We are looking for an ERP Delivery Manager to join our team based in Singapore, to lead our D365 F&SCM implementation in the APAC region.

About Barentz

Barentz is a leading global life science and specialty performance ingredients distributor. The company sources branded specialty ingredients from leading manufacturers worldwide and its ingredient experts provide value-added technical support which includes pre-mixing, blending, ingredient formulation, and ingredient testing from its state-of-the-art, customized formulation centers and application laboratories in EMEA, Americas, and Asia-Pacific.

Established in 1953, Barentz has operations in more than 70 countries with a strong presence in Europe and North America and a rapidly growing network in Latin America and Asia-Pacific. With an estimated turnover of more than €2.5 billion, the company employs over 2,500 people worldwide and serves more than 22,000 customers. For more information, visit: www.barentz.com

About this role

Job Purpose

This role reports to the Head of Project Delivery & PMO, based in the EU, and works as a member of the regional team in APAC, for the implementation of the chosen ERP solution. This role will be the single point of contact for the project, collaborating across Barentz in APAC as well as globally.

This role requires experience in leading ERP implementations, preferably D365 F&SCM, in comparable environments. This could be a permanent or 1-year contract position.

Among others, you will:

• Manage the implementation of ERP solutions in all Barentz entities in the APAC region, by managing the vendor chosen for this implementation, along with the internal Barentz team members.
• Deliver a full analysis of business processes and flows, map them onto Dynamics 365 capabilities and Barentz standards, determine gaps, and develop solutions to fill them
• Develop an implementation business case for each entity, including scope, budget, resources, and schedule
• Build a strong team of key users within each company to be on the implementation project team who will become the advocates, trainers, and first-line support for their colleagues during the project and beyond
• Set and track project milestones, manage and account for unforeseen delays, recommend resource changes and realign schedules while resetting senior management and stakeholder expectations
• Keep all project resources such as key users, external suppliers, and IT members informed of assigned tasks and motivated to hit deadlines
• Collect, analyze, and summarize information and trends as needed to prepare project status reports including Gantt charts, budget vs actual, and logging of issues and risks
• Establish and implement a cadence for project communications and meetings to provide status updates for senior management, key users, and general employees with a detail level appropriate to each audience
• Pilot all business processes together with key users in a test environment at appropriate intervals throughout the project to ensure a productive feedback loop is occurring between the business and IT
• Organize and manage Dynamics 365 training for the key user team and attend/advise during training sessions they will lead for general employees
• Throughout the project, mentor and train other ERP business consultants for each company so they can fully transition their support capabilities.
• Officially close the individual rollouts, by getting stakeholder sign-off and transition support to key users, helpdesk, and business consultants.
• Keep up to date on Dynamics 365 developments together with the global ERP team and share best practices, successes, and ideas.