Senior IT Project Manager

Preferred Qualifications

• Five years experience managing technology projects to support business capabilities.
• Prefer experience with either SAP projects, custom application development or both.
• Familiar with both waterfall and agile methodologies and hybrid project execution.
• Nice to Have: Previous experience that aligns with one or more of these key areas as eCommerce, supporting sales, pricing, merchandising, master data solutions, customer/vendor rebates, financial systems.
• Nice to Have: Experience managing vendor projects.
• Someone with strong collaboration and influencing skills.
• Experience tracking project or vendor budgets
• Tools: MS Project, Jira, RAID log
• Experience facilitating meetings, gain alignment, etc.
• Experience interacting directly with senior leadership, as well as, detailed technology associates/leadership

Job Summary

Manages and oversees all aspects of medium- to large-scale technology projects, including scope, costs, schedules, internal staffing, outside vendors, and contractual deliverables. Ensures all projects are completed on-time and within budget.

Major Tasks, Responsibilities, and Key Accountabilities

• Develops, analyzes, and manages project plans, schedules, and resource forecasts and makes adjustments as needed.
• Manages project financials and provides input and justification for costs and budgetary impacts.
• Communicates project goals to the team, coordinates team activities to ensure project milestones are achieved, and provides performance feedback on project objectives.
• Controls and mitigates project risks by analyzing and identifying trigger events.
• Establishes contingency plans, anticipates and communicates dependencies affected by ongoing project changes, and recommends ways to mitigate future risks.
• Oversees the alignment, buy-in, and support of diverse project stakeholders by building and maintaining relationships with internal customers, third party vendors, and senior management.
• Provides insight and recommendations to management to assist in the development of project goals, inform the prioritization of deliverables, and facilitate decisions necessary for project delivery.
• Gathers, maintains, and communicates lessons learned and feedback to project stakeholders and management.

Nature and Scope

• Displays the highest level of critical thinking and analysis in bringing successful resolution to high-impact, complex, and/or cross-departmental problems. Makes prompt, sound decisions when faced with complex and often contradictory alternatives that result in successful outcomes.
• Operates with considerable latitude. Situations may have little or no precedent requiring original or new concepts or approaches without guidance from others. Reaches decisions under conditions of uncertainty.
• Develops or engages/directs others in developing innovative solutions to important, highly complex strategic and operating problems; cross-departmental considerations are often present.

Work Environment

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.
• Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Education and Experience

• Typically requires BS/BA in a related discipline. Generally 8+ years of experience in a related field OR MS/MA and generally 5+ years of experience in a related field. Certification is required in some areas.

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Equal Employment Opportunity

HD Supply is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.