Freelance Local Project Manager (Focal Point) (ZZP)

• Preference for 40 hours per week (32 hours is also negotiable).
• Office located in The Hague; hybrid working is possible (minimum of 3 days in the office, with some flexibility expected).
• 2 interviews: one online and one in-person.
• Start date: ASAP.
• A short motivation letter is required.
  
  

Siemens Energy has globally over 20 SAP systems. In order to simplify a program has started to move to two different systems. This is a global program with a gradual roll out. The first wave in Europe is about to go live. The next wave, including the Netherlands will has been started recently with a go live date in October 2027. We will move from SAP VP1 to SAP AGORA (SAP4Hana).

The whole process will be driven by an international project team, but each country will need to set up its own team to cover all the activities (like data cleansing, the assessment of legal requirements, validating and testing the data). These activities will be performed by Key-users and Data Stewards. To coordinate this within the country and the international project team we are looking for Local Project Manager (Focal Point).

The Main Activities Will Be

• Acting as the interface between the local and international business and support (IT) organization to ensure an effective way of working and successful implementation
• Stakeholder management
• the internal coordination and organization of the local activities in the Netherlands for the different SAP modules.
• Ensuring that all activities are covered and monitoring the progress and timeline (taking action where needed)
• Acting as the interface between the local and international organization to ensure an effective way of working
• Escalating where needed
  
  

But Also

• Provide active inputs to collection of local requirements - specifically:
• legal/fiscal requirements, local interfaces, Interim processes and Local structural data (org structures)
• Coordinate with the Local Key Users in their area
• Bring in the right Business Core Team SMEs and Business SMEs as and when required
• Participate actively and provide information related to “as is “ description during the Change Impact Analysis Sessions
• Maintain local communication channels with End Users & Business Stakeholders
• Facilitate data cleansing progress
• Acts as an ambassador for and promotes the Program within SGRE
• Supports the user to role mapping
• Facilitates identification of local UAT testers and trainers
• Participates and drives User Acceptance Testing
• Focal point for local training to End Users
  
  

Requirements

• Experience with similar projects within an international corporate environment
• Strong hands-on knowledge of SAP (not just as a key user)
• Solid understanding of business processes and how to translate them into SAP
• Strong personality; effective communicator
• Experience with stakeholder management within an international corporate environment
• Proficiency in English; Dutch language skills are also highly desirable (please do not apply if you do not speak Dutch)