Project Manager: III
Contract: 12 Months

Our National client is looking for a skilled professional who has ecommerce project implementation experience and to manage projects to meet identified business needs, acquiring and utilizing the necessary resources and skills, within agreed parameters of cost, timescales and quality.

Shortlisting will be based upon the following criteria:
PMP/Prince
5 Years + in PM experience/Direct PM experience in the last 10 years
Retail Industry experience
Subject matter experience

Characteristics:
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to meet deadlines/milestones
• Strong negotiation skills
• Experience of using project tools
• Ability to manage business expectations
• Ability to coach and mentor teammates

Responsibilities/Tasks:
• Coordinate and integrate activities
• Manage project dependencies and team and stakeholder relationships
• Performance evaluation
• Manage Projects
• Estimate costs, timescales and resource requirements
• Manage client/user and line management expectations
• Lead the project team; allocating and monitoring tasks etc.
• Maintain realistic scope, time, cost, quality, human resource, communication, risk and procurement management plans
• Identify, assess and manage risks to the success of the project
• Apply industry best practice and methodology to Project management
• Responsible for budget reporting
• Coach and mentor junior staff

Requirements:
• 5+ Years’ experience as a Project Manager
• 3 Year Diploma in Information Systems
• BComm Information Systems
• BSc (Computer Science or Information Systems)
• Qualification in Project Management-PMP highly beneficial
• Professional qualification Level 6 or equivalent knowledge and skills
• Strong experience in Projects and project deliverables
• Practical knowledge of Project Management Methodologies – PMBoK
• ICT background particularly in ICT infrastructure projects or development projects

Competencies:
• Project Management: Methodologies and processes: PMBoK
• Scope Management: Creating a work breakdown structure (WBS)
• Time Management: Meet project objectives
• Quality Management: Management of the quality of the project
• Human resource Management: Managing the project team
• Communication Management: Information distribution
• Risk Management: management of risk identification, risk analysis, risk response and risk monitoring
• Persuading and Influencing
• Leading and Supervising
• Customer Service Techniques
• Working in Teams