Project Manager I - Enterprise Effectiveness

Position Summary:

Vallen's Project Manager is an individual contributor position responsible for managing enterprise-wide project initiatives that cross multiple functional areas (IT, Operations, Logistics, Finance, Marketing, etc.) and may impact both Vallen and/or customer business operations. They ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the satisfaction of the stakeholders.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Collaborates with stakeholders to identify and define project need, definition, scope, timeline, and resources for successful project delivery.
• Organizes and leads enterprise-wide projects. Project management duties include but are not limited to:
• Prepares and manages project plans and sub-plans
• Determines scope definition and project targets/milestones
• Designs the project schedule/timeline; sets project expectations
• Formulates the execution and delivery details
• Tracks progress against milestones, budgetary guidelines or other performance indicators for quality, reliability, schedule, and cost
• Prepares senior leader and stakeholder communications and project progress reports
• Takes action to resolve and/or coordinate the resolution of problems to minimize delays or required project extensions
• Coordinates and/or assists with developing test plans, scenarios, and scripts; tracks go and no-go testing results for successful go-live activities
• Ensures projects are completed on time and within established quality standards.
• Signs off on project completion
• Conducts post-implementation analysis for continuous process/project delivery improvement
• Serves as a liaison between project teams, external clients, or other functional areas of the organization.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field, e.g., IT, Business, Supply Chain Management, Operations, Finance, etc. coupled with 3-5+ years of successful project management leading projects of significant Enterprise scope/impact
• Expertise with SmartSheet or functionally similar project management tool(s)
• Proficiency with MS-Office products (Excel, Word, Powerpoint) and the technical aptitude to learn all company specific programs and software applications.
• Strong ability to work independently with little supervision.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to influence the actions of others.
• Demonstrate planning, organizational, time management, and problem-solving skills.
• Quality mindset with attention to detail, accuracy, and thoroughness.
• Facilitation skills, Smartsheet Skills, Presentation Skills

Work Environment & Physical Demands:

Reasonable accommodations will be evaluated and may be implemented to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of this position.

• This job operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, etc.
• Long periods of time working on a computer and performing repetitive key-boarding activities
• Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand and may include little to no advanced notice.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this job, associates are regularly required to talk and hear; frequently required to sit; occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 25 lbs.