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Operating in 97 markets worldwide, we partner with some of the world's best-known brands to deliver innovative print, packaging, and display solutions that drive customer engagement, brand impact and commercial success.\nTMS is undergoing an exciting period of digital transformation and is seeking a Digital Project Manager to lead the successful delivery of strategic technology and business transformation initiatives across the organisation. This is an opportunity to join a growing global organisation at a pivotal stage in its transformation journey, working with international teams to drive meaningful change, improve operational performance, and enable future growth.\nThis role can be based anywhere in the UK, if you are happy with infrequent travel to either Manchester or London.\nKey responsibilities include:\nSAP Business Process Management\nAct as the primary business contact for SAP-related operational and process improvement activities. \nDrive the effective and practical use of SAP across business functions, ensuring processes are optimised and aligned to business requirements. \nManage and oversee SAP Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) processes, ensuring reliable integration between customers, suppliers, and internal systems. \nSAP Issue Management\nIdentify, investigate, document, and prioritise SAP system issues, defects, failures, and process breakdowns. \nAct as the liaison between business stakeholders and SAP technical support teams to ensure issues are understood, prioritised, and resolved effectively. \nFacilitate root cause analysis activities and support the implementation of corrective actions. \nTrack issue resolution and communicate progress, risks, and impacts to stakeholders. \nProject Delivery\nProject management of the end-to-end delivery of business and technology projects from initiation through to implementation and benefits realisation. \nDevelop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, and resource requirements. \nManage project risks, issues, dependencies, and change requests, ensuring appropriate governance is maintained. \nFacilitate project meetings, steering groups, workshops, and stakeholder engagement sessions. \nProduce clear and concise project documentation, reports, and status updates. \nEnsure successful transition of project outcomes into operational business processes. \nStakeholder & Client Management\nBuild and manage effective stakeholder relationships, facilitating requirements gathering and translating business needs into SAP and project delivery solutions that support strategic objectives.\nChange & Adoption\nLead change and adoption activities through effective communication, training, stakeholder engagement, and post-implementation reviews to maximise business value and continuous improvement.\nGovernance & Continuous Improvement\nEnsure delivery within governance and compliance frameworks while promoting best practice, strengthening project controls, and supporting the ongoing maturity of digital transformation capabilities.\nWhat You'll Bring to the Role\nYou'll have practical experience working with SAP in a business-critical operational environment, including managing EDI processes and identifying system issues in SAP modules such as FI, MM, and SD. 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