Specifications include, but are not limited to: The independent party will provide guidance through various consulting services to manage this project for City Schools. 1. Administer and direct the multi-year City Schools new ERP implementation. 2. Provide project management support and strategy, business reviews, planning, execution, and closure. 3. Plan, coordinate, and manage ERP related activities of City Schools. 4. Develop partnerships with and collaboration among staff and managers throughout the City Schools. 5. Develop policies, procedures, and priorities to meet established goals and objectives. 6. Provide administrative direction and support for daily operational activities of the ERP Project Team. 7. Collaborate with Baltimore City Public Schools staff to identify the business requirements for the new ERP solution. 8. Document the ERP business requirements and provide them to designated City Schools leadership for approval, modifying the requirements until leadership approval is obtained. 9. Assist in the review of current business processes to ensure that software is correctly configured and meets the operational requirements of City Schools. 10. Direct the activities of City Schools’ ERP Project Team to document, analyze, redesign, and integrate business processes. 11. Evaluate process changes proposed by implementation team and consultants for consistency with City Schools goals and objectives and makes recommendations. 12. Directly ensure that the ERP system meets the needs of City Schools, aligning applications information and functionality with business requirements, including application configuration and workflows. 13. Assist City Schools with developing the ERP solution request for proposal, providing support as directed by City Schools. 14. Serve as City Schools Technical Advisor during the evaluation of the proposed ERP solutions. 15. Act as City Schools customer advocate during the ERP implementation and help coordinate internal and external resources. 16. Oversee the scheduling, implementation, configuration, and testing of application processes through ERP software vendor, subordinates, consultants and diverse City Schools staff.