Supply Chain - Cloud Bigdata
ocation: Saint Paul, Minnesota
job type: Contract
salary: $60 - 75 per hour
work hours: 8am to 5pm
education: Bachelors
responsibilities:
- Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of Supply Chain projects ensuring quality delivery, within expected timelines & approved budgets from requirement definition through design, development, testing, rollout, and support.
- Oversee the requirements delivery, design, development, testing, and deployment of Supply Chain projects.
- Create and maintain information technology project plans that communicate tasks, milestone dates, dependencies, critical paths, status, and resource allocation.
- Perform project planning and sizing activities, identify resource requirements, and oversee a cross functional team capable of producing specified deliverables.
- Collaborate with stakeholders, including business leaders, IT teams, and end-users, to define project requirements and deliverables.
- Manage project risks, issues, interdependencies, and dependencies, proactively addressing challenges to minimize impact.
- Manage a RAID log on an ongoing basis and facilitate risk mitigation, issue resolution and action planning to manage interdependencies.
- Work closely with developers, consultants, and third-party vendors to implement system customizations and enhancements.
- Monitor project performance and report progress to senior management and stakeholders.
- Develop and maintain project documentation, including project plans, status reports, and post-implementation reviews.
- Develop and maintain a project budget sheet and track project financials at weekly and monthly intervals.
- Develop and execute a communications plan to identify and communicate major milestones and risks to achieving those milestones in a positive manner.
- Partner with Executive Stakeholders to build consensus.
- Work and associate with Quality Assurance Team to meet quality standards
- Work to ensure standard PMO processes are followed.
Key Task and Deliverables-
- Ownership of and responsibility for the following deliverables:
o Project plan/schedule.
o Gantt charts.
o Milestone list.
o Project financial tracking spreadsheet.
o Communications plan.
o Project status reports.
o RAID log.
o Steerco material as needed.
o Any additional deliverables to be defined as part of PMO framework.
qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, IT, Project Management, or a related field.
- 10+ years in IT project management with a focus on Supply Chain Planning & Forecasting projects.
- On site 4 days a week in Mounds View, MN
- Prior experience leading end-to-end project management for Supply Chain initiatives, including scoping, planning & analysis, execution (incl testing), monitoring, and closure.
- Prior experience creating work breakdown structures with milestones and dependencies so that the critical path is identified and tracked.
- Advanced problem solving and decision-making skills: Ability to analyze problems, identify solutions, and make sound decisions.
- Ability to inspire and motivate project teams, foster collaboration and resolve conflicts. Manage project team in a Matrix organization.
- Quality Assurance: Ensure that project deliverables meet quality standards and requirements.
- Budget Oversight: prior experience managing project budgets, ensuring efficient resource allocation while achieving desired outcomes.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities.
- Advanced written and oral communication skills with proven ability to deliver clear messages, set expectations, and build relationships with all groups, even when delivering a tough message.
- Tools and Methodologies: Strong familiarity with Waterfall project management methodology.
- Strong proficiency in MS Project or similar project management tools
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite - MS Office applications (Excel, Powerpoint).
- Experience developing useful project metrics and applying those metrics
skills: - Healthcare experience
- Prior Medtronic experience
- Blue Yonder experience
- PMP or equivalent certification preferred
We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.
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