A Day In The Life Of An ERP Project Manager At Cemstone Products Company
Thomas's day as an ERP project manager at Cemstone Products is highly variable, with "no two days quite the same," but typically involves a mix of email correspondence, small internal meetings, and numerous meetings with various teams to manage the many small projects within the larger ERP implementation. This necessitates constant availability for communication and collaboration.
Project Management, Communication, Teamwork, Problem-Solving, Meeting Management
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Thomas Becken
ERP Project Manager
Cemstone Products Company
St. Olaf College, 2015
UCLA Anderson MBA
Economics
Architecture, Construction & Design
Operations and Project Management
Honors Student, Scholarship Recipient, Greek Life Member
Video Highlights
1. No two days are alike, reflecting the unpredictable nature of project management.
2. The job involves managing multiple small projects within a larger ERP project, requiring strong organizational and communication skills.
3. A significant portion of the day is dedicated to meetings and communication with various teams, highlighting the collaborative aspect of the role.
Transcript
What does a day in the life of an ERP project manager look like?
No two days are quite the same. As a project manager, you really don't know what exactly is going to come up.
If I'm thinking about my average day, I would say I'd get into the office and start with email, seeing if there are any new issues or updates on the project. I'd keep those in mind, as well as any communications I need to send out to start the day.
We'd often start with a small internal meeting with some of the main people from the project I was working with, just to get an update on their different statuses.
Throughout the day, a lot of days were just full of different meetings with different teams. As an ERP project manager, there are really five, ten, twenty small projects all within this larger project.
Being able to silo those into different meetings and make progress or updates with those individual teams is really important. If I had any free time, it was really just being available. I'd try to be available to the people I worked with, making sure I gave space for them to communicate with me.
So, a lot of meetings, a lot of emails, and a lot of face-to-face interaction.