Manager, Supply Chain PMO

Req172971

Position Purpose

The PMO Manager will be expected to provide effective management and leadership of key strategic cross-functional projects across Supply Chain. Responsibilities include developing project action plans for project scope and scheduling, providing status report and scorecard updates to leadership, as well as sharing lessons learned to project stakeholders. Candidate should be highly organized, intellectually curious, and comfortable leading conversations with leaders within Supply Chain.

Key Responsibilities

The PMO Manager and his/her respective team will be expected to provide effective project management and leadership of key strategic cross-functional projects across Supply Chain.

• 40% Project Control – Develops an effective plan for controlling project scope, schedule and cost, and monitors project execution to ensure that the plan is being followed. Creates and effectively coordinates documentation to explain changes or potential changes to the baseline and ensures the approved changes are implemented. Maintains project logs of all submitted changes and their status.
• 30% Project Communications – Develops an effective plan for communicating project information to the project team and to the project stakeholders. Develops written status reports and scorecards and creates/presents project review documents to senior leadership. Collects and documents project issues and manages their timely resolution.
• 10% Project Risk Management – Leads the definition of project risks and the required mitigation approaches. Monitors project activities for the occurrence of risks and takes timely action to escalate or mitigate the risk. Advises project team members and stakeholders of actions required or completed.
• 10% Project Lessons Learned – At the completion of a project or project phase, captures key lessons learned and communicates to peer Project Managers. Effectively applies lessons learned in subsequent projects.
• 10% Project Environment – Shares responsibility with the project leadership for providing a good working environment. Ensures teams are staffed, duties and responsibilities are understood by everyone and that an inclusive environment is maintained.
  
  

Direct Manager/Direct Reports

• Reports to Director
• This role will have direct reports
• Typically requires interpersonal skills for dealing with sensitive or controversial situations.
• Typically faces situations that are unstructured and require original approaches.
• Typically considers new courses of action within broad policies and medium-term goals when solving problems.
• Typically, once given general assignments, determines priorities and defines what should be done and how to do it.
  
  

Travel Requirements

• Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.
  
  

Physical Requirements

• Frequent periods are spent standing or sitting in the same location with some opportunity to move about; occasionally there may be a need to stoop or lift light objects (typically less than 8 pounds).
  
  

Working Conditions

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
• Under regular pressure to meet deadlines, quotas and/or must frequently deal with difficult issues related to people or situations.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• No additional qualifications
  
  

Minimum Education

• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.
  
  

Preferred Education

• No additional education
  
  

Minimum Years Of Work Experience

• 5
  
  

Preferred Years Of Work Experience

• No additional years of experience
  
  

Minimum Leadership Experience

• None
  
  

Preferred Leadership Experience

• None
  
  

Certifications

• None
  
  

Competencies

• Excellent project management skills with demonstrated leadership qualities such as conflict/issue resolution and the ability to run a successful project lifecycle.
• Ability to communicate effectively (verbally and written) with stakeholders and senior business leadership.
• Ability to organize and work effectively with project teams both internal and external to The Home Depot.
• Ability to ascertain and solve problems, including managing ambiguity.