Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:
- Work closely with IT business partners to ensure delivery of projects meet the approved scope/cost/schedule/quality for the project
- Develop project plans; determine resource requirements and project deliverables; monitor project phases; and prioritize issues and assignments for the project team
- Performs risk identification and mitigation activities, escalating unresolved issues to the Project team and business partners and where applicable, to the Executive and/or Steering Committee to secure their timely decisions/support
- Provides effective and timely communication including status reporting, continual risk/issue assessment/management and escalation, and resolution of issues as they arise
- Facilitates project governance and project gating for projects
- Develop strong and effective working relationships with key areas within the company to ensure initiatives are successfully communicated and managed
- Conduct communications with a high level of interpersonal and negotiation skills
- Creates a positive work environment and ensures optimal individual and team performance by clearly identifying and getting agreement on project objectives, providing recognition and feedback, and motivating project team members
- Supports the consolidation of project information for project summary review and analysis.
Provides project planning support for project gating.
Gathers information and provides project management metrics on IT projects
**Knowledge/Skills/Competencies**:
- Demonstrated success and a proven track record in managing multiple projects or delivering medium-scale projects ($200K to $1M, 3 to 9 months duration with medium risk and medium complexity)
- Experienced in managing projects with 10 to 25 team members
- Experienced in managing project deliverables of at least 2 third party vendors
- Excellent analytical, verbal and written communication skills
- Detail oriented
- Expertise in conflict/problem resolution
- Excellent project analysis, planning skills, project management skills
- Change management skills
- Strong customer focused orientation
- Demonstrated ability to influence all levels of management and people across divisions to accomplish project objectives
**Physical Demands**:
Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.
Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.)
are frequently required.
Occasional overnight travel is required.
**Typical Experience**:
7 to 10 years of project management experience
**Typical Education**:
Post-secondary education or University degree in one of the following: Computer
Project Management Certification is an asset
Educational requirements may vary by geography.
**Notes**:
Celestica is an equal opportunity employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on any protected status (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status or other characteristics protected by law).
**COMPANY OVERVIEW**:
Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) enables the world's best brands.
Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in Aerospace and Defense, Communications, Enterprise, HealthTech, Industrial, Capital Equipment and Energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges.
As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development - from drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services for products from advanced medical devices, to highly engineered aviation systems, to next-generation hardware platform solutions for the Cloud.
Headquartered in Toronto, with talented teams spanning 40+ locations in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers.
Celestica would like to thank all applicants, however, only qualified applicants will be contacted.
Celestica does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or fee based recruitment services.