Project Manager

The Company

Our client is a market leader in the building supplies industry and is family owned.

The Role

Our client is looking for a Business Project Manager who can support and help build the PMO. This role will liaise with Commercial, Operational and other business focused teams but please not there is very little engagement with IT projects if at all.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist with determination and writing of project requirements;
• Drafting and issuance of project artefacts (e.g. charters, RFP’s, budgets, schedules, resource plans, etc.); Prepare project communication plans;
• Provide project reporting at various levels of the organisation;
• Effectively and accurately communicate relevant project information to stakeholders;
• Communicate ideas for improving processes with a positive and constructive attitude, and for developing this attitude in others;
• Liaise with Program Manager and other Project Managers to ensure specific projects are run within the context of the broader program of works;
• Ensure the project activities operate within the framework approved by the Program Board;
• Assist with development of program and project methodologies;
• Building on the Project Management methodology with the company;
• Lead, plan and manage the end-to-end delivery of the assigned Business projects within the project portfolio;
• Overall accountability and responsibility for stakeholder management, customer, commercial, contractual and technical issues on the projects;
• Ensure the integration of project work scope, schedule, cost objective, time phased resources requirements, and risks into a baseline plan against which accomplishments may be measured;
• Direct and motivate the cross functional project teams;
• Prepare, and maintain appropriately detailed work breakdown structures and project schedules;
• Manage quality within projects by determining quality requirements, implementing quality assurance processes, and using review and evaluation to make quality improvements in current and future projects;
• Analyse and forecast performance, and explain the reasons for exceeding or failing to achieve performance thresholds as set in the project plan;
• Management of direct and indirect reports; and Recommendations to improve processes or systems.

About You

Feasibility assessments and business case preparation; Resource planning and management; Tender process management; Knowledge of system integration technologies such as APIs, OData and SOAP services; Business analysis and process engineering skills; Financial planning and cost control; Agile/scrum certification; MS Office, MS Teams, MS Project, JIRA, Confluence, DevOps and SharePoint Online; High level strategic, analytical, problem focused decision-making skills; Project management experience in end-to-end delivery of a range of business and IT projects; Experience in working with geographically spread teams (utilising tools such as Jira/Devops/Confluence), Agile methodologies (Scrum/Epics/User Stories); Knowledge of both Agile and traditional project management principles and practices and the ability to blend them together to fit a project and business environment; Strong knowledge and understanding of business needs with the ability to establish and maintain high levels of customer and stakeholder trust and confidence; and Creative approach to problem-solving with the ability to focus on the details while still maintaining the big picture.

How to Apply

For more information or a confidential discussion please click to reveal the contact details for Shane Hodgins at u&u on 0434 345 546 quoting reference number 45299. At u&u Recruitment Partners, we value diversity, equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability.

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