Senior Project Manager - WMS

Ekman Associates, Inc. is a management consulting firm that specializes in developing business, digital, and technology strategy, delivering solutions, and addressing human resource demands. Summary: The Senior Project Manager is accountable for delivery of all assigned IT projects within scope, schedule, budget and quality. Key Skill (Mandatory)

• Deliver IT projects within scope, schedule and budget and with high quality.
• Deliver projects with focus on business unit satisfaction.
• Coordinate and manage the scope, timing, and budget of multiple concurrent projects.
• Assist in project strategy design, project role staffing, issue resolution and recovery of troubled projects
• Establish and maintain balance among project team, sponsors, resource managers and stakeholders.
• Work with the business units to establish project priorities appropriately to achieve desired organizational goals and benefits.
• Effectively mitigate project risks through risk identification and proactive planning.
• Manage resource utilization and allocation to ensure all projects have the correct resources assigned with the appropriate skill sets and capacity to deliver a quality product.
• Effectively communicate project status and key project metrics (KPIs) to stakeholders and customers and across enterprise as necessary.
• Ensure all impacted and interested teams are engaged in project execution to ensure complete project buy-in and minimize impact to the organization.
• Utilize Client's standard Project Management Lifecycle (PMLC) and Software Delivery Lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies in the planning, delivery and communication of all assigned projects.
• Follow internal Project and Portfolio management framework for project approval, delivery, tracking and reporting.
• Focus on continuous improvement activities for PMO methodology.
• Facilitate activities of PMO Governance and Steering Committee teams.
• Ensure compliance of IT projects to PMO methodology through standard project approval gateways.
• Measure and track metrics for project compliance and act accordingly.
• Maintain individual Project Portfolio and drive project business justification and approval meetings with Steering Committee and Governance teams
• Partner with business units to prioritize projects across the enterprise and facilitate development of Project Portfolio.
• Facilitate budget estimating and project planning activities for steering committee and finance approval.
• Work with business units to ensure budget is allocated appropriately for the prioritized projects and assigned to appropriate GL accounts.
• Facilitate post-close project Benefits Analysis activities with business unit and project managers and track results.
• Coordinate the work efforts, scheduling and prioritization for cross-team resources.
• Effectively transition senior level knowledge to other members of the team to help grow the organization as a whole.
• Train and mentor other team members in team standards, processes and methodologies.
• Support the professional development of other team members.
• Effectively delegate tasks to other team members to challenge individuals appropriately.
• Identify relevant training needs for the IT organization.
• Provide leadership to the team in regard to quality and integrity. Inspect and ensure the quality of work delivered by other team members.
• Provide input into the scheduled performance review process.
• Suggest and lead areas for improvement in internal processes.
• Provide input into the decision making process for the team.
• Act as point person on behalf of the team and gain the trust and confidence of other team members.

• 6+ years' work experience in Technical Project Management.
• Four year college required or commensurate work experience.
• PMP Certified.
• ITIL Certified.
• Proficient in Microsoft Projects, Application Integration and Compliance, Business Continuity, General Office Applications, Packaged Software, SOA Strategy and User Interface Design.
• Experience with the following: Applications Configuration Management, Automated Testing Tools, Client/Server Systems, Code Management, Data Transport, Enterprise Data Modeling, EnterpriseOne CNC Concepts, High Availability, Information Security, ITIL Incident Management, Networks, Routers, Switches, Firewalls, Performance Management and Programming Languages.