
Project Manager
Acosta
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Bentonville • United States
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Salary
💰 $67,500 - $84,590 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- Assist in definition of project goals, objectives, and scope, involving all relevant stakeholders.
- Create and maintain comprehensive project plans and timelines to support projects throughout the project management lifecycle.
- Oversee project tasks, budgets, timelines, and resources necessary to ensure the project stays within scope, on time, and within budget.
- Conduct assessments to identify potential risks, escalate risks, and devise plans to mitigate risks in consultation with senior staff, key stakeholders and subject matter experts.
- Implement preventive actions to decrease the probability of future recurrence.
- Coordinate with key stakeholders and subject matter experts for the progress of agreed upon actions and supporting milestones/deliverables.
- Develop and deliver progress reports and presentations to senior leadership using PMO’s processes, standards and templates.
- Responsible for delivering all projects on time, within budget, and meeting the strategic and business requirements while ensuring compliance with PMO standards and procedures.
- Track project performance, specifically to analyze successful completion of short- and long-term goals.
- Manages organizational projects through the entire project lifecycle and according to project management standards and best practices. Ensures projects are completed within established scope, schedule and budget utilizing cross-functional communication and collaboration, requirements definition and delivery, financial analysis, risk management planning, budget management and change control.
- Resolves high level conflicts by making broad decisions or negotiating with affected stakeholders. Defines and directs activities of project teams to enable appropriate subject matter expertise and project resource requirements.
- Utilizes excellent written and verbal skills to communicate on-going status updates and feedback to team members, stakeholders and senior management team. Develops reports based on project metrics for stakeholders, organizational leaders, and others as needed.
- Manage project timelines, milestones tracking, expected outcomes, accountable owners and ensure effective communication and coordination.
- Leads by example and demonstrates the core values of Service, Pride, Integrity, Results, Innovation, and Teamworks at all times.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience in appropriate field of study required
- 3-5 years of project management experience
- Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred
- Ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with process re-engineering and corresponding training and/or certifications such as Lean, Six Sigma, etc., and demonstrated track record of leader and team player on large, strategic, cross-functional projects
- Ability to build strong working relationships across all levels of the organization.
- Strong leadership, analytical problem solving, ability to interpret data, and troubleshooting skills.
- Exceptional ability to understand, listen actively and communicate (verbal and written) effectively in a diverse environment including presentations, meeting facilitation, and leading calls or meetings.
- Exhibit strong listening skills and the ability to understand / document various positions on issues to recommend/support translating ideas into prioritized and actionable steps.
- Proven ability to independently plan, organize, and prioritize multiple assignments and projects with strong attention to details.
- Ability to respond effectively to shifting priorities to meet stakeholder and management demands and expectations.
- Mastery in MS Office Suite, including Visio and Project.
- Experience with Smartsheet and SharePoint.
Benefits
- Occasional travel via automobile and plane is required
- Work across multiple time zones
- 70% time will be spent in a sedentary position; must be able to sit for prolonged periods and use a computer, keyboard, video technology and mouse, frequently
- Walking, Bending, stooping, kneeling and lifting up to 15lbs
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
project managementprocess re-engineeringrisk managementbudget managementchange controldata interpretationanalytical problem solvingtroubleshootingmilestone trackingfinancial analysis
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationactive listeningrelationship buildingorganizationprioritizationattention to detailnegotiationcollaborationpresentation skills
Certifications
Project Management Professional (PMP)LeanSix Sigma