IT - Project Manager

IT - Project Manager

Job Location(s): Lawrenceville, GA, St. Louis, MO, West Des Moines, IA, Fruitland, ID, or Meridian, ID

Starting Salary: $75,000 - $115,000 (depending on experience)

Employment Type: Full-Time, Salary

Work Environment: Hybrid (4 days in-office, 1 days remote)

Summary of Company Benefits: Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance Health Savings Account (HSA) Flexible Spending Account (FSA) 401(k) with an Employer Match Group Term Life Insurance and AD&D Employer Paid Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Voluntary Supplemental Hospital and Accident Plans Employee Assistance Program 8 Company Paid Holidays & 1 Floating Holiday Progressive Paid Time Off (PTO) Accruals Annual Salary Incentive Bonus

About Woodgrain: Woodgrain is one of the top millwork operations in the world, with locations throughout the United States and Chile. With 70 years of quality manufacturing craftsmanship and service, Woodgrain is a top producer of mouldings, doors, and windows, as well as a premier distributor of specialty building products. Woodgrain Inc. is headquartered in Fruitland, Idaho with six divisions and over 45 manufacturing and warehouse facilities in the United States and South America. Since 1954, Woodgrain is proud to be family owned and operated.

Job Summary

The Project Manager is responsible for leading IT projects from initiation through project completion. This position works closely with analysts and the business to understand and capture the functional needs of the business. The Project Manager will provide change leadership and implement best practice solutions regularly.

Duties & Responsibilities

Accountable for end-to-end planning and execution of IT project implementation to include:

• Project Charter creation/approval, budget monitoring/approval, developing project milestones, organizing project kick-offs, coordination, oversight, and organization of all components within assigned project
• Conduct discovery and information gathering sessions with business process owners and IT Analysts to define requirements and needs of the business
• Organize demonstrations and help to facilitate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) of recommended solutions and process improvements
• Support the test leads in IT and Business Integration testing through development and execution of the test plan
• Assist as needed with the implementation of IT solutions, including building test cases, performing unit and integration testing, generating user guides, and providing user training
• Coordinate work, solution, gaps, and issues that exist across areas of SAP (MM, PP, SD, TM, etc.)
• Ensure cutover activities are planned, organized, and executed with adequate resources. Manage the work of consultants and external system integrators as necessary
• Apply change leadership and facilitate negotiations when compromise is required to achieve "best practice" at a division-wide level
• Solve complex issues that may evolve during the process improvement initiatives by applying applicable problem-solving skills
• Align customer requirements and ensure projects meets both internal and external needs
• Coordinate project activities amongst the functional and technical team members, business, and consultants

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a technical area such as Computer Science, Information Technology, or Business. Equivalent training and experience can be considered in lieu of a degree. At least 5 years of related experience working as a Project Manager position or in a similar position PMP Certification is preferred, but not required

Additional Skills:

• Working knowledge of project management methodologies (waterfall ASAP, agile, etc.)
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and uncertainty around projects, must be capable of adapting to changing principles
• Excellent problem-solving and root cause analysis skills
• Experience with applying the KISS principle (keep it simple)
• Strong strategic thinking skills and ability to operate under pressure with numerous tasks and responsibilities
• Excellent analytical skills to interpret complex, cross-functional requirements and challenges
• Commitment to quality and achieving results that are oriented to detail and task completion
• Effective teamwork skills, across different locations both geographically and technologically
• Ability to effectively communicate in English, both verbally and in writing. Additional languages preferred.

Physical Demands: The physical demands and work environment for this role align with those of a standard office setting. While performing job duties, the employee may occasionally need to stand, walk, sit, use hands for handling objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, as well as talk and hear. This role may occasionally require lifting or moving up to 25 pounds. Travel: This position may require travel to other Woodgrain locations, expected travel time is 20%.

Woodgrain is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Woodgrain is a drug, alcohol, and tobacco-free workplace. All offers of employment are contingent upon pre-employment background and drug screening, and some positions require a fitness for duty test.