IT Project Manager- Vendor Management

IT Project Manager- Vendor Management in Painted Post, New York Posted 06/14/21

• Fortune 500 manufacturing and technology organization with significant investment in R&D and Innovation
• Rich history with over 150 years of significant growth and innovation
• Expanding global footprint in North America, South America, Europe and Asia
• Industry leader within all 8 divisions and leader in each
• Known for growing talent internally and promoting internally

• Culture: Highly collaborative, teamwork-oriented environment
• Growth: Make an immediate impact in this high visibility role
• Opportunity: Ability to drive change within organization with a focus on process improvement
• Stability: Strong executive leadership team investing in its talent and elevating the global footprint

• Remote

• Project planning coordination and development
• Project plan creation and maintenance
• Project governance and management
• Project management process use and compliance
• Project communication planning and execution - setting appropriate expectations, communicating status with all stakeholder groups, escalating issues and concerns when warranted.
• Participate in various project meetings
• Track project status
• Working with the sponsor to ensure the planned business value is progressing according to plan
• Coordination (with Procurement) of vendor management (RFI, RFP, SOW, etc.)
• End user training planning and coordination
• Change management addressed in organization, technology, architecture, and business readiness
• Coordination of quality outcomes through test planning and execution
• Execution of project plan deliverables, including operational readiness with the appropriate project team members
• Issue facilitation and resolution
• Resource management to ensure the correct resources are available in a timely manner with the sufficient skillsets to meet project needs

• Ability to manage multiple priorities
• Focused and versatile team player who is comfortable under pressure
• Excellent written and verbal communication capability at all levels of the corporation
• Good presentation skills; persuasive, encouraging, motivating, and inspiring; the ability to listen and understand
• Financial acumen
• Ability to remove barriers and enable teams to complete objectives
• Problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
• Ability to learn quickly and transfer knowledge to others

• Knowledge of SDLC (Systems Development Life Cycle)
• Influencing

• Required:
• Bachelors degree
• 10+ years of Project Management Experience
• Desired:
• PMP certification