INTERIM ERP PROGRAMME MANAGER – EPICOR / PLM / DATA
Interim ERP Programme Manager – Epicor / Manufacturing
£600-£650 per day | Outside IR35, subject to formal status determination | 6 months |Northampton area | 5 days onsite
Please only apply if you can work onsite in the Northampton area five days per week and start within the next two weeks.
A high-performance engineering organisation is seeking an accomplished interim ERP Programme Manager to lead a business-critical enterprise systems implementation. This is a delivery-focused assignment requiring strong programme control, senior stakeholder leadership and the ability to bring internal teams and external implementation partners together around a clear plan.
What you will deliver
- End-to-end leadership of an Epicor ERP implementation across planning, execution, transition and closure
- An integrated programme plan covering ERP, data, interfaces, dependencies, business readiness and vendor deliverables
- Robust governance, RAID management, steering forums, executive reporting and decision control
- Effective management of the implementation partner and wider managed service providers
- Alignment across engineering, operations, IT, finance and senior leadership
- Improved data inputs and integration into ERP, ideally including PLM and connected manufacturing systems
- A controlled move from the current environment, supported by practical change, communications and adoption activity
What you will bring
- Substantial ERP or enterprise software programme leadership experience
- A strong record of delivering complex transformation in manufacturing, engineering, automotive, motorsport or another high-pressure operational setting
- Epicor / Epicor Kinetic delivery experience strongly preferred
- Working knowledge of ERP data, systems integration and ideally PLM, MES, WMS or finance interfaces
- Strong vendor management, facilitation, governance and executive communication skills
- The composure and decisiveness to deliver at pace against demanding timescales
- Availability to start within two weeks and attend the Northampton-area site five days each week
Contract: Initial six-month engagement at £600-£650 per day. The assignment is expected to be Outside IR35, subject to the end client’s formal status determination and contractual assessment.
Apply with your CV, current location, earliest start date, required day rate, and a short summary of the ERP implementations you have personally led.
