IT Project Manager

Contract position

Minimum requirements:

• Project Management degree or equivalent with a moderate level of related experience
• Additional preference for experience in Merch Planning applications/systems like RPAS and JDA.
• Preference is for experience in Retail
• Demonstrated moderate level project management experience preferably in a multinational professional services environment
• Proven client engagement experience
• Demonstrated understanding of the project life cycle
• Demonstrated competency in project change management
• Proven experience managing expectations when balancing alternatives against business and financial constraints

Knowledge, Skills, and Attributes:

• Ability to establish strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external clients
• Excellent client-centricity skills and ability to work at client sites
• Ability to manage customer satisfaction, commitment, and expectations to high service levels and manage escalations adequately
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent team-building skills and ability to work in high-pressure environments
• Ability to manage urgent and complex tasks simultaneously
• Good business acumen and commercial skills
• Passionate, strong initiative, self-driven with a commitment to succeed
• Good influencing ability whilst taking a collaborative approach
• Decisive with good attention to detail ability
• Ability to promote project services to both internal stakeholders and external clients
• Competent in project change management

Responsibilities:

• Lead and direct concurrent standard or complex projects and in the case of programme management, ensure the management of multiple related projects directed towards a common objective
• Engage with stakeholders to deliver projects from original concept through final implementation
• Ensure that the project/programme delivers an as-sold solution, remains within the baselined budget and is delivered on time whilst maintaining quality criteria and client satisfaction
• Manage the delivery of the project/programme, including rigorous scope control and change management
• Ensure client satisfaction and manage escalations, acting as a single point of contact to the client
• Documentation and management of risks and issues
• Ensuring clear and concise communications to all stakeholders
• Provide pre-sales support by working with sales teams to scope and cost a project or programme solution which includes the completion of a proposal.
• This may include Client presentations of delivery approach as part of a tender process.
• Identification of opportunities and influence the sale by conducting a business conversation with the client positioning company consulting and technical services offerings
• Coordinate activities of the project teams through task delegation, resource assignment and programme management