Scheduling Team - North America Scheduler

The Scheduler is responsible for managing the staffing and scheduling functions for their assigned resource pool s to directly drive productivity metrics. The Scheduler collaborates with various Avanade stakeholders such as Project Leads, Sales Teams, Delivery Managers, business unit leadership and consultants to fulfill demand Skills Other Skills Knowledge Able to facilitate and balance needs of stakeholders, i.E. Customers, Business Development, Capability Director and consultant in the fulfillment of a role in a project Demonstrate success working in a dynamic, frequently changing and geographically dispersed environment as well as willingness to support business need Able to stay abreast of new developments in Microsoft technologies. Previous knowledge of MS technologies highly desirable. Goal oriented and has a sense of urgency to get things done Willing to seek responsibility and take ownership of tasksPrimary Skill Project ManagementOther SkillsEffective Verbal CommunicationsEffective Written CommunicationsEstimation and PlanningMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft OutlookAdvanced English level