Project Manager Senior

This role provides planning, coordination, and delivery support for complex operational, IT, and business initiatives. The postholder will maintain robust project documentation, track progress against plans, manage risks and issues, and support effective stakeholder communication. They will promote project management best practices, share lessons learned, and advise project leads and team members, while coaching and supporting colleagues to build capability and encourage continuous improvement across projects and programmes.

1. Provide planning, coordination and monitoring support for complex operational, IT and business initiatives

• Maintain accurate and timely project plans, meeting notes, status reporting and other relevant project documentation
• Identify and schedule project deliverables, milestones and tasks. Assist in defining scope, deliverables, success criteria and key metrics of the project in conjunction with project leadership and other key stakeholders
• Monitor project cost and resource usage where appropriate
• Escalate risks and issues that have potential to impact project(s)
• Respond to stakeholder requests for information
   

2. Identify and recommend best practices, techniques and tools for project planning, execution, tracking, communication and key performance metrics for the department

• Share   lessons  learned   and   best  practices   across   programs, building relationships   with stakeholders and brokering relationships at all levels
• Manage project administration, independently assess areas of improvement, and collect feedback for a lessons learned report
• Advise project leads and team members on project management best practices
• Guide and support colleagues, helping them develop skills, knowledge, and confidence by providing advice, feedback, and resources, while fostering a positive and inclusive environment for growth.

1. FORMAL EDUCATION

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in business, science or technology field

• PMP Certification

Preferred: MBA certification

2. KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:

Required:

• Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age

• Must have a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

• Must have seven (7) years of work experience in operations, supply chain, manufacturing, order management, engineering, procurement, finance, technical (R&D), EHS, regulatory, sales and marketing functions, and support IT systems

• Experience in project management, or a functional leadership role on supporting large or complex multi-functional and multi-divisional projects, including business or system integrations, acquisitions or rationalizations

• Fundamental knowledge of project management methodology, tools and techniques

• Knowledge of project scheduling and monitoring tools

• Experience with process mapping and implementation

• Working knowledge of transactional lean principles and techniques

Preferred: Have ten (10) years of work experience in operations, supply chain, manufacturing, order management, engineering, procurement, finance, technical (R&D), EHS, regulatory, sales and marketing functions, and support IT systems 

3. TECHNICAL/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

Required:

• Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong presentation and interpersonal skills
• Proven ability to build relationships
• Proven ability and initiative to learn and research new concepts, ideas, and technologies quickly
• Strong systems and process orientation with demonstrated analytical thinking, organisational and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Ability to facilitate meetings up to and including executive level and follow up with resulting action items
• Ability to prioritise and execute tasks in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment
• Ability to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment and to lead and influence cross-organisationally with and without direct authority
• Ability to move tasks forward effectively, even with ambiguous or changing requirements
• Proficient in completing objectives from initiation through to implementation

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