D365 Implementation Manager - Bath

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.