Overview

Americold provides temperature-controlled warehousing and transportation to food producers, restaurants, schools and retail outlets such as grocery stores. We're proud to provide an essential link in the food industry supply chain and to help put food on tables around the world. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Americold owns and operates temperature-controlled warehouses around the world. We have over 16,000 associates and offer a wide variety of career opportunities - from warehouse forklift operators and supervisors to accounting, administration, business development, customer support, engineering, transportation, and technology solutions positions.

Responsibilities

Primary Responsibility:The IT Project Manager will be an individual contributor reporting to the Director of IT PMO while implementing Americold and industry best practices of Project Management under a collaborative fast-paced environment.The role of the IT Project Manager is to plan, execute, and finalize projects of the Supply Chain & Application Deployment Projects according to scheduled deadlines and within budget while meeting or exceeding projected business benefitsEssential Functions:• Leads and collaborates with others to collect and report project status, develop status reports and communicate status, risks, issues, etc. to customers, management and other stakeholders • Experienced in working in a both waterfall and Agile processes and collaborating with teams in a globally distributed engagement model • Acts as the point of contact for other project managers / delivery leads on the Program – Internal and External and leads daily track and team meetings • Builds presentations ranging from daily standup decks to steering and operating committee material • Manages all critical project aspects (scope, timeline, budget, resources, etc.) and ensures that project goals are accomplished and in line with program and business objectives and escalates issues, risks to Program leadership in a timely manner • Responsible for creating and tracking an integrated plan of all major project tracks (Supply Chain, EDI, Middleware, Infrastrture, Security, Hosting, QA , Analytics, etc.) activities, ensuring the completeness, dependencies and integrity of those activities and the timeliness of their delivery• Develops project plans, including goals, strategy/approach, schedule, risks, contingency plans, resource allocation as needed• Manages the change management process including changes to scope/requirements/design and communication to teams and stakeholders? Owns tracking the financial health of the project and works closely with financial analyst, project teams for scoping & executing financial adjustments, tracking project financials • Leverage Americold’s Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) tools to deliver solutions for business decision making, and consider people, process, and technologies while adhering to Americold’s methodology and PMO processes

Qualifications

Qualifications & Experience:? Bachelor’s degree in computer science, business or related field or equivalent ? 5 years of project management experience preferably in Supply chain/Logistics ? Smartsheet or similar PPM experience highly preferred? Demonstrated advanced experience with Excel and PowerPoint? Experience with industry standard BI and reporting engines (e.g., Power BI) preferred? PMP, Agile certifications preferredKnowledge & Employment Standards:? Able to prioritize and organize increasingly complex work to ensure overall timeliness and quality standards ? Exhibits problem-solving skills, including troubleshooting issues and escalates as appropriate.? Ability to engage and consult with a variety of internal and external stakeholders at all levels.? Capability to manipulate, visualize and present data in an understandable way? Ability to communicate professionally, both written and verbally with individuals at all levels of the organization, external contacts, customers, and potential customers? Ability to work in matrix managed environment and demonstrates a collaborating style with strong impact and influencing skills? Ability to communicate effectively to direct and motivate team and others, maintaining a persuasive and credible presentation style at all levels of the organization? Data driven with strong financial acumen and business savvy? Strong analytical skills and process focused problem analysis and problem resolution? Demonstrates uncompromising level of integrity and code of ethics and maintain a high degree of confidentialityPhysical Requirements & Abilities:The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job• Requires the ability to sit for long periods of time, with frequent interruptions• Requires several hours per day of sitting, getting up and down from chairs, and reaching, or bending• Requires manual dexterity with normal hand and finger movements for typical office work• Talking, hearing, and seeing are important elements of completing assigned tasks• May require travel by automobile and airplane• May require visiting facility operations in temperatures at or below freezing• May carry loads related to travel and occasionally lifts, carries, positions, or moves objects weighing up to 20 pounds• Requires the use of various electronic tools• Occasionally works evenings or weekends in order to complete objectives or to attend meetings• Requires the ability to relate to others beyond giving and receiving instructions: must partner with colleagues without exhibiting behavioral extremes• Requires the performance of work activities including reasoning, negotiating, instructing, persuading, or speaking with others; and respond appropriately to constructive feedback from executive managementAmericold is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action EmployerEOE/AA M/F/D/V DFW

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