This is a 12 month contract position.

The Procurement Senior Project Manager is responsible for the delivery of Supplier Onboarding into the SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration tool (Ariba SCC) via B2B (EDI or cXML), Portal (Web) or Hybrid. Following the SAP Ariba implementation methodology, the Senior Project Manager will manage a program with multiple KDP Suppliers in various stages of onboarding.

Working in close collaboration with Key Stakeholders; from KDP Suppliers, the Ariba Supplier Integration Lead, KDP IT and KDP End-Users; the Project Manager drives engagement to ensure the Supplier enablement schedule is followed and revised as necessary.

Responsibilities:

Main contact for project coordination

Provides and foster commitment from Stakeholders to the project timeline.Acts as an Escalation & unblocking point of contactCreates, Reviews, and Approves relevant Supplier communications and training.Participate in requirements gathering and design workshopsReinforce Solution compliance with Identified Integrated Supplier and internal KDP department stakeholders as part of the change management programUnderstand KDP's ARIBA transaction rulesGenerate Weekly Status ReportsMonitors Risks, Issues, Actions and Dependencies

Lead the interaction with Suppliers

Build Relationships with Key Supplier contactsPartner with the KDP GSL Team in liaising with new Suppliers to ensure the Supplier enablement schedule is followed up and kept up to dateProactively identify, resolve, and escalate roadblocks that prevent Supplier Enablement. Revise and improve current Enablement processes.Partners with KDP Global Sourcing and KDP IT to resolve more complex supplier interface and/or process GapHost and Drive Weekly Supplier Integration CallsOwns and Updates the Project Tracker, Integration workshop and Project planLead and performs enablement-related cutover activitiesLead Hyper Care CallsReview and confirm test plan per supplier Generate testing documentsDownload & validate applicable test transactions, load & process through ERPCoordinate & Sign off on UAT TestingAssist in other testing activities, coordinate go-live

Coordinate the Technical Solution

Coordinate relevant internal technical teams and external Ariba team to review & resolve technical issuesMaintain the project issues tracker in JIRAAct as an escalation point for technical issuesUnderstand the EDI mapping file and the data flows into KDP ERP. Extract relevant master data relevant to the project from both the ERP and reporting systems.

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