digital transformation initiatives across global business operations. The role involves managing complex ERP programs—preferably involving SAP, Epicor (Kinetic), and/or Infor Syteline—while coordinating cross-functional business and IT teams throughout the project lifecycle. The manager is accountable for delivering large-scale technology programs within scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives, and will manage projects across business units and geographic regions. The position may be based in Knoxville, Tennessee; Temple, Georgia; or Abbeville, South Carolina. The successful candidate will lead ERP implementation and transformation programs, including upgrades and migrations, greenfield implementations, brownfield migrations, multisite rollouts, and legacy ERP consolidations. The role also supports acquisitions, carve-outs, divestitures, transition service agreements, Day 1 readiness, ERP separation, data migration, business cutovers, and hypercare. It partners with business leaders to improve and standardize processes, identify automation opportunities, increase operational efficiency, and reduce technical debt. The IT Project Manager establishes governance and reporting, develops integrated plans and budgets, manages risks and vendors, and drives decisions and issue resolution with senior leaders. They coordinate stakeholders across functions including Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, HR, Legal, Compliance, Cyber Security, Infrastructure, Enterprise Architecture, Data & Analytics, and business process ownership. The ideal candidate has led complex ERP transformation programs in manufacturing or industrial environments and has strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or a related discipline.
10 or more years of IT Project Management experience.
7 or more years leading enterprise ERP implementations.
Experience managing projects exceeding $1 million.
Proven success delivering global ERP programs.
Experience managing cross-functional teams of 25–100 or more members.
Strong knowledge of Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid methodologies.
Experience with Microsoft Project, Clarity, or similar project management tools.
Strong stakeholder management, executive communication, leadership, vendor management, and decision-making capabilities.

Nice To Haves

Strong experience with one or more of SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA, Epicor ERP/Kinetic, or Infor Syteline (CSI).
Knowledge of ERP integrations, APIs, middleware, ETL/data migration, Azure, AWS, Microsoft 365, Active Directory/Entra ID, SQL Server, Oracle Database, manufacturing systems, MES, PLM, CRM, business intelligence, and Power BI.
Experience in manufacturing, industrial technology, aerospace and defense, distribution, supply chain, multisite operations, or global organizations.
Executive presence, strategic thinking, influencing without authority, financial acumen, conflict resolution, negotiation, change leadership, coaching and mentoring, and a continuous improvement mindset.
PMP (Project Management Professional), PMI-ACP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, Agile Scrum Master, SAP Project Management Certification, Prosci Change Management, or ITIL Foundation certification.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end ERP implementation and transformation programs.
Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and governance documentation.
Manage multiple concurrent projects across business units and geographic regions.
Establish project governance, steering committees, status reporting, and executive dashboards.
Drive issue resolution and decision-making with senior leadership.
Lead projects involving SAP ECC or S/4HANA, Epicor ERP/Kinetic, Infor Syteline/CloudSuite Industrial, ERP upgrades and migrations, greenfield implementations, brownfield migrations, multisite rollouts, and legacy ERP consolidations.
Coordinate ERP work across Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Procurement, Inventory, Quality, Customer Service, Warehouse Management, and Reporting & Analytics.
Lead ERP activities supporting acquisitions, business carve-outs, divestitures, TSA execution, Day 1 readiness, ERP separation planning, data migration, master data governance, business cutovers, and hypercare support.
Partner with business leaders to analyze current-state processes, design future-state processes, identify automation opportunities, improve operational efficiency, standardize global ERP processes, and reduce technical debt.
Manage relationships with system integrators, ERP implementation partners, software vendors, infrastructure providers, and managed service providers.
Develop statements of work and oversee budgets, vendor performance, deliverable acceptance, risk management, and contracts.
Develop and maintain executive dashboards, RAID logs, financial forecasts, resource plans, milestone reporting, steering committee presentations, portfolio reporting, and PMO governance documentation.
Identify and mitigate risks related to data migration, integration, security, infrastructure readiness, organizational change, business continuity, cutover planning, and production readiness.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams spanning Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, HR, Legal, Compliance, Cyber Security, Infrastructure, Enterprise Architecture, Data & Analytics, and business process owners.
Deliver ERP implementations on time and within budget, support minimally disruptive cutovers, promote user adoption and stakeholder satisfaction, and maintain effective governance, risk mitigation, and project reporting.