It Project Manager

Job Title: IT Project Manager

Department: IT

Reports to: VP of IT

Revision Date: 2023

Definition of Enesco's Business:

Enesco, LLC is an international global leader operating under the brand and portfolio trade names of Enesco Gift and Department 56, and is renowned for designing, licensing, producing, and distributing creative, fun, and engaging high quality gifts and home décor items for every occasion.

Marketing through its own dedicated headquarters, field, and in-house salesforces together with international distributors and eCommerce channels, Enesco sells to large store chains, mass market channels, online retailers, direct-to-consumers, specialty card and gift retailers, and home décor boutiques in over 50 countries serving markets in Europe, Canada, Asia, The Americas, and Australia.

The Company's portfolio holds some of the world's most recognizable brands, including Jim Shore Heartwood Creek, Lolita, Our Name is Mud, Walt Disney Archives Collection, The Original Snow Village, and Possible Dreams, among others.

With its headquarters based in the United States and wholly-owned subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, France, Canada, and Hong Kong, Enesco, LLC employs approximately 400 team members worldwide. The Company's worldwide global headquarters is based in Itasca, Illinois, a Western suburb of Chicago, and has other offices located in Eden Prairie, Minnesota; Burbank, California; Carlisle, England; Villeneuve Loubet, France; Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; Kowloon, Hong Kong; and Dongguan, China. Further information is available on the Company's website at www.enesco.com.

Position Summary:

The Project Manager manages all aspects of complex projects from inception to conclusion. He/she is responsible for identifying key resources and providing the direction required for meeting the project objectives. He/she is also responsible for ensuring appropriate management, customer and developer involvement throughout the life of the project.

Qualifications and skills of the Project Manager include an ability to lead and motivate people and encourage teamwork, an ability to communicate effectively with senior management, and a clear vision of what determines a successful product for the customer and for the company. In addition, the Project Manager must have a technical background sufficient to understand the technologies and technical issues involved with the project, to be able to anticipate and identify critical technical obstacles, and to make accurate technology decisions.

The Project Manager also must be able to manage project schedule and task details and utilize project management tools such as reports, tracking charts, and project scheduling software and to delegate appropriately. He/she must be able to manage change and take active leadership in timely decision making.

Essential Functions/Major Responsibilities:

• As the point of contact on assigned projects, performs a variety of highly skilled duties such as: assembling, coordinating and managing multidisciplinary teams.
• Facilitates and troubleshoots various problems associated with developing complex systems or with coordinating multidisciplinary projects.
• Provides highly skilled technical and management advice and assistance to department management and personnel.
• Establish and publish clear priorities among project activities.
• Expertise in IT Applications and their related business functions, leading several related projects and overseeing project-level activity to ensure project goals are met. Identify and manage cross-project dependencies as well as the risk, issues, requirements, design or solutions.
• Coordinate and prioritize resources across projects, managing links between the projects and the overall costs and risks of the program.
• Respond to inquiries about projects.
• Chair various project review and pre-submittal meetings. Keep all stakeholders informed of progress and issues.
• Manage change to preserve business plan commitments. Initiate Phase Review if objectives must change.
• Assure that all team members understand their roles and accept their responsibilities.
• Negotiate the performance of activities with team members and their managers. Arbitrate and resolve conflict and interface problems within the project.

Experience, Competencies, and Education:

• 5+ Years serving in a Project Management role.
• PMP Certification a plus
• 5+ years experience working in an ERP Environment
• BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Strong written and oral communication skills, ability to communicate with all levels of employees.
• Functional and technical knowledge in Financial and Supply chain.
• Experience in Sage X3 and / or large-scale ERP implementations a plus