Project Manager

2 weeks ago

Durban, South Africa Mr Price Group Full time

The Mr Price Group is recruiting a dynamic **Project Manager **for our IT PMO Office to focus on our Infrastructure space (Think all things LAN, WAN, servers & security)

Our ideal person has great communication, 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.**

**A typical day as a Project Manager would look like this**
- Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
- Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
- Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.
- Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.
- Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools.
- Track project milestones and deliverables.
- 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.
- Develop best practices and tools for project execution and management.

**Acquisition & Deployment**
- 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.
- Where required, negotiate with other department managers for the acquisition of required personnel from within the company.
- Determine and assess need for additional staff and/or consultants and make the appropriate recruitments if necessary during project cycle.

**Operational Management**
- Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
- Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel.
- Identify and highlight issues and conflicts within the project team.
- Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.
- Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations.
- Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans.

**Our requirements to apply**
- Relevant Business or IT Degree
- 5 years in a Project Manager role - experience in IT Infrastructure related projects
- Project management certifications or demonstrable career development activities would be a massive advantage

**PLUS experience with**:

- 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

**about us**
- 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.

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