Project Manager

IKO Industries Ltd. is a market leader in the manufacturing of roofing and building materials. IKO is a Canadian owned and operated business with production facilities worldwide and has many years of unparalleled success in the roofing materials industry. Quality, integrity, and trustworthiness are the values that underlie this success, and we have built this company by hiring people who hold these values. People like you

**Job Description**:
Position Summary:
The IKO Global IT department is looking for a passionate, inquisitive, detail oriented and customer focused Project Manager to join our growing team.

The Project Manager role will focus on a global ERP Deployment project based on JD Edwards. The role reports to the Global Project Manager. The Project Manager will represent the North American team as part of the global Project Management Office and will have specific responsibility to lead the North American deployments of the Global ERP Solution. The role will be based out of Mississauga, Ontario and will require travel (appx. 25 %) to Europe and across IKO sites in North America.

The Project Manager will be part of the ERP global project leadership team and work closely with Business Process Owners, Business Analysts, development team and IT Management to ensure the project progresses along agreed timelines and meets the key success criteria. The Project Manager will report into the Global Program Manager.

Key Responsibilities:

- Manage execution of the project plan for the Global Pilot phase in North America
- Complete a detailed project plan for the deployment waves in North America as part of the overall global program
- Manage and provide guidance to the System Integrator and other partners for the Global Pilot in Europe
- Report regularly on the status of the ERP solution and its readiness for European deployment
- Assist the Global Project Manager in managing the technical and organisational project dependencies as needed
- Manage the conversion of North American data from source systems to JD Edwards
- Manage the integration of North American specific source systems to JD Edwards

Qualifications:

- Minimum 5 years relevant Project Management experience.
- Project Management certification, preferably PMI PMP.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience with Oracle JD Edwards Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software
- Experienced on complex international projects
- Experienced with SDLC methodology running projects from Requirement Gathering, Design, Testing, Documentation Training through Implementation and Post Live Support.
- University degree is required
- Knowledge of and/or experience in Organizational Change Management (OCM) is an advantage

Additional Skills:

- Excellent communication skills both written and oral
- Proficiency in business English
- Training and facilitation skills
- Analytical and critical thinking skills
- Experience using SharePoint 2013, MS Project
- Proven ability to handle multiple priorities and deliver to deadlines; changing course and direction as needed
- Ability to influence stakeholders and building consensus
- Ability to work effectively in a matrix environment
- Ability to motivate / manage a team of 10-15 direct reports
- Ability to manage a team with a diversity of cultures and people on remote locations and to stimulate collaboration is such an environment
- Proven success at managing change projects with ability to problem solve at detailed level and keep helicopter view
- Self-motivated and driven approach with strong result orientation

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Benefits of Employment: IKO recognizes that its success is due to the strength of its employees. A primary goal of IKO is to promote individual employee's sense of accomplishment and contribution so that employees enjoy their association with IKO. The Company invests in its employees so that they are the most knowledgeable in the industry, and undertakes great efforts to nurture loyalty to, and teamwork at, IKO. We are pleased to offer competitive compensation, health care, a progressive and challenging workplace and a commitment to teamwork and integrity.