D365 Implementation Manager (Saudi & UAE) (9 Month Contract)
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About the Role
Rotork seeks an experienced D365 Implementation Manager for a 9-month contract to lead deployments across Saudi Arabia and UAE. The role involves developing implementation plans, coordinating site-level activities, and managing cutover processes.
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Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain a detailed implementation plan for the Saudi Arabia & UAE D365 deployments
- Lead and coordinate all site level preparation activities for deployment across functional areas
- Own and execute the cutover planning process, including checklists, resource plans, and runbooks
- Ensure technical and operational readiness by defining, tracking, and closing readiness activities
- Act as primary interface between central programme and local site teams
- Collaborate with functional deployment leads and SMEs to validate business scenarios and test outcomes
- Identify, document, and manage site specific risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies (RAID)
- Coordinate implementation governance routines including readiness checkpoints and go/no go decisions
- Apply structured change management techniques to support adoption
- Track and report against implementation KPIs
Requirements
- Track record of delivering enterprise wide business applications, including ERP implementation across an engineering, design and manufacturing organisation
- PMI / Prince – Project management qualifications
- 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 and risk management
- Highly motivated, self starter with a personal commitment to delivery
- Able to ‘lead from the front’ by taking a hands on approach to delivery
- Demonstrated ability to influence and motivate teams across many functions
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Purpose of the role
- The Implementation Manager is accountable for successful deployments at factories and selling entities, across Saudi Arabia & UAE. This role focuses on bridging the gap between programme delivery and site execution—developing detailed implementation and cutover plans, aligning functional teams, coor
Key Responsibilities and Outcomes
- Develop and maintain a detailed implementation plan for the Saudi Arabia & UAE D365 deployments, based on a central programme template and tailored to site specific operational needs.
- Lead and coordinate all site level preparation activities for deployment, working across functional areas such as Production, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, Contracts, HR, and Finance.
- Own and execute the cutover planning process, including the development of cutover checklists, resource plans, and runbooks in alignment with central programme guidance.
- Ensure technical and operational readiness by defining, tracking, and closing readiness activities and dependencies across site functions.
- Act as the primary interface between the central programme and local site teams to ensure alignment of deployment timelines, issue resolution, and change requests.
- Collaborate with functional deployment leads and SMEs to define and validate business scenarios, test outcomes, and legacy system transition requirements.
- Identify, document, and manage site specific risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies (RAID) related to the implementation, escalating to programme leadership where necessary.
- Coordinate implementation governance routines, including readiness checkpoints, go/no go decision inputs, Early Life Support (ELS) preparation, and post go live stabilisation planning.
- Apply structured change management techniques to support adoption—e.g., supporting communication rollouts, coordinating localised training efforts, and preparing knowledge transfer sessions.
- Track and report against a clear set of implementation KPIs that are a blend of programme and operational measures, SLAs, and post go live support metrics.
- Contribute to site level lessons learned sessions post deployment and feed back into the central programme for continuous improvement.
Qualifications & Technical knowledge
- Track record of delivering enterprise wide business applications, including ERP implementation across an engineering, design and manufacturing organisation
- PMI / Prince – Project management qualifications
- 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 and risk management.
Personal Specification
- Highly motivated, self starter with a personal commitment to delivery
- Able to ‘lead from the front’ by taking a hands on approach to delivery.
- Demonstrated ability to influence and motivate teams across many functions
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