Mid To Senior Project Manager

Job Description

• A leading software company specialising in Manahattan Associate Warehouse Management Software Sales, Implementation and Support Partners is looking for a Mid to Senior Project Manager to join their team in Johannesburg, GP.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in the development of project plans to determine scope, budget, and timeframes to ensure quality and successful project execution
• Produce detailed work plans with appropriate timelines and budgets, matching resources against project priorities
• Execute in support of business strategy and objectives
• Coordinate and manage the delivery of multiple, large-scale, complex projects to successful completion in accordance with scope, budget (including Earned Value Analysis), timeframe, and service level agreements
• Resolve issues, conflicts, dependencies, and critical path deliverables; escalate to programme and management as required
• Track and report on project/programme status and performance
• Monitor adherence to budget, project deliverables, dependencies, and timeframes
• Identify and manage project risks; devise suitable mitigation and minimisation plans to ensure successful and on-time project delivery
• Document project management processes including minutes of meetings, progress reports, and appropriate information collection and storage
• Contribute to process improvement initiatives to improve project delivery
• Lead project teams and promote a culture of performance excellence, employee engagement, innovation, and transformation
• Ensure utilisation of project management toolsets available within SCJ, including:
• Mavenlink: Creation and monitoring of projects (scheduling, resource allocation, progress monitoring, tasks, weekly stand-up meetings, status reports)
• Mavenlink Task Scheduler & Resource Planner: Monitoring of time spent by the project team
• Budget Tracking: Maintaining detailed project budget tracking including Earned Value Reporting
• Project Plan: Maintaining and updating the detailed project plan against the approved project baseline
• Provide assistance to SCJ management and sales teams when required or requested
• Contribute to long-term project delivery strategies that allow SCJ to consistently improve services and offerings
• Maintain good stakeholder relations by ensuring all stakeholders are updated regularly and provided with a professional service
• Complete timesheets accurately and timely in accordance with tasks completed
• Timesheet Submissions: Ensure all timesheets are reviewed and accurate prior to final submission to management on or before the weekly due date
• Internal Systems Compliance: Ensure all internal SCJ systems are utilised in the most appropriate manner
• Provide good customer service by answering queries and questions from customers timeously
• Consider, assist, and recommend initiatives that can improve the way SCJ operates internally or within its customer base
• Identify, develop, and drive initiatives to bring in additional revenue opportunities for the SCJ team
• Be an enthusiastic self-starter constantly looking for ways to improve your skillsets in relation to improving our customers' and internal team's experience and delivery
• Pro-actively support and mentor project team members
• Review and provide input to assist in improving the deliverables of fellow team members where required

Requirements:

• Minimum: NQF 6 qualification (preferably in Engineering, IT, Commerce, or Business)
• Preferred: NQF 7 qualification (preferably in Engineering, IT, Commerce, or Business)
• Recognised Project Management qualification such as:
• CAPM / PMP
• Prince 2
• Tertiary Project Management qualification

Technical Skills

Experience in the use of:

• MS Project
• MS Visio
• MS Office
• Industry Experience
• Experience in ERP / Warehouse Management Systems implementations
• Experience in a consulting business environment

Strong understanding of:

• Utilisation
• Billable and non-billable hours