Vendor Project Manager

VENDOR PROJECT MANAGER Location: Remote / MUST be able to work Global hours Pay Rate: $110/hr - $115/hr Contract Duration: 6-9 Months Summary Drive end-to-end external partner readiness for a large-scale SAP S/4HANA ERP migration. Serve as the primary coordinator between internal business teams, system integrators, and third-party partners like OSATs and CEMs. Translate complex technical changes into clear action plans to ensure seamless partner go-live execution. Description – Vendor Project Manager Own project management for External Partner readiness for an assigned partner type, such as OSATs, CEMs, or logistics providers. Translate ERP migration impacts into clear, partner-facing readiness messages, timelines, and required actions. Coordinate with internal relationship owners, business process owners, IT teams, system integrators, and external partner contacts. Manage a business readiness checklist covering system, interface, data, testing, training, cutover, ramp-down, ramp-up, hypercare, and business process impacts. Track readiness actions, owners, due dates, evidence, risks, issues, and escalations. Support enrollment and engagement sessions with internal relationship owners and external partners. Ensure partner-specific impacts are understood, validated, assigned, and mitigated. Drive completion of readiness activities by partner, site, process, and milestone. Maintain clear status reporting and support readiness dashboards or trackers. Identify blockers early and escalations. Support cutover, go-live, and hypercare readiness planning for assigned partners. Qualifications – Vendor Project Manager Strong project management experience in ERP, supply chain, manufacturing, operations, or business transformation programs. Experience supporting SAP programs, preferably SAP S/4HANA migrations or ECC transformation initiatives. Ability to manage complex stakeholder groups across internal teams, external partners, and system integrators. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical and process changes in business terms. Highly detail-oriented, organized, and meticulous in tracking actions, evidence, dates, and dependencies. Strong follow-through and ability to drive accountability without direct authority. Comfortable operating in ambiguity and building structure around evolving program inputs. Strong listening skills with the ability to detect confusion, misalignment, resistance, or unstated risks. Experience managing readiness checklists, RAID logs, action trackers, status reports, or executive dashboards. Experience working with OSATs, CEMs, contract manufacturers, logistics providers, suppliers, or other external operating partners. Familiarity with Power BI, SharePoint, Excel-based trackers, Smartsheet, Jira, or similar program management tools. Benefits Pay rate of $110/hr - $115/hr Available health, life, vision, and dental insurance 401K Matching #IND1 #J-18808-Ljbffr Links Technology Solutions, Inc.