Project Manager – ERP Transformation

Vallen Distribution Inc.•Belmont, NC

About The Position

The Project Manager is responsible for leading the planning, execution, governance, and successful delivery of major ERP transformation initiatives. This role serves as the primary coordinator between business stakeholders, functional teams, technical teams, implementation partners, and program leadership to ensure scope, schedule, risks, dependencies, and deliverables remain aligned to program objectives. The Project Manager provides leadership throughout the project lifecycle, driving accountability, facilitating decision-making, managing stakeholder expectations, and ensuring readiness across all phases of the ERP implementation. This role operates within a complex, multi-workstream environment supporting the migration of multiple legacy ERP platforms to Infor CloudSuite Distribution Enterprise (CSDe). Success in this role requires situational awareness — knowing when to lead collaboratively, when to work through the organizational hierarchy, and when to roll up your sleeves and get the work done. The ideal candidate brings a consultative mindset: assessing conditions, proposing structured solutions, and securing stakeholder alignment before driving execution.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Project Management, or a related field; equivalent experience considered.
5+ years of project management experience leading enterprise technology, ERP, or business transformation initiatives.
Experience managing large-scale ERP implementations, upgrades, or migrations.
Experience leading complex initiatives involving business stakeholders, technical teams, system integrators, and third-party vendors.
Experience managing multiple concurrent workstreams within a complex program environment.
Experience utilizing project management methodologies, governance frameworks, and delivery best practices.
Knowledge of ERP systems, enterprise business processes, and operational workflows within distribution, warehouse, supply chain, manufacturing, or finance environments.
ERP implementation methodologies and enterprise transformation practices.
Project planning, scheduling, budgeting, forecasting, and resource management principles.
Risk, issue, dependency, and change management processes.
Governance, decision management, and executive reporting practices.
Strong leadership, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to influence outcomes and drive accountability across diverse stakeholder groups.
Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
Clear, concise written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to navigate ambiguity and adapt to changing business priorities.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
Ability to build trusted relationships with business leaders, technical teams, and implementation partners.
Consultative approach to change, ability to evaluate organizational and process conditions, structure clear recommendations, and gain stakeholder buy-in before initiating action.
Ability to flex between strategic leadership and hands-on, tactical execution based on project phase, team capacity, and organizational need.
Commitment to execution excellence, continuous improvement, and successful delivery outcomes.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Azure DevOps (ADO), Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, or similar project management tools preferred.
Project management certifications such as PMP, PMI-ACP, PRINCE2, SAFe, or equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead the planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery of assigned ERP workstreams and project initiatives.
Develop and maintain project plans, milestones, schedules, resource plans, and delivery roadmaps.
Coordinate activities across business, functional, technical, data, integration, and change management teams.
Facilitate project governance activities, including status reviews, steering committee updates, decision tracking, escalation management, and change control processes.
Identify, document, and manage project risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and mitigation plans.
Drive accountability for project deliverables, commitments, and action items across all stakeholder groups.
Partner with business leaders, SMEs, and implementation partners to ensure project objectives are understood and achieved.
Support business process discovery, design, testing, training, deployment, and organizational readiness activities.
Ensure business stakeholders, GPOs, Lead SMEs, and implementation partners are prepared for workshops, decision checkpoints, testing activities, and project milestones.
Monitor project health through metrics, reporting, and performance indicators, proactively addressing delivery concerns.
Coordinate cutover planning, deployment readiness, and go-live activities.
Ensure project documentation, decisions, and communications are maintained and distributed appropriately.
Facilitate alignment between current-state operations and future-state ERP processes.
Escalate critical risks, resource constraints, and delivery challenges to program leadership when necessary.
Promote collaboration, transparency, and effective communication across all project participants.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance for Single, Employee + Spouse or Children, and Family Coverage
401(k) with discretionary company match of $0.50 on the $1.00 up to 6% of pay (U.S. positions only)
Employer-paid Basic Life Insurance for Employee, Spouse, and Dependents
Employer-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Benefits and Parental Leave (and any leave required under federal, state, and local laws)
Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Paid Time Off (Vacation and Sick Days): 80–160 hours of vacation time based on seniority, accrued monthly and prorated from date of hire. 40–56 hours of sick time per year based on seniority and advanced upon hire.
Paid Time Off (Holidays): 8 scheduled holidays plus 2 floating holidays
Employee Assistance Program
Employee Resource Groups for networking and team building
Tuition Reimbursement Program
Employee Referral Program
Safety shoe and safety glasses reimbursement (based on position)
Employee discounts through BenefitHub
Advancement opportunities