Title Junior Project Manager Department Professional Services Reports to Director, Professional Services and PMO Position Overview: Baxter Planning is looking for a dynamic, highly accountable team player to join our project management team. The Project Manager manages project implementation across the organization (e.g., project communications, project planning, risk mitigation, resource coordination, and issue resolution). They assist in the overall project planning including developing business requirements, implementation plans, deployment strategies, SOPs, KPIs, signoffs from key internal and external stakeholders, and post-implementation audits. The Project Manager works cross functionally to identify project criteria, and acts as the primary contact throughout the project's implementation. Job Duties Include but not limited to: Manages implementation phases for multiple projects within multiple geographies. Manages project lifecycles, including project scope, resources, schedule, initiation, start-up/design, building, and deployment to see projects from beginning-to-end. Development and deployment of the project plan, including detailed plan, milestones, and work breakdown structures. Responsible for ensuring the successful delivery of the final solution meeting all customer business requirements. Reports on project progress, forwards project documents to stakeholders to obtain sign-off, agreement on project costs, and needed resources. Ensures affected functions or groups are identified and works with them to negotiate process changes, ownership of processes, and to manage project impact. Designs and implements communication plans to ensure those affected by projects are informed and updated. Balances multiple projects and deployment schedules to meet stakeholder goals and expectations. Provides weekly status reports to project stakeholders regarding project accomplishments, plans for the upcoming week, and issues requiring management and stakeholder attention to ensure all parties are well informed. Ability to demonstrate proficiency in the following areas: Independently conducts standard analyses to identify problems in methods, processes, or workflow; interprets results of analyses; recommends solutions to address identified requirements, problems, or inefficiencies. Develops plans for projects requiring limited coordination and resources; applies work breakdown structure for resource estimation and plan scheduling; defines project goals, establishes measurable objectives, baselines, and measurement systems; identifies critical path items and assesses areas of risk; establishes contingency plans for risk areas on critical path; develops cost plans for project; employs project planning tools and technology (e.g., Microsoft Project, action item tracking, Jira tickets, Confluence) appropriately. Education and Experience Bachelor's degree with an emphasis in Business, Operations, Supply Chain Management, Management Information Systems, Computer Science or Project Management preferred Experience in After-Market Services / Logistics / Supply Chain industry desirable Requires minimal supervision from a more senior manager; accepts considerable responsibility for project success; effective ability to assist others in the completion of assignments through knowledge sharing. Proven track record of ability to execute customer program portfolio of projects and services. Strong business acumen and ability to provide team coaching in matrix organization. Proactive approach to managing customer projects and overall business strategies. Experienced in leading matrix project/program cross-functional teams in communications processes to drive a proactive accountable service to assigned customer. Strength in communication at all levels of the corporate hierarchy Detail oriented, committed to deadlines and have solid verbal and written communication skills. Understand or capable of understanding database and application configuration concepts. OTHER CRITERIA Employer will not sponsor visas for position.
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