Primary Responsibility :
The role of the IT, PMO Project Manager is to plan, execute, and finalize projects of the IT PMO according to scheduled deadlines and within budget while meeting or exceeding projected business benefits with the following focus areas.
This role will be responsible for partnering with IT team members, stakeholders, and leadership to help drive the PMO processes, reporting and tool governance by effective planning, coordination and execution of the activities required in order to meet timely delivery of PMO deliverables.
The IT Project Manager will be an individual contributor reporting to the Director of IT PMO while implementing Americold and industry best practices of Project Management under a fast-paced environment.
What You’ll Do :
Partnership & Collaboration
• Work with IT team, stakeholders and leadership in planning, design and execution of PMO deliverables including the project intake process, status reporting and compliance with project delivery methodology
• Develops working relationships with other members of the project teams, delivery, and leadership across the IT and other departments and provides training on tools and process as necessary
PPM Tools & Reporting
• Leverage Americold’s Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) tools to deliver solutions for business decision making, and consider people, process, and technologies while adhering to Americold’s PMO processes
• Responsible for data collection, analysis and reporting of project information within Americold Logistics global IT departments as well as administration and management of the Project & Portfolio Management System/Tools including being the POC for all configuration changes and new features of the PPM tool
• Responsible for partnering with IT team, stakeholders, and Leadership to design, implement, and operate reporting frameworks and dashboards to support PMO capabilities
• Deliver regular reports such as weekly, monthly, and quarterly performance dashboards and owns administrative tasks such as timesheet postings, onboarding/offboarding, user management etc.
KPIs & Metrics
• Gathers and helps define Project metrics and KPIs across the different types of projects and functional groups
• Works closely with financial analyst, project teams for scoping & executing financial adjustments, tracking project financials
• Has targeted conversations with team, stakeholders and leadership and provides consultative advice and recommendations based on project, operational and financial metrics
Compliance
• Drive compliance to PMO process, methodology and deliverables by proactively reviewing and conducting regular audits of data, highlight any variances to the business and help improve data quality
• Work collaboratively with the delivery teams to utilize data and insight to resolve business issues and drive better decision making for strategic initiatives including timesheets and financial compliance
What Experience and Education You Need :
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, business or related field or equivalent
• 7+ years of project management experience
Experience in Supply Chain, infrastructure, cybersecurity is a plus
Smartsheet or SAP or Oracle or similar PPM experience highly preferred
• Demonstrated advanced experience with Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience with industry standard BI and reporting engines (Cognos, Qlik, Tableau, Power BI)
What Could Set You Apart :
• Able to prioritize and organize increasingly complex work to ensure overall timeliness and quality standards
• Exhibits problem-solving skills, including troubleshooting issues and escalates as appropriate.
• Ability to engage and consult with a variety of internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
• Capability to manipulate, visualize and present data in an understandable way
• Ability to communicate professionally, both written and verbally with individuals at all levels of the organization, external contacts, customers, and potential customers
• Ability to work in matrix managed environment and demonstrates a collaborating style with strong impact and influencing skills
• Ability to communicate effectively to direct and motivate team and others, maintaining a persuasive and credible presentation style at all levels of the organization
• Data driven with strong financial acumen and business savvy
• Strong analytical skills and process focused problem analysis and problem resolution
• Demonstrates uncompromising level of integrity and code of ethics and maintain a high degree of confidentiality
Physical Requirements :
The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job
• Requires the ability to sit for long periods of time, with frequent interruptions
• Requires several hours per day of sitting, getting up and down from chairs, and reaching, or bending
• Requires manual dexterity with normal hand and finger movements for typical office work
• Talking, hearing, and seeing are important elements of completing assigned tasks
• May require travel by automobile and airplane
• May require visiting facility operations in temperatures at or below freezing
• May carry loads related to travel and occasionally lifts, carries, positions, or moves objects weighing up to 20 pounds
• Requires the use of various electronic tools
• Occasionally works evenings or weekends in order to complete objectives or to attend meetings
• Requires the ability to relate to others beyond giving and receiving instructions: must partner with colleagues without exhibiting behavioral extremes
• Requires the performance of work activities including reasoning, negotiating, instructing, persuading, or speaking with others; and respond appropriately to constructive feedback from executive management
Work Environment :
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
What We Offer :
Our associates know the answer to the question What’s in it for me We offer best-in-class benefit programs and continuously work with our associates to ensure that our offerings meet the needs of their health and financial well-being. When you join Americold you join a values-oriented company with a clear mission. We help our customers feed the world.
Americold is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and complies with applicable employment laws.
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