ERP Project Manager – Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.
For a respected client in Paris, we are seeking an experienced Project Manager for a 12-month contract (freelance) assignment to lead a key ERP transformation program migrating from Microsoft Dynamics Navision to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.
It is essential that applicants for this position have hands‑on lifecycle project experience with migrating Microsoft Dynamics Navision ERP into Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.
This role is responsible for the end‑to‑end delivery of the ERP migration project, ensuring successful execution across scope, timeline, budget, and quality.
The Project Manager acts as the central coordination point between Finance, Supply Chain, IT, and external implementation partners, ensuring alignment between business objectives and technical delivery.
The project languages are English and French, you will need to converse in both languages at a professional level.
The client is willing to pay travel and accommodations expenses for suitable candidates, who are not based in Paris.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the ERP migration project from Navision to Business Central end‑to‑end
- Define and manage project scope, roadmap, milestones, and delivery plan
- Coordinate cross-functional teams across Finance, Supply Chain, IT, and vendors
- Ensure alignment between business requirements and solution implementation
- Manage project governance, including RAID (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies)
- Oversee delivery phases including analysis, build, testing, UAT, and cutover
- Drive stakeholder engagement at both operational and senior management level
- Ensure effective change management, business readiness, and user adoption
- Monitor and control timeline, budget, and delivery quality throughout the project
- Manage external system integrators and ensure delivery accountability
Key Requirements
- Proven experience as a Project Manager in ERP transformation programs
- Experience with Microsoft Dynamics NAV and/or Dynamics 365 Business Central is a strong advantage
- Strong understanding of Finance processes (GL, AP, AR, reporting)
- Knowledge of Supply Chain Management (SCM) processes is beneficial
- Proven track record in end‑to‑end ERP implementation or migration projects
- Strong stakeholder management and leadership capabilities
- Experience working with system integrators and cross-functional teams
- Strong governance, planning, and risk management skills
- Ability to operate in complex, fast‑paced transformation environments
Personal Profile
- Strong, structured project leader with a delivery-focused mindset
- Excellent communicator with ability to manage senior stakeholders
- Able to align business and IT teams in complex environments
- Comfortable working under pressure with tight timelines
- Proactive, decisive, and results-driven
Practical Information
- Location: Paris, France / Hybrid
- Rate: Hourly rate in Euro's plus expenses for travel accommodation and per diem.
- Contract Type: 12-month contracting assignment
- Language Requirements: English and French (mandatory).