Project Manager - Johannesburg Verfied

Salary Negotiable Johannesburg, Gauteng Johannesburg, Gauteng more than 14 days ago 19-02-2015 9:41:26 AM
19-03-2015 9:41:26 AM
City: Johannesburg - SA

Function: Project Manager

Job Type: Contract

Essential Responsibilities:

• Deliver the agreed outcomes within agreed time, cost, scope and quality.
• Identify and negotiate schedules, milestones, budgets and resource requirements to meet project outcomes.
• Develop project plans specifying goals, deliverables, resources (including sourcing approach), scheduling, contingency plans and allocation.
• Organise and co-ordinate tasks and activities performed by the project team to ensure project progress.
• Track and manage the project budget
• Ensure that project team follows methodologies and tools consistent with client project management policy and procedures.
• Ensure all risk and issues associated with the ICA Project are recorded and managed in the project Risk Actions Issues Decision (RAID) log in a timely manner, according to programme standards.
• Communicate plans, status, risks and issues to project governance team and stakeholders in a timely manner, and along escalation paths defined by the programme.
• Identify, clarify and gain sponsorship for changes in project scope
• Manage and coordinate project related third party relationships (e.g. Offshore providers, Software vendors)
• Provide support for business case development and project approval process
• Enlist appropriate levels of management as sponsors of change throughout the project.
• Ensure project goals are achieved on time in alignment with the stakeholders’ expectation.
• Driving, enabling, and managing business change and process reengineering where required.

• Understand ICA Governance and Ways of Working
• Attend training, workshops, meetings as appropriate
• Understand ICA scope for South Africa and work with Market IT Business Partners and global project team to refine and confirm ICA Stage Gate 1 level scope (+/-30%)
• Work with Market IT Business Partners to create Project charters and Project tracking system (PPM) entries
• Work with ICA Tech leads to firm up AS-IS architecture
• Refine budget and resourcing plan to Stage Gate 1 level based on ICA South Africa Project scope
• Identify risks and, where possible, define appropriate mitigation plans associated with achieving Stage Gate 1, Stage Gate 2 and overall delivery
• Identify appropriate resources to support delivery and commence recruitment of stream leads
• Ensure Stage Gate 2 deliverables are in place ready for approval to Stage Gate 2 timelines (eg. plans, budgets, risks, quality plan, local market decommissioning plan, etc.)
• Facilitate Stage Gate 2 approval process in client’s Project tracking system (PPM), working with ICE Project Management Office and Programme Director as required.
• Deliver ICA South Africa Project scope to agreed cost and timelines
• Manage risks and issues in line with ICA Ways of Working
• Ensure changes to scope, cost, quality and timelines are managed through the ICA change control process
• Adhere to the ICA finance reporting cycle and standards
• Adhere to the ICA status reporting cycle and standards
• Attend and represent ICA South Africa Project at ICA Meetings
• Use ICA cross-stream functions to support delivery scope to ensure effective and efficient use of resources
• Ensure ICA team work efficiently with local market ERP team members (as appropriate)
• Support stream leads in the delivery of their scope, acting as first escalation point and where required facilitating escalation into ICA programme management
• Work with Business leads to ensure 3rd parties are aware of change scope, support requirements and timelines. Manage risks and issues related to third parties closely (e.g. lead times, resource availability, change windows) to minimize impact to the delivery
• Ensure cutover plans are in place, aligned with local ERP Teams and 3rd parties and tracked to completion
• Ensure snag list items are tracked through to completion and ICA project is closed in a timely manner.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• A Bachelor Degree in Project Management, Logistics or Related Engineering/IT Discipline.
• Minimum 8 years IT Project Management experience.
• Comprehensive experience in project management, including delivery of complex IT projects and services, on both in-country and above-country levels
• Demonstrated matrix management skills and a clear ability to work effectively in cross functional team environment including vendor and offshore teams
• Proven experience in managing virtual teams
• Wide business process knowledge of Pharmaceutical / FMCG organisations
• Strong leadership and influencing skills to drive change across a wide range of stakeholders
• Leadership ability in managing programmes including sub-streams and projects.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including networking and teamwork abilities, combined with excellent negotiation and communication skills (within both IT and Business communities)
• Fluent in English language skills (verbal and written)
• Proven experience in managing the introduction of business change
• Prior integration experience of an ERP system deployment. In particular experience of JD Edwards will be a distinct advantage.