S/4HANA Business Project Director

Komatsu is an indispensable partner to the construction, mining, forestry, forklift, and industrial machinery markets, maximizing value for customers through innovative solutions. With a diverse line of products supported by our advanced IoT technologies, regional distribution channels, and a global service network, we tap into the power of data and technology to enhance safety and productivity while optimizing performance. Komatsu supports a myriad of markets, including housing, infrastructure, water, pipeline, minerals, automobile, aerospace, electronics and medical, through its many brands and subsidiaries, including TimberPro, Joy, P&H, Montabert, Modular Mining Systems, Hensley Industries, NTC, and Gigaphoton.

Job Overview

We have a newly created opportunity for a S/4 HANA Business Project Director to join our team. This role can be based at our office in Milwaukee, WI or Chicago, IL (Near O'Hare). Is this role you will be responsible for the planning, coordination, communication, execution and final delivery of all assigned projects. Initially this role provides leadership and ownership to our S/4 HANA Project and will manage the full time enterprise business process owners assigned to the project.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for maintaining a robust 'Project Governance' framework comprising project planning, cost management, methodology & standards, vendor selection and management in line with current standards for all assigned projects.
• Responsible for establishing and managing strong working relationships with their project stakeholders, peer groups and project team members to ensure clear and open communications, transparent governance and reporting metrics, and generally anything identified as necessary to maximize their projects chances of success.
• Responsible during project management meetings with Komatsu senior executives for ensuring that they are kept appraised of key activities, progress, and status, made aware of any escalations and key decisions needed, and to help them with activities aimed at ensuring commitment to the project goals across the organization.
• Responsible during project management meetings with the S/4HANA Steering Committee members, ensuring that they are kept appraised of key activities, progress, and status. This role also ensure members are made aware of any escalations and key decisions needed, and to help them with activities aimed at ensuring commitment to the project goals across the organization.
• Responsible for helping the Project Management Office (PMO) Director develop and implement project management tools and processes that can be used to support business project managers that are starting out in project management.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in IT, IS, computer science, project management or a related field
• 10+ years' experience of leading multi-million-dollar global IT and/or Organization Change Management programs consisting of multiple projects across multiple global regions
• Significant experience of working with multiple national cultures Japanese experience is highly desirable, also Europe, Australasia and the Americas
• Experience in helping to build something from scratch and then scale it up as needed.
• Experience leading global project teams engaged in global projects execution.
• Experience in managing vendors and external consultants and integrating them into effective and productive mixed company and vendor teams.
• Able to establish, build upon and maintain positive and effective relationships with individuals at all levels of the organization, up, down and across.
• Self-motivated, with an ability to work and lead with minimal supervision.
• Able to communicate, create consensus and commitment with Senior Executives and throughout the organization
• Strong analytical, problem solving and troubleshooting abilities.
• Strong business and financial acumen.
• Able to communicate at all levels and talk and translate both IT and business language.
• Able to coach and mentor Project Manager'sdeveloping their skills and knowledge.
• Experience with multiple development methodologies and tools, i.e., MS Project, Power BI, Agile, Kanban, Waterfall, Lean, Scrum, etc.

Additional Information

Komatsu is an Equal Opportunity Workplace and an Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.