ITS PROJECT MANAGER - East Penn Mfg. Co. : Job Details

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At East Penn, our employees are our culture; our employees will always be the heart of the company. We are a private, family-owned enterprise committed to cultivating an atmosphere that honors the contributions of everyone. We want our employees to have long-term careers, and many do. More than 38% of our workforce has over a decade of service. Our open-door management policy, comprehensive benefits package, employee appreciation and recognition events, and career advancement opportunities are just some of the ways we show our employees how incredibly valued they are.

East Penn is an Equal Opportunity Employer. You will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, marital status, pregnancy, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

EOE/VEVRAA

Overview

East Penn is currently seeking an IT Project Manager.

Responsibilities

* Leads Information Technology project activities, from idea through implementation, while serving as liaison & partner to functional process owners and other key stakeholders.

* Requirements gathering, scoping & chartering

* Process metrics & signs of success definition

* Resource allocation & assignment

* Cost budgeting & financial analysis

* Issue investigation, escalation & resolution

* Testing & training plans

* Status reporting & communications

* Benefits validation (to avoid premature project completion)

* Creation & execution of a process control plan

* Postmortem learning activities to evaluate effectiveness of past approaches and drive continuous improvement

* Proactively manages project outcomes & deliverables to ensure successful completion within scope, budget & time commitments, while accelerating ROI.

* Develops & implements comprehensive project plans, including a detailed change management plan

* Sets deadlines, assigns responsibilities, monitors and summarizes progress of projects

* Supports team members in executing tasks as needed to meet project deliverables

* Coordinates meetings, writes minutes, manages presentations

* Leads the RFP process (if applicable)

* Effectively facilitates Stage/Gate reviews to generate a 'go/no go' consensus

* Identifies & facilitates major milestones celebrations

* Contains / mitigates risk throughout the project lifecycle

* Conduct audits to verify changes 'stick' and employees properly adapt new procedures & processes (so they become 'how things get done' going forward - i.e. the 'new normal')

* Implements a reinforcement strategy that supports the new way of doing things

* Ensures successful transition/hand-off to process owners/functional leaders

Qualifications

Experience

* Min 3 yrs leading complex projects as a partner to process owners &/or functional leaders

* Min 3 yrs leading I.T. Centric Business Management System/Infrastructure projects

Education

* BS or BA

* Concentration in Bus Mgt, Operations, Management Information Systems or Information Technology (preferred)

* Lean Six Sigma &/or PMP certification (preferred)

Skills & Competencies

* Excellent project & change management skills, including demonstrated proficiency of

* Assumptions & constraints identification

* Root cause analysis

* Value stream mapping

* Cross-functional flow charting

* Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA)

* Alternatives assessment

* Strong influencing & relationship building skills, along with expertise change management

* Provides appropriate leadership needed to gain trust, create buy-in, build support & commitment, and motivate others to action

* Regularly spends time developing and maintaining relationships across the organization

* Inspires confidence in others by effectively interfacing & influencing at all levels in the organization

* Articulates the meaning change has for individuals and their role in the organization (i.e., employees see what is in it for them)

* Ensures clarity & continuity of key messages during times of change

* Creates organizational readiness through involvement

* Anticipates and addresses causes of resistance to a change effort

* Assists others in coping with uncertainty and ambiguity

* Highly effective approach to problem solving

* Involves peers, bosses & employees in problem solving & decision making

* Able to drive a group to consensus in a collaborative manner

* Quantitative and analytical; Creative yet pragmatic

* Utilizes a structured process of collecting and analyzing information

* Simplifies complex processes by systematically organizing the parts of a problem or situation in a logical manner

* Identifies causality in data and makes 'connections' in terms of

* overall business objectives

* supply chain drivers/levers

* Process thinker

* Understands interdependencies of information & events & their impact up & downstream

* Detailed working knowledge of the assigned area's processes & systems

* Excellent written & verbal communication skills

East Penn Benefits

East Penn offers excellent benefits:

* Competitive compensation

* Group health insurance that includes high quality medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage with a low employee premium

* Retirement Savings Plan with company match and a 3% employer contribution

* 9 paid company holidays, 2 paid personal holidays, and 10 paid vacation days annually

* Employee assistance program

* Fitness Discounts

* Promotional opportunities