Project Manager - LanceSoft Inc

Project Manager Job Description

Primary Work Location, Franklin Lakes NJ
Hybrid Work model¿(3 days / week office)
Duration: April 2024 to March 2025

Required Skills: 
Project Manager IT ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING 5-7 years experience who has completed
at least 3 implementations in SAP or JD Edwards
Experience managing Complex project, Manages scope, Budget Governance , Schedules. Will interact with stakeholders, and vendors strong
Supply chain PMP required

Program Management Concepts
• Has technical and practical knowledge of the core Program Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) concepts and principles (e.g., agile, work breakdown structure, waterfall planning)
• Demonstrated experience in driving projects from initiation through closure.
• Skilled in establishing detailed scope, schedule, resources, and budget using standard project tools (MS Project/SharePoint/etc.)
• Experienced establishing Stakeholder management plans, Risk/issue management plans, Vendor management plans and Quality plans.
• Experienced establishing and following controls to manage scope change and reporting project schedule/budget performance.
• Experience managing Transportation projects in an ERP environment with a structured SDLC release cycle, with integration to external TMS/WMS applications.
• Proactive in surfacing risks and issues. Ability to engage project team and stakeholder community to resolve issues and define risk mitigations.

Stakeholder Relationship Management
• Establishes and maintains effective relationships with internal customers.
• Is committed to meeting internal customers’ expectations and needs while applying the concepts of objectivity and transparency.
• Has technical knowledge and communication proficiency to engage with external customers and suppliers.

Leadership Skills and Presence
• Gains support by actively and consistently involving others.
• Has an awareness of the audience and cultural and ideological differences and knows how to engage them and have an impact on their decisions and behaviors.
• Capable of building a leadership presence that inspires project stakeholders and team members to achieve the project objectives.
• Proactive in driving creative resolutions to project issues and risk.

Interpersonal Skills
• Experienced in the techniques to work in a virtual/cross cultural meeting environment.
• Excellent time management skills. Able to work on multiple concurrent activities and prioritize personal workload and team-work load to optimize project delivery.
• Ability to lead effective meetings/workshops. Creating meeting objectives, agendas, and timely distribution of meeting minutes.
• Ability to manage meeting discussions to achieve meeting objectives and timeline.

Qualifications

Must haves
• 5 – 7 years of project management work experience using PMBOK guidelines.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools including, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook, Project, SharePoint.

Preferred
• BS in business administration or project management with 6 years working in a global manufacturing company in FDA regulated environment.
• ACP, SCRUM Certification, PMP, PgMP, Prince II, or equivalent.
• Experience working with Transportation within the Integrated Supply Chain functional area involving ERP systems with associated release schedules.

Primary Work Location
• Franklin Lakes, NJ USA - Hybrid Work model (3 days / week)
• Project will require approx. ?20 % US domestic travel if based in Franklin Lakes.