Our Client is looking for a Junior ERP Project Manager below are the details:
Responsibilities
- Management of project tasks using best practices methodologies to ensure on time completion
- Assisting in solutions research and evaluation
- Coordinating project team activities to ensure timely completion of key milestones
- Project scheduling, monitoring/escalation of risks (deadline and budget)
- Managing project communications and documentation
- Tracking of issues including assisting project teams in resolving issues
- Assisting teams in project tasks including quantitative and qualitative analysis, plan creation, etc.
- Training on systems, assisting with training, testing, analysis and troubleshooting
- Participating in business process/department/functional group meetings to understand business needs and challenges and facilitating improvements
- Documenting specifications, requirements, user manuals, procedures, and other relevant information
- Other responsibilities as needed
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Project or Operations Management
- PMI or IIBA Certification preferred or applied knowledge of best practice project management tools and methodologies
- Lean Methods certification a plus or applied knowledge (especially leading Kaizen team events and value stream mapping)
- 5+ years hands-on experience with small to medium software applications project management including requirements analysis, process mapping, UAT plan and scripts design, user procedures and training material creation
- 5+ years experience working in operations, process engineering or manufacturing environments
- 4+ years hands-on experience with commercial business applications (ERP, CRM, finance system, etc.) project management
- Experience with MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio
- Strong operations process design, requirements and technical analysis, planning, and organizational skills and multi-tasking in high paced environment
- Strong computer proficiency (desktop or web products)
- Basic understanding of software development life cycle or implementation process
- Ability to travel 5%
Preferred Skills
- Excellent oral and written communications
- Pro-active and positive attitude under pressure
- Strong organizational and analytical skills, attention to detail, adaptability
- Ability to work with minimal supervision, reliable, high sense of urgency (deadline driven)
- Strong interpersonal, negotiation, project planning, judgment and problem-solving skills
- Able to lead small to medium level projects with minimal guidance
- Entrepreneurial but “systematic and data driven problem solver” who thrives in a fast-paced and agile environment
- Effective at working amidst ambiguity and dynamic challenges
- Ability to multi-task and work in cross-functional and culturally diverse teams and matrix management structure
- Strong progressive thinker with passionate desire to learn new concepts, processes and technologies