PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
- Lead & drive business transformation programs and projects within key strategic initiatives of the organization across functions from Supply Chain Store Operations Sales Excellence & Finance.
- Defines the program objectives along with the customer collaborates with project managers to develop comprehensive project plans define milestones and offer guidance on project management tools & techniques.
- Implement project management methodologies and best practices ensuring consistency and efficiency across all projects while also mentoring coaching and training employees in program/project management at various levels throughout the organization
- Adhere to stakeholderaligned deliverables while maintaining the expected quality output and proactively prioritize and address projectrelated issues managing escalations with a proactive approach for timely resolution.
PROJECT GOVERNANCE
- Setup a transparent governance framework for sharing and regularly reviewing progress and performance expectations with program sponsors leadership teams and other stakeholders as required
- Brings in external emerging Program and Project management practices to continuously enhance and elevate the PM skills of the organization and to make sure that tools and skillset of our team is always future ready.
- Responsible for building and maintaining a strong and longlasting culture of continuous improvement and sustenance by conducting audits to assess compliance with established standards.
STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT
- Collaborate and engage with global leaders & subject matter experts facilitate workshops to design simplify and standardize the business processes.
- Facilitate steering and drive rollout of initiatives for METRO entities across Europe.
- Interacts with key stakeholders and identifies corporate and country requirements and support GSC leadership in delivering a business development pitch
RISK MANAGEMENT
- Help project teams address their risks by providing decisions based on the information shared
- Identify and assess project risks developing mitigation strategies and implementing proactive risk management processes to address potential issues.
- Regularly monitor and control risks throughout the project lifecycle. Update risk mitigation strategies as necessary based on changes in project scope schedule and resources
LEADERSHIP
- Empower the project managers to work autonomously on their specific projects to drive outcomes
- Mentor and Coach the project team by identifying training needs facilitating discussions for conflict resolution and fostering a positive and productive work environment
Qualifications :
TECHNICAL
- Relevant experience 10 years) or proficiency in the areas of Project Management and transformation programs
- Lean Six Sigma and/or Project Management certification (PMP Prince2 are added advantage
- Experience in setting up PMO Experience in leading and implementing organization wide transformation programs
- Proficient in MS Office Suite products MS Excel MS PowerPoint MS Teams SharePoint
FUNCTIONAL
- Knowledge of METROs core functions like Supply Chain B2B Sales Store Operations Procurement
- Good To Have Understanding of Finance Operations People & Culture Change Management Approaches & Methods RPA Data Science SDLC AI/ML
Additional Information :
KEY COMPETENCIES
Organizational Alignment Understand the strategic priorities of the organization translate them into executable projects and ensuring that all projects within the program align with the strategy
Impactful Communication To give your perspective and exchange ideas with people from multiple levels cultures and functions. Persuade the stakeholders to align towards the same objective
Planning & Organizing To govern the program with rigor manage interdependencies and make work simple for the project teams
Result Orientation Ability to connect the different components of the program and adapt to the requirements of the program without losing sight of the end objective.
Resilience With so many different stakeholders there is always bound to be multiple perspectives and challenges. A good thought process to sail through the complexities with a level head
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime