Project Manager

Responsibilities

• Lead project team in the resolution of customer project issues, escalating to appropriate parties as needed
• Collaborate with appropriate Blue Yonder resources on customer's business, organization and culture to strengthen their credibility as trusted advisors
• Assist in generating Statement of Work and customer proposal documents
• Help validate and produce appropriate baseline project plans and templates
• Work with appropriate parties to plan project resource requirements
• Provide guidance, feedback, coaching, and developmental experiences to project team members
• Assess project performance and communicates lessons learned to increase institutional knowledge
• Ensure project team adheres to Blue Yonder policies, procedures, methodologies and quality standards
• Manage services engagements including interactions with client project team and client executives
• Resolve all project issues including budget, timeline, accounts receivable, scope changes, software functionality and technology
• Provide regular project communication and status reporting
• Manages project quality to ensure customer satisfaction
• Lead process change and serve as a subject matter expert to drive key decisions
• Identify Key Performance Indicators, develop baseline measurements, establish ongoing measurement processes, measure and present quantifiable results
• Ensure that projects deliver the value/ROI sold with the engagement
• Build collaborative relationship that increases customer's perception of the value Blue Yonder brings to their business and expands future business opportunities
• Maintain a full understanding of our competitor’s software and service solutions
• Keep individual and project expenses within budget
• Record cost-transfer time to other Blue Yonder teams, as appropriate
• Escalate issues that may have negative financial impact
• Manage service engagement budgets
• Review billing for all active accounts
• Record and reports on billable time to customer
• Maximize margin on service engagements
• Ensure supporting project documentation is in order and submitted timely
• Maintain project compliance to Blue Yonder’s project management methodology
• Contribute to the ongoing development of project management, implementation, and solution templates and best practices
• Effectively identify and close additional software and service opportunities within your client base
  
  

Qualifications

• PMP certification preferred.
• Preferred Experience in the SCM industry; Proven experience working as a Project Manager or similar capacity.
• Deep understanding of Manufacturing business processes, with specific work experience in these business areas.
• Knowledgeable in project management best practices.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in a software consulting, implementation or development projects.
• Demonstrated experience presenting and interfacing with C-Level Executives
• Skilled at leading and coordinating across diverse teams to achieve desired outcomes.
• Ability to resolve complex problems with little to no guidance
• Capable of facilitating (design sessions, conflict resolutions, brainstorming, etc).
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to mentor, coach and train.
• Excellent communication skills in Japanese & English language, client relationship and analytical skills.
• Well organized and consistently meets commitments.
• Self-starter / able to work and lead groups independently
• Highly developed organizational skills
• Strong analytical skills, particularly in requirements gathering, root cause analysis, problem resolution, and quality assurance
• Proven ability to identify potential problems/outstanding tasks, and finding solutions
• Excellent analytical, writing and presentation skills.
• Willing to travel according to customer project needs 
  
  

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