Role Purpose
Accountable for leading Vodafone M&A projects from a Technology (EVO) perspective. This role supports projects in the portfolio of mayor M&A projects. These projects can have various technical scenarios depending on the nature of the M&A deal:
1. System carve Out using SAP SLO services or other SLO service providers
2. Balance sheet Spin Off of Vodafone business units to form new legal entities
3. Data extraction for divested entities
4. Mergers of different dimensions: this can be mergers of mayor operating companies or smaller operational mergers to optimize the Vodafone portfolio of legal entities.
The EVO M&A Product Portfolio Manager is accountable for the end to end demand, design, build and deploy of the required changes to execute M&A activities. This role is a senior product manager managing the full M&A lifecycle and critical senior business relationships and leadership of projects.
What you’ll do
5. Accountable E2E for all EVO related aspects in M&A projects. Ensuring the integration of companies and exits of divested entities from EVO are achieved within the agreed time and budget, and accountable for adopting the team to changing M&A requirements.
6. Accountable for ensuring the M&A team can support newly implemented technologies, methodologies, automation, and service improvements in order to achieve a smooth integration or a smooth exit.
7. Accountable for Business Case inputs related to M&A projects initiated by the business including the costing of effort, landscape and delivery capabilities in line with Global architecture standards.
8. Accountable for ensuring all M&A project activities meet IT policy guidelines in terms of SoX, IT controls, IT resilience and vulnerability management.
9. Deliver M&A initiatives on time and on budget in line with the M&A strategy.
Who you are
10. Proven Capability as ERP product manager in large scale, complex M&A projects for multi-functional, multi-national TelCo organizations, and in depth knowledge of ERP systems and business processes and software development lifecycles in the areas of Finance, SCM and HR.
11. Management skills, in particular: project management, networking, influence, communications and relationship management with both external and internal stakeholders and vendors. and Leadership skills: aligning multiple stakeholders with different interests, delegation, empowerment and asking for input before making decisions.
12. Experience in Business Process is a must and managing offshore shared services center resources, conducting regular service reviews with the focus on continuous improvements, Proven ability to build and expand high performing teams.
13. SAP Certified, Detailed and extensive knowledge of all SAP Finance, SCM and HR functionality, as well as SAP S4HANA knowledge and experience, and SCRUM or Agile delivery experience as plus
14. Minimum 10 to 15 years’ experience in delivering BI/ERP Projects in international environment.