Project Manager - Supply Chain

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JOB DESCRIPTION

Our client has a requirement for a Project Manager - Supply Chain for a 6 month contract opportunity.  The position is located in Toronto.

WHAT MAKES THIS SPECIAL

Our client has a prestigious reputation and excellent work environment. This position offers an opportunity for personal learning and to contribute to important initiatives that make a difference. Our client is actively screening resumes and scheduling interviews to fill this position, so let one our professional resource managers represent you to the client, promote your skills, and help you prepare.

ROLE

Reporting to Director, Project Management Office, you will work closely with the Program Director, Executive Steering Committee, the project team and the business, to deliver your projects to meet or exceed business objectives using proper methodology, with an eye to solutions that are supportable and sustainable by our operations teams.

You will have resiliency and flexibility, as well as excellent relationship and communication skills, along with a desire and ability to lead.

TYPES OF PROJECTS you’ll get the chance to deliver can include:

Applications 

Point of Sale, Corporate Systems, Supply Chain, Warehouse Management, Pharmacy Dispensing, Business Intelligence, etc.

Infrastructure
Network, Server, Virtualization, Antivirus, Patch Management, etc.

Security 
Information Security, Risk Management, Security Architecture and Compliance, Identity and Access Management, PCI, etc.

Strategic (Transformational)
Data Architecture, Service Oriented Middleware / Architecture (SOM/SOA), cloud computing, e-offerings, etc.

You will be tasked to deliver one or more projects that can range from small sized and simple assignments, to large-scale and complex projects, monitoring and managing risk and change associated with that scale of project, while ensuring things get done.

DUTIES

Stakeholder management and relationship-building
Ensure open communication and appropriate information sharing, and build credibility in order to work effectively with various groups with varied and sometimes conflicting priorities

Business case
Complete the business case and cost/benefit analysis, and oversee the analysis of the business requirements

Project Planning
Plan and manage project staffing needs, larger scale timelines/schedules (possibly multiyear) and budgets up to $5 million, and manage vendor relationships

Change management
Ability to introduce, implement and manage all aspects of change, with teams and stakeholders, and communicate regularly and efficiently while complying with change management protocols

Communicating and Presenting 
Tactfully, effectively and frequently communicate with stakeholders, securing approvals when needed, and keeping them abreast of progress and potential roadblocks, and present well-organized information (amount/relevance) to right people at the right time.

Risk management 
Analyze, anticipate and mitigate risk factors and work with the team and stakeholders to minimize risk.

Estimating and Tracking 
Keep on top of all numbers and metrics to ensure an accurate picture of current state, inclusive of budget (revenue/cost)

Task Management 
Keeping the team members motivated and aligned in their work and ensuring quality results at each step within the project lifecycle.

EXPERIENCE / REQUIREMENTS

Senior level or significant major project experience 

• 7-10+ years of project management experience on major large-scale, long-term, multi-million dollar projects

CREDENTIALS

• PMP designation or equivalent project management experience

EDUCATION

• post-secondary equivalent to a university degree or college diploma in Computer Science, Business or Administration

Consulting – objectively presenting alternatives and consequences, and advising about and reviewing alternatives using logic and rationale

Teamwork – ability to work as a part of team to achieve tangible results, and ability to manage and resolve conflict

Methodologies – PMBOK, SDLC, Waterfall required, but Prince2, Agile/Scrum knowledge beneficial

OTHER NICE-TO-HAVES

• Ideally experience in retail, pharma or healthcare industries
• MBA experience in outsourcing and offshoring projects

 CANDIDATE MUST HAVES

• Phenomenal Communication Skills; the ability to work with senior IT and business (i.e. non-IT) stakeholders
• Experience developing complex project plans
• Change management experience
• 5+ years of Project Management experience
• Demonstrated experience of managing a project longer than 1 year and more than $1M

CANDIDATE DIFFERENTIATORS

• Supply Chain Experience
• WMS Experience (Dallas and/or Manhattan)
• Voice Picking (e.g. VoCollect)
• Machine Handling Equipments (Nice To have)

  

KEYWORDS:   Project Manager, Supply Chain, WMS, PMP

HOW TO APPLY

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