FleetPride is the largest after-market distributor of heavy-duty truck and trailer parts in the U.S. with some of the best and brightest people in the business! Partner with the best in the heavy-duty industry and apply today!
FleetPride is the largest after-market distributor of heavy-duty truck and trailer parts in the U.S. with some of the best and brightest people in the business! Partner with the best in the heavy-duty industry and apply today!
Position Summary
Project Manager will manage overall coordination of IT applications development projects in addition to projects in IT Infrastructure, from planning through implementation.
Essential Tasks
Responsible for setting project scope, priorities, deadlines and deliverable schedules as well as facilitating discussions and consensus among various project stakeholders, such as analysts, applications programmers and clients. Manage and monitor project budgets and expenditures.
- Oversee the overall planning, direction, execution, control and completion of assigned projects.
- Help define each project’s scope, goals and deliverables.
- Coordinate and manage the project lifecycle and software development lifecycle for those projects.
- Develop detailed work plans, including work breakdown structures, project milestones, risk assessment / management plans, staffing needs and project timelines.
- Identify, schedule and assign project activities, tasks and milestones.
- Actively monitor, track and manage project tasks, timelines, attainment of milestones and overall quality of project activities and deliverables.
- Ensure project delivery framework tasks, activities and deliverables are represented and accounted for in project plans and timelines.
- Provide direction and support to team members.
- Manage communications with the team, as well as stakeholders and business and IT management.
- Communicate team responsibilities, target dates, project status and resource needs.
- Establish and provide weekly status and project updates.
- Work closely with business analysts to define and refine project scope, business and functional requirements.
- Implement and facilitate change management within assigned projects.
- Drive decision-making as it relates to project activities.
- Identify, document, escalate and address risks and issues.
Education & Professional Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science or related field required. Project management certificate a plus.
- A background in applications development is preferred and five or more years of experience managing complex projects.
- 8+ years overall IT experience with extensive hands on experience in project management.
- Experience with both traditional Waterfall software development processes and Agile / Lean methodologies.
- Experience with Microsoft Project, Office, Windows OS and WMS(warehouse Mgmt Systems), prefer JDA, Highjump or Softeon WMS
- Ability to manage and deliver multiple projects (including governance, BI and infrastructure), activities and tasks under time constraints.
- Ability to communicate project scope, status and issues with corporate executives and stakeholders.
- Supply Chain experience (Retail and/or Wholesale).
- Financial tracking and reporting of project expenses.
- Experience managing projects with a variety of technologies, platforms and development languages
- Experience developing and implementing best practices
- Ability to communicate, influence, mentor and build teamwork that fosters a collaborative and continually improving environment.
- Critical, analytical thinker. Effective problem-solver.
Attributes
- Oral Expression : The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Written Expression: The ability to communicate job information so technician will understand the requirements.
- Oral Comprehension: The ability to understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not only involve recognizing there is a problem but also solving it.
- Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Reaching above shoulder heights, below the waist or lifting as required to file documents and store materials.
Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard or mouse, and to handle other computer components.
Occasional lifting of moderately heavy objects, such as computers and peripherals.
Sitting for extended periods of time.
Environmental / Atmospheric Conditions
The primary environment is characterized by ambient room temperatures, lighting and traditional office equipment found in a typical office environment.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by his or her supervisor.
FleetPride is the leader in the industry comprised of retail, service, distribution and wholesale divisions.
FleetPride is the leader in the industry comprised of retail, service, distribution and wholesale divisions.
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