Required Skills

Project Manager

Work Authorization

  • Us Citizen

  • Green Card

Preferred Employment

  • Corp-Corp

Employment Type

  • Consulting/Contract

education qualification

  • UG :- - Not Required

  • PG :- - Not Required

Other Information

  • No of position :- ( 1 )

  • Post :- 29th Jul 2021

JOB DETAIL


The role requires project management in a consulting organization, and facilitate the deployment of solutions by mapping customer business problems to reusable end-to-end technology solutions. PMs are key enablers for Advance Auto Parts and partner staff. They manage the complete lifecycle of large and complex projects and have a passion for customers that is demonstrated through professionalism and striving for excellence in all aspects of the customer experience. Demonstrated ability to engage in senior level business and technology decision maker discussions related to agility, business value, and end-to-end technology projects is required.
Deliverables Management
Responsible for the day-to-day management of Core Merchandising and Inventory Planning program deliverables - quality and on-time completion including necessary approvals
Utilize established governance process, tools, templates for deliverable review and approval management
Ensure timely completion of deliverables in line with the integration work plan / release plan expectations
Facilitate meetings with appropriate stakeholders to proactively address any issues with deliverables; Escalate to program leadership as needed
Work Plan Management
Partner with Core Team Leads for Core Merchandising and Inventory Planning
Responsible for facilitation and note taking for Core Merchandising and Inventory Planning Business Configuration Workshops
Responsible for facilitation and note taking for Core Merchandising and Inventory Planning Business Requirements Workshops
Manage Confluence spaces for Core Merchandising and Inventory Planning workstreams
Manage JIRA and Kanban Boards for Core Merchandising and Inventory Planning workstreams
Align with vision for Core Merchandising and Inventory Planning workstreams, scope changes, schedule changes, budget overruns, risks/issues, deliverable quality and workstream team morale
Identify potential areas of concerns and provide remediation plans
Communications
Manage Ask Intrepid Questions inbox
Responsible for providing Weekly Status Report updates for Core Merchandising and Inventory Planning workstreams
Responsible for attending Weekly Risk and Issue Review meeting and representing workstreams
Responsible for attending Weekly Merch Systems Planning meeting to provide inputs into the Integrated Project Plan
The selected candidate:

  • Will apply solid project management and leadership skills and experience in delivering projects on time, within budget, and with high customer satisfaction.
  • The candidate must also have experience managing within the PMI methods.
  • Must have excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • Must have experience in managing medium to large size teams on site and remote. Experience in managing offshore teams is also preferred.
  • Must demonstrate expertise and proven ability in risk management and mitigation; establishes a strategy of continuous risk management that enables proactive decisions and actions throughout the project life cycle, and creates an environment to support it where the project team has visible, measurable, and repeatable processes for managing these risks.
  • Capable of collecting, reviewing and publishing project status with regards to resources, schedule, stakeholder management, and features that influence project performance and completion.
  • Will follow the principles and governance of IT PMO in project delivery
  • Must demonstrate the ability to track progress against the Master Program Plan, and the Program Communications Plan in order to identify gain or slippage achieved against overall timescales and ensure that these are communicated to the client and internally within the organization.
  • Where possible, aim to develop contingency plans to provide an alternative method of keeping the program on track in the event of a delay to one of the projects
  • As a PM, you will help identify, pursue, and close strategic business development opportunities while continually driving add-on business value within existing accounts. To accomplish this, the PM must be effective in communicating project health and in articulating projects risks to executive leadership.
  • This positionsinvolves:
  • The application of systems analysis techniques and procedures, including consulting with users, to determine hardware, software or system functional specifications;
  • The design, development, documentation, analysis, creation, testing or modification of computer systems or programs, including prototypes, based on and related to user or system design specifications;

Qualifications
Minimum of 3 to 5 years of program/project management experience required
Project Management Professional (PMP) required
Experience in managing Agile projects preferred
Competency in Project Management, Change Management, Analytical Problem Solving, Customer/Partner Relationships, Product & Technology Expertise, Strategic Insight
A bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
General Comments

Candidate should have experience in:Supply Chain,Waterfall

Working on a Core Merch and Inventory Planning Transformation with technology and business capabilities
Proficiency in Jira and Confluence required

Nice to Have:Blue Yonder(JDA) experience,

  • Accounting experience

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