D365 Implementation Manager (Dynamics 365 FO & CE)

Salary: £85,000 + 10% Project Completion Bonus
Contract: 12-Month Fixed-Term Contract
Location: UK-Based with Bath as the Home Office
Travel: Fortnightly travel to France (Gennevilliers area)
Benefits: Up to 9% Matched Pension, Health Insurance Options

The Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced D365 Implementation Manager to lead the successful deployment of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (FO) and Customer Engagement (CE) across international sites.

This role sits at the heart of programme delivery and site execution, ensuring implementation plans are translated into successful go-lives, operational readiness, and business adoption. You will take ownership of deployment planning, cutover activities, stakeholder coordination, risk management, and post-go-live support while working closely with business and programme teams across the UK and France.

This opportunity would suit a hands-on implementation professional who is fluent in French and comfortable travelling regularly to support site deployments.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain detailed implementation plans tailored to site-specific operational requirements.
  • Coordinate all site-level deployment activities across Production, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, HR, Finance, and Contracts.
  • Lead cutover planning, including resource planning, deployment runbooks, and cutover checklists.
  • Drive technical and operational readiness, ensuring key dependencies are identified and resolved.
  • Act as the primary link between central programme teams and local business stakeholders.
  • Coordinate testing, business scenario validation, and legacy system transition activities.
  • Manage site-level RAID logs, escalating risks and issues where required.
  • Support governance activities including readiness reviews, go/no-go decisions, Early Life Support (ELS), and stabilisation planning.
  • Support user adoption through local communications, training coordination, and knowledge transfer activities.
  • Monitor implementation KPIs and deployment performance metrics.
  • Capture lessons learned and contribute to continuous improvement across future deployments.

Essential Experience

  • Proven experience delivering enterprise-wide ERP or business application implementations.
  • Strong knowledge of Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (FO) and ideally Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement (CE).
  • Experience delivering ERP implementations within engineering, manufacturing, or complex operational environments.
  • Ability to manage large, complex projects with multiple workstreams and stakeholders.
  • Strong understanding of project management methodologies, governance, risk, and change control.
  • PMI, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management qualification.
  • Fluent French speaker.
  • Able to travel regularly to France.

Personal Attributes

  • Self-motivated with a strong commitment to delivery.
  • Hands-on approach with the ability to lead from the front.
  • Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
  • Strong organisational and problem-solving capabilities.
  • Ability to work effectively across multiple business functions and cultures.

Package

  • £85,000 Salary
  • 12-Month FTC
  • 10% Completion Bonus
  • Up to 9% Matched Pension
  • Health Insurance Options
  • UK-Based with Bath Home Office
  • Regular Travel to France

If you're an experienced D365 professional looking to play a pivotal role in a major international ERP transformation, we'd love to hear from you.

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