Overview

The Program Manager for global ERP implementation supports senior leadership in developing, classifying, leading and executing corporate programs and projects, including the dependencies and conflicts between them. This is a hybrid role.

Responsibilities

• Provide a single point of contact for all aspects of the assigned programs and projects, interacting as necessary with team members and stakeholders at all levels of management.
• Work with key stakeholders in the divisions, entities and functions to define full program scope and lead the operational planning and project managment for assigned the projects at a program level.
• Establish meeting agendas, facilitate team discussions, and drive clear and timely team actions and decisions.
• Multi-project coordination.
• Pro-actively addresses barriers and risks to program progress, keeping leadership informed of critical considerations.
• Lead and facilitate team discussion and documentation of new information, including pros, cons, and risks.
• Ensure that program deliverables are achieved on or ahead of schedule, within budget, and with quality that meets or exceeds business needs.
• Work with project teams and leadership to aggregate and synthesize program KPIs and organizational metrics.
• Manages scheduled and ad-hoc program status reporting
• Must work and interact effectively and professionally with and for others throughout various levels of the global organization
• Expert in listening and understanding what motivates team members and stakeholders to establish and maintain engagement and support.
• Must strictly adhere to safety requirements
• Maintain regular and punctual attendance
• Must maintain company quality and quantity standards
• Must have effective oral and written communication skills
• Excellent problem solving skills and ability to work in collaborative and independent work situations and environments with minimal supervision
• Ability to remain calm and receptive in fast paced situations 

Qualifications

Qualifications: 

• B.S. Degree or experience of such kind and amount as to provide a comparable background
• A minimum of 10 years project management experience or leadership capacity handling multiple projects
• Experience with managing and directing project team members towards a defined objective 
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft suite of software tools
• Good communication and interpersonal skills 

Physical Requirements: 

• Attends and leads various strategic and informational meetings
• Works under general office environmental conditions
• Requires close visual acuity when working with computers, etc.
• Requires occasional early morning or late evening teleconferences
• Domestic and global travel as required 
• The employee is occasionally required to stand for extended periods
• The employee is occasionally required to walk and stoop, kneel or crouch