The Project Manager, IT tasks include:
- Master the end-to-end business process cycles (OTC, PTP, WM, TM, POD, etc.)
- Become fluent with the entire IT landscape (core systems, secondary systems, interfaces, etc.)
- Review business requirements and understand business rationale and the end goal
- Compare multiple vendor solutions against the business requirements and prepare analysis
- Present analysis to executive leadership and deliver recommendations for decision making
- Build detailed budgets and manage project expenses within the approved limits
- Develop project timelines, meet the defined milestones and ensure on time deliveries
- Identify resource requirements and manage the assets bandwidth
- Deliver weekly status reporting for each project and report to project stakeholders
- Mitigate risks and provide alternative solutions and/or workarounds when needed
- Manage the communication and training requirements for project deployments
- Build and oversee the execution of comprehensive cutover plans during Go Lives
- Manage post Go Live Hypercare and expedite resolution during production outages
- Assist the Business Analysts (BAs) in delivering change requests
- Improve the change request process to increase the delivery capacity.
- Provide project management training, tools and materials to BAs to assist with enterprise initiatives
Qualifications/Experience:
- 10+ years of proven experience managing IT projects
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field (Information Systems, Supply Chain, Operations Management, etc.)
- MBA preferred
- PMP Certification Preferred
Required Skills Include:
- Experience with various distribution systems and platforms (Web, ERP , Warehouse Management, Transportation Management, Final Mile Delivery, etc.)
- Fluent in distribution practices and processes both upstream (Sales Orders, Purchase Orders, Invoicing, etc.) and downstream (Receiving, Selection, Inventory Control, etc.)
- Interpersonal skills that nurture the development of relationships, teamwork and cross-functional collaboration
- Outstanding communication skills with ability to articulate the explanation of complex systems and processes
- Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills with a desire for accuracy and data integrity
- Excellent time management with capability of multi-tasking competing priorities at times
- Dynamic and agile with ability to quickly shift focus and attention based on the severity of the situation at hand