Position Summary:
Vallen's Sr Project Manager is an individual contributor position responsible for managing enterprise-wide project initiatives that cross multiple functional areas (IT, Operations, Logistics, Finance, Marketing, etc.) and may impact both Vallen and/or customer business operations. They ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the satisfaction of the stakeholders.
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Collaborates with stakeholders to identify and define project need, definition, scope, timeline, and resources for successful project delivery.
- Organizes and leads enterprise-wide projects. Project management duties include but are not limited to:
- Prepares and manages project plans and sub-plans
- Determines scope definition and project targets/milestones
- Designs the project schedule/timeline; sets project expectations
- Formulates the execution and delivery details
- Process Improvement facilitation and Process Mapping
- Tracks progress against milestones, budgetary guidelines or other performance indicators for quality, reliability, schedule, and cost
- Prepares and delivers senior leader and stakeholder communications and project progress reports
- Takes action to resolve and/or coordinate the resolution of problems to minimize delays or required project extensions
- Coordinates and/or assists with developing test plans, scenarios, and scripts; tracks go and no-go testing results for successful go-live activities
- Ensures projects are completed on time and within established quality standards.
- igns off on project completion
- Conducts post-implementation analysis for continuous process/project delivery improvement
- Serves as a liaison between project teams, external clients, or other functional areas of the organization.
- Prepares change management plans; leads and facilitates change management activities.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Preferred Qualifications
Job Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a related field, e.g., IT, Business, Supply Chain Management, Operations, Finance, etc. coupled with 3-5+ years of successful project management leading projects of significant Enterprise scope/impact
- Accredited Project Management certifications and/or related credentials preferred.
- Change Management certification preferred
- Expertise with Microsoft Project or functionally similar project management tool(s)
- Proficiency with MS-Office products (Excel, Word, Powerpoint) and the technical aptitude to learn all company specific programs and software applications.
- Demonstrated proficiency with Visio or functionally similar applications.
- Knowledge of ISO standards
- Strong ability to work independently with little supervision.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to influence the actions of others.
- Demonstrate planning, organizational, time management, and problem-solving skills.
- Quality mindset with attention to detail, accuracy, and thoroughness.
- Facilitation skills, Smartsheet Skills, Presentation Skills, Process Mapping Skills
Work Environment & Physical Demands:
Reasonable accommodations will be evaluated and may be implemented to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of this position.
- This job operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, etc.
- Long periods of time working on a computer and performing repetitive key-boarding activities
- Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand and may include little to no advanced notice.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
- While performing the duties of this job, associates are regularly required to talk and hear; frequently required to sit; occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 25 lbs.
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What We Do
Vallen is a leading provider of indirect industrial supplies—all those materials that are not part of the products our customers manufacture. From earplugs to specialty tools, to abrasives and cutting tools, we cover the vast majority of our customers’ maintenance, repair, operations and production-related needs. Vallen is also a leader in safety services with offerings that include equipment inspection, maintenance, certification and solution design. Many of our customers look to us for integrated supply solutions and vendor-managed inventory, with Vallen associates on-site, bringing local knowledge and expertise to the specific needs of individual facilities.
