IFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 5000+ employees on all continents. We deliver award-winning enterprise software solutions through the use of embedded digital innovation and a single cloud-based platform to help businesses be their best when it really matters–at the Moment of Service™.
At IFS, we're flexible, we're innovative, and we're focused not only on how we can engage with our customers, but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society's greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust.
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By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be part of a global, diverse environment; you will be joining a winning team with a commitment to sustainability; and a company where we get things done so that you can make a positive impact on the world.
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A Project Manager will manage and deliver multiple critical customer programs/projects that would be considered of high complexity, value and risk within agreed time, cost and quality parameters and delivering agreed business benefits.
This is being achieved by developing and maintaining effective working relationships with programs/project sponsors and other key stakeholders, both internal and external, to ensure full commitment and support for the success of the project.
The projects are in an international environment, travelling could be required.
 An IFS Project Manager  is acting on behalf of IFS as a focal point of expertise to ensure the Value Realization to the customer and Revenue Generation to IFS. Key to this is a firm understanding of Project Management in general and the IFS Methodologies in particular, highlighting the ability to gain trust from both the customer and the IFS teams. The Project Manager enjoys the challenge of being the key driver, decision maker, engager and motivator in projects, while consistently having control of both short and long terms goals along with set KPI’s.

Tasks and duties:

• Responsible for the successful delivery of the project for our customers, within agreed scope, time and cost.
• Govern and Steer the overall project plan
• Display Leadership abilities including the ability to ensure the consulting team is acting as a uniform entity in both communication and methodology
• Know how to apply the key concepts from the IFS Methodologies, be able to communicate this to the Customer
• Consistently communicate Project milestones to the Consulting team
• Understand the impact and consequences of any Change Requests to the solution design and plan, coordinate and control how these are handled
• Challenge requests for customization, ensure they are appropriate and necessary and that increase of scope is captured as Change Request/orders outside original scope of the contract
• Adequate Understanding of escalation processes and expressing due diligence of own Project
• Effective stakeholder management both internally within IFS and within the customer organization.
• Timely coordination and follow up on Performance and Progress from all project team members
• Provide status reports according to defined process
• Routinely question and challenge the key decisions that are taken in relation to the solution design to ensure they do not affect the overall scope and timeline/budget of the project
• Ensure consistent and timely Cost Management including invoicing and follow-up.
• Keep up to date with application developments, be aware of new releases, their content, and in cooperation with the Solution Architect assess how it might affect the project.
•  Manage crisis situations in a professional manner.
• Use escalation management as an effective tool to drive programs to success.

• Proven experience in project management and managing ERP implementation projects
• Experience in conducting projects in Agile methodology will be an asset
• Certification in one of other Project Management methodologies like Prince2 or PMP will be an asset
• Experience in ERP (SAP/Oracle/Infor etc) is needed
• Experience IFS Applications will be an asset
• Experienced in negotiations
• Excellent communication skills
• Good presentation skills
• English language on professional business level

• Candidate has to be located in The Netherlands
• Willing to travel when needed