Temporary Cutover Manager (IT)

SUMMARY:
Applications are invited from suitably qualified & experienced candidates to fill the Temporary Cutover Manager position in the Group Parts Department for our client in the Automotive Industry based in Centurion.

POSITION INFO:
The successful candidate will provide system cutover services to SAP EWM Project. Ensure all activities required to migrate from a legacy system to a new system are planned for and executed correctly and timeously.

Duties:

• Liaise with stakeholders, establish a contact list and distribute it to all stakeholders
• Conduct regular meetings to determine status of deployment activities
• Leads cutover Pre Go-Live, Go-Live and Post Go-Live activities.
• Cutover activities among other includes Planning, Communication, Warehouses preparations, Managing batch Jobs and Interfaces, System preparations, Data Cleansing, Manual Cutover Activities, Test Data Preparation, Stock Load Checks, Printer & Scanner Checks, Business Readiness Check, System Setup
• Pre-Go-Live Activities are to Define cutover detailed plan, checklist and project plan, simulate cutover activates in quality environment specifically related to data migration and user access migration, Ensure IT connectivity to the new system before cutover day and Draw improvements from previous projects cutover lessons learned documentation.
• Go-Live Activities are to Stop legacy system batch jobs and legacy system interfaces with external systems, Handover system to IT for IT activities and System Testing
• Post-Go-live Activities are to Arrange a Hypercare phase where any problems after go-live are dealt with swiftly and Decommissioning of the legacy system.

• Degree or Diploma in Computer Science or Information Technology

• 5 years or more experience in cutover management in large scale project.
• Experience in SAP project(s)