What are the responsibilities and job description for the Jr. Project Manager position at Kelly?
This will begin short-term contract to hire.
The Junior Project Manager role will be responsible for all aspects of the development and implementation of assigned projects and provide a single point of contact for those projects. This role will partner closely with the Distribution team and Retail partners on optimizing and executing the center network project. The role will serve as Product Manager for critical solutions and will provide technical and analytical guidance to the project team. This role will also recommend and act to direct the analysis and solutions of problems.
Position Responsibilities:
- Project Execution Manages projects small/medium size projects of moderate complexity.
- Responsible for on-time delivery and execution of critical projects and initiatives to deliver business value.
- Works with core project team such as business partners, vendors and technical team to develop detailed, actionable project schedules.
- Assigns tasks to team and develops detailed and accurate work schedules, project estimates, and resource plans.
- Executes, monitors and controls projects from original concept through final implementation.
- Communicates accurate and timely project accomplishments and overall project health to stakeholders via required measures and methods such as status reports, metrics, checkpoints, portfolio reports, and scorecards.
- Manages and monitors project with high focus on meeting required timelines, mitigate risk, and designing new processes or solutions to support the project.
- Ensures timely approvals and follow corporate and department standards, policies and procedures.
- With Core Team Leader manages project team, and tracks and reviews vendor deliverables.
- Ensures support areas are engaged to drive effectiveness.
Why Kelly®?
Your engineering skills are in demand, but how do you find the right fit? Easy. With Kelly® Engineering, our experts connect you with leading organizations where you can learn and grow, collaborate on innovative projects, and keep your skills sharp with top technology. Whether you prefer the variety and flexibility of short-term projects, or are looking for something more long-term, we’re here every step of the way to find your dream engineering job.
About Kelly®
At Kelly, we’re always thinking about what’s next and advising job seekers on new ways of working to reach their full potential. In fact, we’re a leading advocate for temporary/nontraditional workstyles, because we believe they allow flexibility and tremendous growth opportunities that enable a better way to work and live (plus, did we mention we provide a ton of benefits?). Connecting great people with great companies is what we do best, and our employment opportunities span a wide variety of workstyles, skill levels, and industries around the world.
Kelly is an equal opportunity employer committed to employing a diverse workforce and providing accommodations for people with disabilities in all parts of the hiring process as required under its Employment Accommodation Policy. Kelly will work with applicants to meet accommodation needs that are made known to Kelly in advance.
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