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The key duties of the position include:The Role
The Decision Support Directorate within the Guided Weapons & Explosive Ordnance (GWEO) Group is seeking a highly motivated individual for a Project Manager role to join the GWEO Group Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) team to facilitate and enhance the functions across the Directorate.
This role involves responsibility for a number of highly complex Project Capabilities as well as considerable stakeholder engagement across GWEO Group and relevant stakeholders including Defence ERP Program, Capability Sustainment & Acquisition Group (CASG), and Defence Digital Group (DDG). As part of the GWEO ERP Team, you will work closely and in support of Director Decision Support towards continuous improvement, reform, and decision-making for the Defence ERP Program and impacts for GWEO Group.
This position will be subject to an additional 10% Building Defence Capability Payment (BDCP). This will be in addition to your agreed substantive salary on commencement. Please refer to the Defence Enterprise Agreement 2017-2020 for more information on BDCPs.
About our Team
The GWEO ERP Team within the Decision Support Directorate works closely with Defence ERP Program and CASG for the deliverance of the ERP S4/HANA solution. The GWEO ERP Team has harnessed methodology, approaches, communication materials, and ad hoc subject matter expertise of the relevant stakeholders to achieve results.
The Decision Support Directorate provides support to GWEO Group in transition that will eliminate hundreds of complicated and unnecessary structures, processes, systems, and tools and replace them with an ERP solution which will provide a single, trusted source of accurate near real-time information. Additionally, the GWEO ERP Team facilitates communication, education, and training support to GWEO Group staff and Industry Partners to ensure business outcomes and that objectives are met in line with Defence transition to ERP solution.
Our Ideal Candidate
GWEO Group offers working arrangements and a range of formal and informal professional development opportunities. We actively support mobility within the Group and value individuals to develop their expertise in a specific area. This is a chance to work in a dynamic and fast-paced team focusing on the deliverance of successful ERP implementation within GWEO Group and demonstrate:
Highly developed professionalism and interpersonal skills to liaise, collaborate, and build productive stakeholder relationships with resilience and the ability to remain calm under pressure.Capacity to think strategically and develop plans and processes to enhance acquisition and/or sustainment.Evaluate Projects against critical success factors and leading indicators and recommend changes where necessary.Highly developed written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to represent in high-level Committees and provide high-quality and well-considered reports on Project achievement.Strong commercial and business acumen, demonstrating an understanding of the Defence Industry sector in Australia.Planning, scheduling, monitoring, and completion of tasks for ERP implementation in GWEO ERP.Excellent people management skills and experience in leading a highly performing team.Security Clearance
Applicants must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance at "Negative Vetting Level 1".
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