As a Project Manager, your role will be working with our IT&S team that supports the Carrix organization. You will drive successful delivery, manage all aspects of a given project, and deliver defined value through effective planning and facilitation while meeting time, budget, and scope requirements. You will apply advanced knowledge of project management concepts and practices to lead complex strategic and tactical initiatives that may span enterprise-wide and carry large impact for the broader organization, our customers and our clients. You will apply your strategic thinking and problem-solving skills to execute project plans, evaluate trade-offs between project size and complexity, cost, urgency, risk, and stakeholder value, and minimize risk. In your job as a Project Manager, you may be called upon to provide indirect leadership to project teams and our stakeholders and serve as a lead integrator of initiatives to ensure success of the bigger picture.
This role focuses on enterprise ERP initiatives, with an emphasis on delivery, upgrades, mergers/acquisitions, integrations, and optimization of the IFS Cloud ERP platform across the Carrix organization.
- Lead and coordinate IFS Cloud ERP initiatives, including version upgrades, module enhancements, system integrations, testing cycles (SIT/UAT), cutover planning, and post-implementation stabilization.
- Facilitate cross-initiative planning discussions and identify dependencies.
- Addresses and ensures resource gaps are resolved and that initiatives are adequately supported.
- Ensure project and/or sprint objectives align with stakeholder goals and strategy.
- Develop executable plans, including timelines and deliverables.
- Establishes appropriate governance.
- Act as an advisor and build and maintain relationships across the wider stakeholder community including Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, and external system integrators to ensure outcomes align with business objectives and operational priorities.
- Partner with sponsor(s) and key stakeholders to communicate project goals, objectives, and outcomes.
- Maintain feedback loop with key stakeholders to ensure identified program adjustments are made to deliver increased business value.
- Lead regular interactions with sponsor(s) to inform, alert, negotiate, and maintain a beneficial relationship.
- Build long-term, strategic relationships with stakeholders.
- Optimize day-to-day operational aspects of multiple initiatives or agile teams.
- Contribute to building a framework or set of guidelines for the use of project managers and support its adoption across initiatives.
- Remove potential roadblocks by negotiating conflicts and resolving issues.
- Maintains oversight over the entire project lifecycle and work with appropriate stakeholders to oversee all phases of initiatives within the project.
- Measure value delivered by initiatives, ensure value is realized, and identify opportunities to deliver increased value across initiatives.
- Regularly solicit feedback from stakeholders regarding satisfaction with outcomes.
- Analyze and prioritize risks across initiatives and assesses potential impact.
- Identify areas requiring change, advocate for, support and influence enterprise change.
- Ensures the inclusion and effectiveness of Organizational Change Management activities and may coordinate change efforts across initiatives.
- Actively contributes to and may lead aspects of developing and implementing project management concepts, tools, and structure.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Bachelor’s degree in or equivalent work experience.
- Prior experience working with IFS, IFS Cloud, or IFS-certified system integrators strongly preferred
- Experience leading ERP upgrade projects (major or minor releases) in a production environment required
- 4+ years of related work experience with at least 3 years of managing IT projects.
- Project Management certification or successful completion of a recognized project management curriculum preferred.
- ITIL certification is required (or within 90 days of employment).
- Strong experience with project management tools and methodologies, IT project delivery, and a deep understanding of technology concepts and various components of an IT organization.
- Strong experience working cross-functionally, with multiple technologies.
- Demonstrated ability to partner and collaborate across organizations to optimize outcomes.
- Leading skills in written and verbal communications to all levels of an organization, including technical and non-technical staff.
Supervisory Responsibilities: No
Work Environment:
- Required job duties are normally performed in a climate-controlled office environment, or remotely from home.
- Exposure to computer screens.
- Required in-office hybrid work schedule.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
We are Equal Opportunity Employer
$110,000 - 130,000 per year
Compensation & BenefitsEligible employees (and their families) may qualify for medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as having basic life and accidental death insurance, paid disability insurance, including paid parental leave if eligible, and an Employee Assistance Program. Employees will receive paid sick and vacation time, and company holidays if eligible. The company also offers paid bereavement leave, and paid jury duty. Eligible employees can enroll in our company's 401k plan, as well as a retirement plan. Employees will be eligible for discretionary and/or metric-based bonuses dependent on their position.Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
- Experience leading ERP upgrade projects
- 4+ years of related work experience
- Project Management certification preferred
- ITIL certification required
What We Do
Founded by Fred R. Smith in 1949 as Bellingham Stevedoring Company, we began our first cargo handling operations in a small corner of Washington State. Driven by a pioneering spirit, our family-owned company saw steady growth over the years, expanding up and down the West Coast to operate a significant market share of the major international terminals in the eastern Pacific. Today, we have become a global enterprise spanning more than 260 locations across five continents. We continue to broaden our reach by developing new locations and upgrading existing facilities, providing some of the most technologically advanced facilities in the world. We partner to move commerce with efficiency, flexibility, and integrity. With operations across five continents and a vast network of interconnected transportation solutions, we open new opportunities that accelerate the growth and pace of global business. Improving the customer experience is at the heart of everything we do, so we make purposeful investments in people, facilities and technical innovations that deliver the greatest customer value.
