The IT Project Manager Professional will lead the successful delivery of a wide range of IT projects, working closely with a team of highly skilled professionals. The role holds full accountability for the performance, delivery, and outcomes of all assigned projects. This position frequently involves managing multiple projects concurrently within a broader programme environment. The role requires proven experience in leading implementations of Oracle EBS, Oracle SaaS solutions, Salesforce, or other Software as a Service platforms, alongside a strong understanding of Lead to Cash and Integrated Business Planning processes.
General Responsibilities
- Meet with clients to take detailed ordering briefs and clarify specific requirements of each project.
- Define project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility.
- Develop comprehensive project plans and manage all implementation processes including resource allocation, progress tracking, monitoring change control process, testing, documentation, training, and status reports.
- Ensure that all projects are delivered on‑time, within scope and within budget.
- Ensure resource availability and allocation. Track project performance, specifically to analyse the successful completion of short‑ and long‑term goals.
- Make adjustments to project constraints based on financial analysis.
- Regularly communicate and present project schedules and statuses. Report and elevate to management as needed.
- Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders.
- Perform risk management to minimize project risks.
Experience / Qualifications
- A university degree required (e.g. Bachelor’s degree) or equivalent relevant work experience.
- Business ethics – Ability to practice and behave consistently and effectively in areas of business practice and conflicts of interest.
- Communication – Ability to communicate effectively by getting the right message across to the right people at the right time on a regular basis.
- Customer Orientation – Ability to meet customers’ expectations by identifying and anticipating customers’ needs and integrating these into work; ability to develop new added value for customers and act with the customer in mind.
- Result orientation – Ability to take steps personally to ensure that mutual goals and performance targets are met within the appropriate timeframe.
- Teamwork – Ability to work with others and work synergistically with fellow team‑members.
- Planning and Organising – Ability to plan, prioritise and organise work and schedules in all areas to meet requirements.
- Problem solving – Ability to reach logical conclusions to situations by appropriately analysing the situation. Balances the benefits, risks and consequences of actions.
- Time Management – Ability to assess your ability to manage your time, and the effectiveness of your team to reach departmental objectives.
- Conflict management – Ability to recognise and work towards a mutually agreeable solution when confronted with conflict.
- Decision making – Ability to think through possibilities and make sound decisions with appropriate degree of risk; knows when you have enough data to make an informed decision.
- Resilience – Ability to work under pressure and prioritise.
- Strategic thinking – Ability to turn strategy into action, to see the big picture and use this ability productively.
- Managing objectives – Ability to decide what needs to be accomplished and design a plan to achieve the desired results.
- Team Management – Ability to delegate, motivate, mentor, develop and manage team to achieve objectives. Manage external resource against SLA and operational metrics.
- Budget Management – Ability to project and present annual operation expense and capital budget in departmental budget process.
Job Specific Responsibilities
- Plan, direct and coordinate all IT projects related to Commercial Excellence aspects within schedule and budget.
- Manage the entire project life‑cycle stages including: Intake, Planning, Execution, Monitoring & Controlling, Hypercare & Operations hand off, and Administrative close.
- Ensure proper documentation and approvals are in place within each stage of our PMLC (Project Management Lifecycle).
- Maintain project plans to ensure all stakeholders are informed of program status, performance, risks and issues.
- Interact with all stakeholders to maintain a high level of effective communications and resolve problems and issues as they arise. Have “ethical courage” to escalate if needed.
- Support the source selection process, BOM cost analysis and impact during the intake phase of a given project.
- Coordinate resource allocation and define RASCI roles for all assigned projects.
- Assign work and ensure tasks are completed on‑time to meet milestone deadlines.
- Track and measure performance at each phase of the PMLC process.
- Schedule steering committee meetings with senior leadership, prepare status reports.
- Effectively communicate risks and mitigation plan to support.
- Support process development and/or improvement.
Essential Criteria
- Degree in Business Administration, IT or related work.
- 5+ years of demonstrated experience managing projects across many functional areas in a similar industry.
- Program Management Professional (PMP) or similar preferred.
- Demonstrated Commercial Excellence or Lead to Cash experience.
- Automotive or Aerospace Defence industry experience preferred.
- Core Competencies – Planning, risk management, budgeting, stakeholder management, governance.
Additional Details
- Experience working with MS Project and Oracle ERP is a plus.
- Travel disposition –
All successful candidates must undergo a medical examination which includes a drugs test.
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