Junior IT Project Manager Mr Price Group
1 day ago
The Mr Price Group is recruiting a dynamic **Junior** **Project Manager **for our IT PMO Office
Our ideal person is a problem solver and a great communicator, does not shy away from challenging situations and accepts a high degree of responsibility for ensuring their stakeholders are **delighted **and the **business always benefits.**
**so...what's in it for you?**
- We have benefits_
From the financial benefits like medical aid for you and your fam, pension fund, bonus structures & shares, to the cultural benefits like a growth & innovation culture, half day Fri-yay’s, study leave & great coffee We have ‘em all.
**check out our culture**
**so...is it you we’re looking for?**
- Relevant Business or IT Degree
- 2-4 years working as a Project Administrator, with proven experience of project delivery while in the role, OR, 4-6 years working as a Business Analysts, with proven experience of project delivery while in the role
- 1-2 years working in a Project Manager role
- Project management certifications or demonstrable career development activities would be a massive advantage
**PLUS experience with**:
- The systems development lifecycle, and methodologies such as waterfall and agile.
- Leading projects successfully (including leading teams, budgeting, planning, quality management, problem solving, reporting, managing risk)
- Project Management principles & ability to use ‘best practice’ in all aspects of project management, with focus on practical results rather than process
- Approach to, benefits delivery - from strategy to realization
- MS Project and Project Online
- Retail sector and broad understanding of traditional and new technologies used in a retail and online environments
**how you would add value in our team? ✨**
- Working with an awesome team of Project Managers and Project Administrators.
- Be part of growing the PMO office, as we always looking for new ways to improve our methodology and process.
- Run daily stand ups with your team ensuring plans are in motion and on target.
- Collaborate with the various team members of the projects assigned to you, such as developers architects and business analysts.
- Reviewing your plans and budgets across your projects.
- Effectively communicating project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
- Drafting presentations for key engagements like Project update meetings.
- Determine the frequency and content of status reports from the project team, analyze results, and troubleshoot problem areas.
- Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project life cycle.
- Conduct project post mortems and create a recommendations report in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
- Ensuring risk and issues that may impact your project are identified, managed, and escalated if required.
- Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools
- Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with management and stakeholders.
- Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals, with the Portfolio Manager
- Draft and submit budget proposals, and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary.
- Determine and assess need for additional staff and/or consultants and make the appropriate recruitments if necessary during project cycle.
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