Testing & Transition Lead - London, United Kingdom - SSP

SSP

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

About the Role:

The Role

The immediate focus will be on supporting the People programme delivery for the global delivery (37 countries) of SAP Success Factors project focusing on HR teams and all SSP colleagues.

The programme will also deliver Employee Central Payroll.

This will include building the team to manage change and transition activities specific to Group IT, along with building an end to end testing solution for People platforms and integration to end to end testing for all other to all required platforms.

This role will expand further as we look to select and then implement a standard Workforce Management solution.

What you'll be doing

The management of change and transition related activities for People Solutions including the release management workstream of the Success Factors (Employee Central and Employee Central Payroll) platform.
The ownership of the testing workstream for Success Factors and extension into other platforms through the creation and maintenance of a set of tools that business users can use and take ownership of relating to standard changes and that IT can enrich and expand as new functionality is added.
To build and then sustain a release management model for the People Programme solutions.
Responsible for providing 3rd line support
To work with the project team, suppliers, and other stakeholders to remove impediments and keep the project on track
To manage stakeholder interactions and expectations
Clearly communicate status updates to the programme managers and stakeholders, including early identification of issues and solutions
To actively support the development of improved management processes, ensuring effective control, governance and resource planning in line with business requirements and demand
Consults regularly with IT staff and departmental users to evaluate if developed solutions are being used to their fullest advantage and yielding the greatest possible efficiencies.

Skills & Knowledge Required

Essential

Experience with SuccessFactors modules particularly Employee Central and Onboarding (2.0)
Hands on experience of testing automation using Tricentis Toscas / SAP ECT (Enterprise Continuous Testing)
Knowledge of Employee Central Payroll
Delivered at least 1 implementation project with experience of testing (system and integration) and analysis.
Experience of managing change within business and IT functions
Ability to identify and manage risk
Analytical approach to assessing options and providing recommendations, at pace
Strong understanding of Employee Master & Transactional Data within a Retail environment
Experience of delivering IT projects
Strong customer relationship building skills and ability to liaise with/manage 3rd parties.
Business Analysis skills to identify and gather requirements, excellent written skills to ensure comprehensive solution documentation
Experience of working with senior stakeholders up to regional and global management levels
Ability to organise and manage own time according to agreed project priorities and deadlines.
Ability to plan multiple simultaneous deliveries using the same team.
Knowledge and proven use of Project management methodology
PMP, PRINCE2, Agile/Waterfall

Desirable:

Specific experience in retail and/or food & beverage industry and familiarity with its common business processes
Experience working internationally, or for international organisations