IT Project Manager

2 weeks ago

Markham, Canada Great Connections Employment Services Full time

Our client, a leading CPG manufacturing company is looking for a 12 months contract IT Project Manager to join their growing team.

Location: Markham and Scarborough, ON

Contract role for 12 months

Position Summary:

The IT Project Manager will report directly to the IT Director, Canada and will lead the IT Project Management activities for multiple projects under a Manufacturing Facility expansion program. The IT Project Manager will be responsible for eliciting Business Requirements, generating Project Plans, Resource Plans, Risk Management and any additional project management deliverables. The IT PM will work closely with Business Stakeholders and Global IT resources to ensure successful delivery of the projects on time, budget and scope. The IT Project Manager will work in accordance with IT Project Management governance and will be responsible for status reporting on the health of the project. The
individual has to have big picture and pro-active mindset and a “Go-Getter” attitude.
 

Responsibilities:

  • Provide management and strategic direction to a project team and is shares responsibility.
  • Collaborate closely with Global Head of PMO by providing monthly budget forecasts and reconciling invoices. 
  • Partner with Procurement and Vendor Management to create and execute NDAs/Contracts/Statements of Work/Change Orders, to monitor and renegotiate upon expiration of those documents.
  • Collaborates with engineering leads to develop project milestones and facilitates development and testing progress against milestones
  • Collaborates with Business Stakeholders and other IT Global resources to develop project Plans, identify dependencies, Risk Register and all other Project Management deliverables.
  • Attends project meetings, provides project status and assumes the ownership for the delivery of the technical components of the program Effectively applies the company / IT PMO methodology and enforces project standards across projects and work efforts.
  • Provides Project Financial Management, to:
    o Ensure project funding processes are completed
    o Manage project budget and changes
    o Track and report team hours and expenses on a weekly basis
    o Update project forecasts on a monthly basis
    o Track and report on project burn rate
  • Creates and coordinates communication to stakeholders and assists with stakeholder management.
  • Tracks key project milestones and manages project plans, budget and/or resources to meet the needs of stakeholders based on agreed requirements and scope, using defined change control processes.
  • Coordinates communication with all areas of the enterprise that impacts the scope, budget, risk and resources (people/money) of the work effort being managed.
  • Ensures project documents are complete, current and stored appropriately.
  • Ensure all programs and projects are delivered comprehensively, completely, on time, and within budget.
  • Collaborate with Projects/Governance Teams to kick off new projects, to submit project documentation, and to report project status.
  • Responsible for managing all aspects of project management from discovery through delivery implementation.
  • Identifies resource needs and ensures resources are accountable and delivering against their project commitments.
  • Performs quality reviews and follows quality assurance procedures.
  • Manage project risk exposure and will escalate functional, quality, timeline issues appropriately.
  • Directs and monitors work efforts daily & selects appropriate work procedures and approaches to address technical/functional, process and/or people challenges.
  • Participate in collecting requirements and developing reports and metrics.
  • Participate in the design and development of an updated PMO SharePoint site.


Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ Years of Experience 
  • PMP / PgMP` / PMI-ACP / Scrum Master and/or another accredited PMI or PM certification (such as
    Prince 2)
  • Release / Deployment management
  • Strong communication and validation skills. Able to iterate through the requirements in phases. Evidence of staying in alignment with business sponsor, stakeholders, and management.
  • Independent and creative analytical skills and the ability to clearly communicate ideas and confirm understanding.
  • Demonstrated writing skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • An exceptional communicator and spirited collaborator
  • Knowledge of budgeting and work scheduling tools and techniques
  • Strong production capabilities in PowerPoint, Keynote, Word, Excel, JIRA, Confluence
  • Strong capabilities using MS Project or another Project Management Tool
  • Previous experience in managing IT Scope for Infrastructure Construction projects.
  • Experience working with Manufacturing and Distribution Organizations.
  • Experience supporting Supply Chain Processes (i.e. Order Management, Distribution, Quality, New Product Launch, 3PL)
  • Experience and expertise in Warehousing and Logistics, Manufacturing, QA and Health and Safety
  • Experience working with (or, ability to quickly learn & master) a variety of technologies.
  • Experienced in traditional SDLC and Agile frameworks. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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