Project Manager

Job Title: Project Manager

Location: 800 West Park Drive, Westborough, MA 01581

Duration: 9 months with possibility of extension

Position Type: Hourly contract Position (W2 only)



NOTE: The position will start with being onsite for training and then move to more of a hybrid role. Client is only onsite two days a week and remote the other three.



Responsibilities:

To provide project management leadership/support to the Global SCM projects in order to meet its goals/objectives in delivering an End 2 End Supply Chain Solution/on other potential business outcomes. The Role is to take ownership of and manage projects through to fruition whilst delivering results through key stakeholders.

Coordinate internal Supply Chain (SC)/other business function areas resources and business-side engaged third parties/vendors for the flawless project execution.

Develop a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress with relevant personnel/teams/organizations/3rd parties.

Manage overall project budget, time and resource allocations.

Staff/ allocate required resources according to project scope.

Track timely provision of business process design and requirements.

Manage global/region inter-connection/ tracking of activities with a global project team and assignment of tasks to whoever appropriate/relevant.

Coordinate user testing, key user training, communication and regional hyper care on business side.

Approve/ sign off user acceptance test results, point of no returns, hyper care phases together.

Oversee and orchestrate day-by-day project execution activities and relevant milestones, deliverables, and outcomes on business side.

Track project performance, specifically to analyze the successful completion of short and long-term SC goals for benefit harvesting.

Identify risks and manage mitigation strategies in regard to the implementation project and hold ownership of regular updates on risks/ their quantification/ qualification together.

Continuously improve day by day project execution with best practices and recommendations.

Ensure cost, effort and delivery transparency for all stakeholders/senior management.

Manage changes to the overall project scope, project schedule and project costs using appropriate verification techniques.

Support with identifying inter-program/ project dependencies.

Provide regular and comprehensive project updates to the project sponsors/Work Stream Leaders.

Engage in escalation and decision processes for work-stream meetings and steering boards.

Plan/execute hand over to business operations after project closure.

Liaison and relationship management with key internal and external stakeholders, project sponsors and decision makers.



Qualifications:

Skills required:

Working experience in project management on global scale.

Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Good written and verbal communication skills.

Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills.

Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Negotiation skills on stakeholder level.

Experience in global digital transformation projects/ rollout projects is a plus.

Project Management Professional (PMP) / PRINCE II certification is a plus