IS Sr Project Mgr

Overview

JOB SUMMARY The Senior Project Manager is accountable for delivery of all assigned IT projects within scope, schedule, budget and quality. 

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

(% of time may vary depending on assignments/projects)

1. IT Project Delivery · Deliver IT projects within scope, schedule and budget and with high quality. · Deliver projects with focus on business unit satisfaction. · Coordinate and manage the scope, timing, and budget of multiple concurrent projects. · Assist in project strategy design, project role staffing, issue resolution and recovery of troubled projects · Establish and maintain balance among project team, sponsors, resource managers and stakeholders. · Work with the business units to establish project priorities appropriately to achieve desired organizational goals and benefits. · Effectively mitigate project risks through risk identification and proactive planning. · Manage resource utilization and allocation to ensure all projects have the correct resources assigned with the appropriate skill sets and capacity to deliver a quality product. · Effectively communicate project status and key project metrics (KPIs) to stakeholders and customers and across enterprise as necessary. · Ensure all impacted and interested teams are engaged in project execution to ensure complete project buy-in and minimize impact to the organization. 60%

2. Project Management Office (PMO) Methodology

· Utilize GSF standard Project Management Lifecycle (PMLC) and Software Delivery

Lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies in the planning, delivery and communication of all

assigned projects.

· Follow internal Project and Portfolio management framework for project approval, delivery,

tracking and reporting.

· Focus on continuous improvement activities for PMO methodology.

· Facilitate activities of PMO Governance and Steering Committee teams.

· Ensure compliance of IT projects to PMO methodology through standard project approval

gateways.

· Measure and track metrics for project compliance and act accordingly.

· Maintain individual Project Portfolio and drive project business justification and approval

meetings with Steering Committee and Governance teams

20%

3. Project Prioritization & Budget Allocation/Financials

· Partner with business units to prioritize projects across the enterprise and facilitate

development of Project Portfolio. 10%

· Facilitate budget estimating and project planning activities for steering committee and finance approval. · Work with business units to ensure budget is allocated appropriately for the prioritized projects and assigned to appropriate GL accounts. · Facilitate post-close project Benefits Analysis activities with business unit and project managers and track results.

4. Resource Management

· Coordinate the work efforts, scheduling and prioritization for cross-team resources.

· Effectively transition senior level knowledge to other members of the team to help grow the

organization as a whole.

· Train and mentor other team members in team standards, processes and methodologies.

· Support the professional development of other team members.

· Effectively delegate tasks to other team members to challenge individuals appropriately.

· Identify relevant training needs for the IT organization.

· Provide leadership to the team in regards to quality and integrity. Inspect and ensure the

quality of work delivered by other team members.

· Provide input into the scheduled performance review process.

· Suggest and lead areas for improvement in internal processes.

· Provide input into the decision making process for the team.

· Act as point person on behalf of the team and gain the trust and confidence of other team

members.

5. Warehouse Management System Knowledge & Experience (Preferred)

· Experience in Supply Chain space with experience managing Warehouse and Labor

Management (WMS and WLM) projects of leading WMS vendors like Manhattan

Associates, Blue Yonder or JDE.

· Experience in full project lifecycle in WMS - Business Process Design, Solution Blueprint,

System Design, Build, Test, Deploy and Business Stabilization/Hyper Care.

· Has been a WMS subject matter expert and/or have hands-on functional experience with

JDA, Manhattan Associates WMS or JDE suite of applications. Experienced in integrating

WMS solution with other applications/systems like ERP, OMS, TMS, MHE. An architect

that can provide thought leadership around best practices, developed or supported business

team in overall business processes, and defined functional requirements that needed to be

supported by WMS application.

· Experience with other solutions like Order Management, Transportation Management

Systems, Control Tower/Visibilty.

TRAVEL EXPECTATIONS

· Regular travel requirements (0-10%)

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education/Certification

· Four year college required or commensurate work experience.

· PMP Certification Preferred.

Experience

· 6 years work experience in Technical Project Management.

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Refer to separate handout for Competency definitions (B/basic; P/proficient; E/expert):

Technical

Expert · Microsoft Project

Proficient · Application Integration and Compliance · Business Continuity · General Office Applications · Packaged Software · SOA Strategy · User Interface Design

Basic · Applications Configuration Management · Automated Testing Tools · Client/Server Systems · Code Management · Data Transport · Enterprise Data Modeling · EnterpriseOne CNC Concepts · High Availability · Information Security · ITIL Incident Management · Networks, Routers, Switches, Firewalls · Performance Management · Programming Languages

Business

Expert · Business Alignment

Proficient · Business Acumen · Innovative Solution Development · ITIL · Quality Assurance & Controls · Requirements Definition · Strategic Sourcing · Technical Writing

Basic · Contract Management · Release Management · Service Level Management