Project Manager

Sourcing And Procurement Project Manager

The Sourcing and Procurement Project Manager is responsible for successful delivery of projects through all phases of the Project Management Lifecycle which includes initiation, planning, development, execution, control & closeout of projects. The Project Manager will support the Sourcing and Procurement team as a member of the IT PMO organizing, coordinating, and driving procurement related programs and projects. Collaboration with IT, Procurement, and business sponsors to ensure projects are executed on time, per scope, within budget and with high quality will be key to the role.

Role and Responsibilities

• Lead strategic Procurement projects
• Ensure projects deliver on commitments
• Define, plan, direct the establishment & execution of projects, while balancing the competing demands of scope, time, cost, quality, resources and risk
• Plan, organize, lead and monitor the activities of the project team
• Develop detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans, and status reports
• Provide project risk analysis and mitigation planning
• Maintain overall control of the schedule, budget and scope
• Create collaborative partnerships and perform stakeholder management with customers, vendors, and other teams to achieve project objectives
• Ensure projects objectives/requirements are clear and agreed to by all stakeholders
• Develop projects scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
• Prepare and manage deliverables (Project Plan, Risk Plan, Communication Plan, etc.) use deliverables to conduct the project
• Manage the escalation of issues and submit recommendations to executive steering teams to remediate
• Track the status of deliverables and any decisions made regarding Project Change Requests and outstanding issues weekly
• Update appropriate documentation and project plan to reflect changes in requirements and commitments
• Identify, document and ensure analysis of scope change requests throughout the project lifecycle
• Utilize company release management, change management standards and procedures
• Active participation, in and contribute to, the IT PMO policies and procedures

Qualifications

• BS/BA in business or a technical field with 7 to 10 years of directly relevant experience
• Comprehensive and demonstrable understanding of core Project Management Fundamentals
• PMP certification
• Thorough understanding of project/program management techniques and methods (Scheduling, Resourcing, Cost Management, Scoping, etc.