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Experience level: Associate
Experience required: 8 Years
Education level: Bachelor’s degree
Job function: Project Management
Industry: Logistics and Supply Chain
Total position: 1
Relocation assistance: No
Job Summary
Requires a moderate degree of PM knowledge, experience, skill & expertise.Addl. skills needed: comm, problem solving, managing for results, managing conflict, creativity & critical thinking. Operates in coordination with & takes direction from both the ePMO Lead/Proj Lead to ensure:
Requires a moderate degree of PM knowledge, experience, skill & expertise.Addl. skills needed: comm, problem solving, managing for results, managing conflict, creativity & critical thinking. Operates in coordination with & takes direction from both the ePMO Lead/Proj Lead to ensure:
All proj activities/outputs align with strategic objectives, deliverables, schedules, business case & expectations set with Sponsors & Client senior leadership
Support a combination of simple projs while facilitating/guiding team to adhere to the PM discipline
This position will drive setting the team’s cadence for planning, updates & status reviews with Sponsors.He/she supports the success of the proj by applying Client’s PM principles, guidelines & standards. Travel may be required as needed.
Job Duties
- Assists Proj Lead to Ensure Proj Output Meets Program Expectations (~ 15% of time)
- Facilitates all Proj Planning & Execution of PM Activities (~ 25% of time)
- Applies PM Processes/Tools Appropriate for Projs (~ 50% of time)
- identifies/Manages Interdependencies with other Projs/Initiatives (~ 10% of time)
Other Duties
• Manages proj scope, schedule, initiation, start-up/design, building & deployment of projs from beginning to end
• Manages proj scope, schedule, initiation, start-up/design, building & deployment of projs from beginning to end
• Creates/manages PM artifacts while educating the team on their creation/proper use throughout the proj such as:
o Project Charter
o Project Plan
o RACI
o Risk/Issue identification & mitigation
o Status report dev./updates appropriate PM artifacts, as needed
• Reviews deliverables & ensures quality
• Provides PM methodology/tools to ensure proper governance, oversight, strategic alignment & proj success
• Facilitates initiation/planning of proj scope (i.e. Objectives, resources, milestones, risks, comms, etc)
• Reviews funding, cost plans & actual expenses to verify projs are in line with funding parameters with Project Lead
• Proficient in PM discipline with emphasis on effective use of PM soft skills essential to his/her success
• Solicits/gathers info. via interviews with process owners to understand the "as-is" &" to-be" processes
• Identifies/communicates to the Project Lead skill gaps & recommends improvement opportunities
• Provides Project Lead with thorough responses to problem resolution
• Identifies business areas/stakeholders impacted by issues
• Identifies root causes to ensure problems do not reoccur
• Able to:
o Communicate processes to customers trained on process changes/enhancements
o Dev/monitor process metrics to gauge health of a proj & identify process improvement opportunities
o Observe a process & gather feedback/concern from others for process improvement opportunities
Required Qualifications
- Experience applying Stakeholder/Comm Mgmt. principles including governing bodies/ Owners/Sponsors/key senior stakeholders/Project Lead/team/SMEs
- Able to plan weeks in advance to plan efforts & manage multiple projs
- Able to work full time (~40 hours per week with potential to work overtime if necessary); must be flexible to work occasional weekends, holidays & possible overnight stays depending on the assignment, as needed.
- Experience/expertise with Commercial PM Software (i.e. MS Project/Office, etc) & the ability to learn Client’s Projects Website & other tools
- Experience with web-based remote meeting applications (i.e. Skype, Zoom, WebEx, etc)
- Willing to travel by plane or driving personal vehicle or rental car. [Note: mileage, airfare, rental car will be reimbursed]
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree (or int’l comparable degree)
- 3 years of PM experience
- 6 years as a proj team member
- Experience using MS Office including MS Project/SharePoint
- Willing to travel by plane or drive personal vehicle/rental car
- PM Certifications: PMI PMP, Agile, LEAN Certified/Six Sigma, etc
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Requirements
MUST HAVE
Experience applying Stakeholder/Comm Mgmt. principles including governing bodies/ Owners/Sponsors/key senior stakeholders/Project Lead/team/SMEs.
Ability to plan weeks in advance to plan efforts & manage multiple projects.
Bachelor’s degree (or internationally comparable degree)
3 years of PM experience
6 years as a project team member
Experience with web-based remote meeting applications (i.e. Teams, Zoom, WebEx, etc.)
Intermediate working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, including but not limited to Outlook, Word, and Excel Preferred
Outstanding communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills
Knowledge of an Agile framework
PM Certifications: PMI PMP, Agile, LEAN Certified/Six Sigma
