Project Manager – ERP Transformation

Vallen Distribution Inc. is an industry leader in delivering flexible supply chain solutions. The Project Manager – ERP Transformation is responsible for leading the planning, execution, and successful delivery of major ERP transformation initiatives, ensuring alignment with program objectives and managing stakeholder expectations.

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

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
• 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