Senior IT Project Manager – Supply Chain, Operations

Responsibilities

• Responsible for simultaneously directing the efforts of multiple cross‑functional project teams to achieve clearly defined results within the triple constraints of time, budget and specifications for medium and high‑complexity projects.
• Responsible for an average of 3-6 projects as well as low‑complexity programs specifically in the IT Supply Chain and Operations area.
• Responsible for assembling the project team, developing the project work plan, and managing the expectations, deliverables and results of all internal and external project resources.
• Includes managing outside vendors to ensure they meet contractual deliverables.
• Responsible for tracking project milestones and making necessary adjustments to the project plan or resources to maintain customer commitments.
• Communicates project status and risks to all project stakeholders via standardized project status reports and manages the change process for each assigned project.

Requirements

• Fluent in English
• High proficiency level (must)
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related field
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• 6+ years of project management experience in the Supply Chain and Operations space, including 8+ years of IT or related business experience
• 3 to 5 years of experience working on projects involving the implementation of project life cycle methodologies
• Experience influencing and managing project teams without formal direct reporting relationships
• Experience managing SDLC projects using an iterative methodology preferred
• Comprehensive knowledge of PMI based project management competency areas and methodologies and experience applying these methods to manage successful projects
• Analytical skills are required to effectively manage activities related to budgeting, forecasting, monitoring, process management, risk management, quality control and reporting
• Must be comfortable in a fast paced environment, while being able to act autonomously
• Strong oral and written communication skills and experience leveraging these skills to interact with all levels of management
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills
• High-level understanding of IT infrastructure and application architectures desired
• High-level of proficiency in Microsoft Office products, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio, and Project
• High-level of proficiency using Microsoft SharePoint.

ATS Optimization Keywords

• Hard Skills
• Soft Skills
• Certifications & Qualifications
• Industry Keywords
• Tools & Technologies

Hard Skills

• project management
• SDLC
• project life cycle methodologies
• budgeting
• forecasting
• process management
• risk management
• quality control
• analytical skills
• iterative methodology

Soft Skills

• communication skills
• negotiation skills
• influencing skills
• leadership
• autonomy
• cross-functional team management
• stakeholder management
• adaptability
• problem-solving
• time management

Certifications & Qualifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science
• Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems

Industry Keywords

• Supply Chain
• Operations
• IT
• project management competency areas
• contractual deliverables
• cross-functional project teams
• medium complexity projects
• high complexity projects
• vendor management
• customer commitments

Tools & Technologies

• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Visio
• Microsoft Project
• Microsoft SharePoint
• project status reports
• IT infrastructure
• application architectures