**The Project Manager **will be responsible to p lan, direct and coordinate activities of designated procurement focused projects.
The role may oversee a single or multiple projects as the situation allows or requires and is responsible for ensuring the goals and objectives of projects are accomplished within prescribed time frame and in line with key metrics both personally and through assigned employees.
**Responsibilities**:
- Defines plan for achieving project goals and monitors progress against project goals.
Leverages Six Sigma planning and analysis methods and tools in projects and to assess goals.
- Interacts with various functions to ensure assigned tasks are being completed.
- Provides guidance, feedback, coaching, and redirection as necessary to individuals and teams to achieve the project goals.
- Ensures that issues, questions, barriers are identified and addressed in a timely fashion to keep project on schedule.
- Reviews work of project team to ensure accuracy and thoroughness.
Works with members to address additional data needs, causational analysis, technical complexity, etc.
- Report progress of projects and milestones to upper management.
- Ensures that good project management techniques are utilized so that outcomes from team efforts are sustainable and maintainable.
- Engagement with IT stakeholders to support system implementation activities: Oracle ERP tool and report development, Systems update projects, new tool/process training.
**Education & Certifications**:
- Minimum of a bachelor's degree
- Minimum of 7 years business or management experience.
- At least 3 years of experience conducting, analyzing, and coordinating projects.
**Requirements**:
- Strength in managing remote project teams as well as experience within matrixed organizations.
- Experience in sourcing and procurement tools, systems, and fundamentals: i.e., functionality and implementation of ERP deployments, digital transformation / data exchange (E2open, iSupplier), material standards setting, supplier attribute data, etc.
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification preferred
- General knowledge of organizational processes
- Knowledge of broad business issues
- Systems approach with quantitative skills
- Must be detailed oriented and results focused
- Ability to organize people and projects
- Good interpersonal skills including listening, written and verbal communications, and conflict resolution (ability to overcome resistance)
- Problem Solving skills
- Meeting Leadership Skills and / or facilitation skills
- PC skills, Excel, Power Point, Visio, Word, Outlook, Project