ERP Project Manager (Odoo)

Job Details

Job Title: ERP Project Manager (Odoo)

Location: Kolkata, West Bengal

Department: ERP Implementation Delivery

Reports To: Head of Delivery / Director - ERP Solutions

Job Summary

You will own the end-to-end success of multiple mid--to-large Odoo ERP projects-from discovery to go-live and post-implementation support-while leading cross-functional teams (BA, functional, technical, QA, DevOps) and ensuring projects are delivered on scope, time, quality and budget.

Key Responsibilities

• Pre-Sales Discovery: Support sales with scoping, estimations and proposals; Conduct requirement workshops, GAP/FIT analysis solution design; Produce Statements of Work (SOW) project plans
• Planning Governance: Build detailed WBS, resource plans and budgets in Odoo Project; Define risk, communication and quality management plans; Establish Agile/Scrum or hybrid governance and project KPIs
• Execution Control: Lead daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives; Track progress, burn-down, budget and earned-value metrics; Resolve scope creep, dependencies and impediments swiftly
• Stakeholder Management: Act as single point of contact for C-level and functional heads; Run steering-committee meetings; manage change requests; Drive user-adoption, UAT and sign-offs
• Go-Live Hyper-care: Coordinate cut-over, data migration, and user training; Monitor post-go-live KPIs, stabilize system and hand over to support
• Continuous Improvement: Coach team on Odoo and PM best practices; foster knowledge sharing; Contribute to PMO templates, playbooks and process maturity

Required Skills and Experience

• 5-8 years of total IT/ERP experience, with 3+ years managing full-cycle Odoo / SAP / Oracle / Dynamics implementations
• Proven delivery of multi-company, multi-site projects (manufacturing and trading verticals preferred) valued at 30 lakh+
• Solid grasp of Accounting, SCM, Manufacturing, CRM and HRMS processes
• Hands-on with Agile/Scrum, MS Project or Jira, and Odoo Project Timesheet modules
• Strong stakeholder, risk and budget management skills; PMI-PMP / PRINCE2 or Agile PM certification is a plus
• Excellent communication (English, Hindi/Bengali) and leadership abilities-able to mentor 8-15 consultants/developers

Nice-to-Have

• Familiarity with Docker, DevOps pipelines, Odoo.sh SaaS hosting
• Experience with GST, e-Invoice/e-Way Bill, Nepal IRD or multi-country fiscal requirements
• Exposure to mobile (Flutter) or ecommerce integrations (Amazon, Flipkart, Shopify)