D365 Operations Deployment Lead - Factories

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

This is an 18 month fixed term contractbased in any of the main Rotork locations within the UK (Bath, Leeds or Manchester). There is an expectation of travel, within Europe and Intercontinentally as required.

Context:

Rotork has embarked on project DRIVE, a programme to migrate each of its global factories and selling entities from their legacy ERP systems onto D365. This role will be part of the Operations DRIVE deployment team who are supporting all global sites in their transition over the next 3 years.

Job Description

Rotork is deploying the D365 ERP suite across all its Global Factory and Subsidiaries. This role is responsible for defining the operational solution for each local factory, utilising the standard system solution for operations and finance. Working with the deployment leads for Engineering, Finance and IT, you will assess the gaps for implementing the standard D365 solution, work with the local management teams to create a plan to close the gaps, create the training & communications required to manage the change & lead the operational implementation of the solution through the testing and cutover cycles. Rotork will be deploying D365 to 3-5 factories at the same time, and therefore there will be 2 DRIVE Operations Deployment Leads, each responsible for a squad of SMEs, that will need to work together to ensure each factory deployment is correctly defined, resourced and executed.

Responsibilities

Effective co-ordination of the project and the management of the interdependencies including creation of the project plan and oversight of any risks and issues

Leadership of the transition team for global operations D365 rollout to factories.

Drive the operations activities in line with the agreed roll out plan ensuring we have both centrally and site-based resourcing in place to meet the timelines.

Ensure dependency with other programmes of work are considered and aligned

Support the Data and Process council(s) ensuring the governance is in place to approve changes to the current solution when necessary.

Establish and lead the implementation process for Operations within each Rotork Site.

Ensure sites are aware of the implementation process, their responsibilities and progress reporting.

Co-Ordinate and govern the team of subject matter experts holding them accountable for working with the sites on closing gaps and re-assessing.

Approval of relevant development required and subsequent CR’s / solution documents.

Supporting organisational changes required by the Site to facilitate the processes and roles required for successful post-implementation operations.

Ensure Data cleansing activities are identified and resourced.

Sign off the site cutover plan and reconciliation process.

User Acceptance Training – leading and coordinating the testing ensuring involvement of relevant users, coverages of the relevant scenarios and completion to schedule.

Transition planning – inventory actions, orderbook, final data cleansing, cutover planning

Lead the post Go Live hyper care activities. Capturing of issues and leading implementation of fixes

Overall integrity and coherence of the programme

Other

Communication – ensuring the key stake holders are regularly kept up to date with status, process, upcoming events, risks etc.

Develop, implement, and track program management plans to ensure programme success and provide a plant level view back into the Central functional teams.

Provide leadership, management, and coordination to the local implementation team.

Maintain a strong working relationship with the Business transformation team and Central functional teams.

Enforce project management methods and standards within the programme of work.

Coordinate and report on the program, monitoring dependencies and the critical path within the program, reporting issues to the Site Manager & Central Functional teams.

Act as first escalation point for projects within the programme.

Qualifications

Experience

Qualification in Business, or an associated discipline or equivalent experience

Track record of delivering enterprise-wide business applications, including ERP across an engineering, design, and manufacturing organisation

Strong project management capability

Change management experience covering multiple functions.

Competent user of MS Office systems including Excel, PowerPoint, and Project

Proven ability to lead teams with a diverse range of skills and styles.

Proven ability to manage large complex projects and multiple work streams.

Strong understanding and application of project management competencies including scope, time, costs, quality, HR, communications, risk.

Experience with Microsoft Dynamics preferable but not essential.

Personal Style/motivation

Highly motivated, self-starter with a personal commitment to delivery

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Strong organisation skills – able to manage multiple and concurrent projects.

Strong analytic and decision-making abilities

Able to ‘lead from the front’ by taking a hands-on approach to delivery.

Demonstrated ability to influence and motivate teams across many functions.

Willing to travel across the globe in line with the implementation plan.

Additional Information

Rotork is the market-leading global flow control and instrumentation company, helping our customers manage the flow of liquids, gases and powders across many industries worldwide.

Our purpose is Keeping the World Flowing for Future Generations.

For over sixty years, the world has relied on us to create the things that keep everything moving. From oil and gas to water and shipping, pharmaceuticals and food- these are the flows on which our modern world depends.

Today we're respected and admired for our people, performance and products. Our success flows from our commitment to engineering excellence, and that's what we will always pursue, safely and sustainably.

Rotork is going through an exciting period of change and growth, building on our existing market success. It's a great time to join us and make an impact in shaping the future of our business.