Director Project Management

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Employment Type: Regular

Location: HORSHAM,PA

Have you ever enjoyed Arnold®, Brownberry® or Oroweat® bread? A Thomas’® English muffin or bagel? Or perhaps snacked on a Sara Lee®, Entenmann’s® or Marinela® cake or donut? If the answer is yes, then you know Bimbo Bakeries USA!
More than 20,000 associates in bakeries, sales centers, offices and on sales routes work to ensure our consumers have the freshest products at every meal. In addition to competitive pay and benefits, we provide a safe and inclusive work environment that appreciates diversity, promotes development and allows our associates to be their authentic selves.

Description:

Come join the largest baking company in the world and our family of 20,000 associates nationwide!

Top Reasons to Work at Bimbo Bakeries USA:

Great Annual Salary range – $136,800 - $191,500

Annual Bonus Eligibility

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Paid Time Off

401k & Company Match

Position Summary:

This position is remote, candidates must reside anywhere in the USA

Provide IT program leadership, supporting one or more functional areas of the business. Individuals filling this role will assist in strategy development and execution of initiatives supporting business and IT goals and objectives. Will lead IT programs with multiple projects in a large, complex, enterprise-wide environment. Will coordinate, supervise, develop, and mentor, direct and indirect reports providing project management for projects within their programs. Programs are delivered through internal and external IT resources, including outsource vendor partners, to almost 1,000 locations across the U.S. and Canada, and more than ten thousand end users.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Assists in development of strategic goals and objectives, and defines and organizes initiatives in support of the strategy
• Leads, directs, and coordinates high-priority programs, requiring considerable resources and high levels of functional integration and interaction with business key users and executives
• Interfaces with executive level management and stakeholders on a regular basis
• Develops and presents status, risks, and issues to executives and stakeholders through formal presentations
• Conducts regular meetings with stakeholders documenting status of programs and project including technical, schedule and financial issues that may be present
• Works closely with program sponsor, cross-functional teams, and assigned project managers to plan and develop scope, deliverables, required resources, work plan, budget, and timing for new initiatives
• Coaches and mentors new project managers and/or contractors on established PM processes
• Manages program and project teams, and coordinates and delegates cross-project initiatives
• Manages projects from original concept through final implementation - interfaces with all areas affected by the project including end users, and vendors
• Identifies key requirements needed from cross-functional teams and external vendors
• Ensures adherence to quality standards and reviews program and project deliverables
• Responsible for all aspects of the program over the entire life cycle (initiate, plan, execute, control, close)
• Responsible for assigning individual responsibilities, identifying appropriate resources as needed, identifying interdependencies, and developing a schedule to ensure timely completion of the program
• Manages financial aspects of the program against assigned budgets
• Overall responsibility for the program and projects
• Assists and reviews all startup and planning documents
• Manages the scope, risks, issues, deliverables, and schedule of programs and projects
• Attends Executive Committee meetings and provide program updates
• Monitors team dynamics and team accountability related to delivery commitments
• Assigns tasks and coordinates resources of programs and projects, including the review of individual issues and concerns (e.g., vacation and time-off requests) and resolving or escalating such issues as needed
• Manages (e.g., tracks, updates, reviews) the dashboard and executive reports using metric data
• Establishes and enforces the use of Change Control process
• Establishes and enforces the use of the Communication Plan
• Supports the development and expansion of the Project Management Office
• Implements policies and system controls to ensure the successful management and reporting of all corporate initiatives related to the PMO
• Continues professional development through educational opportunities, seminars, conferences, etc.

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Position Requirements:

Key Behavioral Competencies:

• Strong work ethic – ability to foster trusting relationships, demonstrate a sense of responsibility in job performance, show commitment to quality of work, exhibit discipline and dedication to complete work, and display a sense of teamwork and respect, enabling collaboration to meet goals
• Communication, listening and interpersonal skills (English, oral & written)
• Flexibility - adaptation to the changing needs and priorities in the work environment
• Work under pressure
• Ability to identify, analyze, organize, and solve issues and problems in a timely and effective manner
• Team approach / cooperation - work with others, and through others, to meet goals, accomplish work, and resolve problems
• Customer service oriented - understand and anticipate the needs of users
• Ability to identify and pursue innovative ideas, solutions, methods, or opportunities to increase productivity and quality
• Effectively deal with change and resistance to change
• Strong written and verbal communications (English)
• Strong interpersonal and networking skills
• Able to travel 50%

Education and Work History:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a quantitative or business discipline required
• Project Management Institute certified Project Management Professional (PMP) or Program Management Professional (PgMP) desired
• Bilingual (English, Spanish) a plus
• Direct experience leading complex IT programs and workstreams in support of business and IT strategies
• 12 years IT experience
• 10 years program and project management experience in technology, applications, or operations
• Knowledge and understanding of IT architecture and methodology
• Knowledge and understanding of functional business processes
• Experience in delivery via agile and waterfall methodologies
• Experience in working in a distributed IT environment
• Experience in managing external vendor relationships
• Experience in managing outsourced vendor relationships
• Proficient with MS-Office, including Outlook, Project, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel

The physical and mental demands described in each job posting are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of each job. Reasonable accommodations may be requested to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of each job.

Bimbo Bakeries USA is an equal opportunity employer with a policy that provides equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, any other classification protected by law.