Operations Project Manager
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Job Location:
Milwaukee, WI - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
6 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About The Role:
We are currently seeking an Operations Project Manager to join our Operations Strategic Support role will be focused on delivering value through process improvement and technological initiatives throughout effective Project Manager will drive alignment across our Operations organization IT and impacted Business Units to implement projects and guide team members to achieve successful outcomes.
The Impact Youll Make:
- Work with teams to define and build consensus around project approach scope and milestones
- Facilitates planning touch point and retrospective meetings
- As needed work with teams to define vendor requirements and drive vendor selection process
- Define and build consensus around project approach and scope
- Leverage project methodology to plan organize and monitor projects
- Regularly report and update on progress timelines obstacles and challenges
- Navigate complexity alleviate roadblocks and resolve conflict within project teams
- As needed work with vendors to manage deliverables and project timeline
- Utilize knowledge of six sigma methodologies like DMAIC to facilitate process improvements
- Strong focus on continuous improvement and process sustainability
- Develop strong partnerships with team functional peers sponsors and multiple stakeholders
- Manage relationships with business partners fostering a culture of continuous improvement
- Apply change management practices (ADKAR) while working with all levels of the organization
- Drive alignment around projects
- Facilitate project communications to leadership stakeholders and project team
What Youll Bring to Baird:
- Bachelors degree
- Project Management experience preferred
- Lean/Six Sigma Yellow Belt certification (or higher) is preferred but not required
- Ability to influence without authority
- Strong written communication skills
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to perform complex problem solving
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize monitor and complete multiple tasks or projects either independently or collaboratively
- Excellent interpersonal skills with a focus on building trusting relationships with business partners and their leadership team
- Change agent with ability to work effectively and collaboratively in a team environment and with associates at all levels and in all areas of the firm
- Position based from Bairds global headquarters in Milwaukee WI with 1 day/week work from home flexiblity
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Baird is committed to diversity and provides employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex pregnancy citizenship national origin age disability military service veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression genetic information or any other status protected by law.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Six Sigma
- Lean
- Management Experience
- Process Improvement
- Microsoft Outlook
- Analysis Skills
- Warehouse Management System
- Operations Management
- Kaizen
- Leadership Experience
- Supervising Experience
- Retail Management
About Company
Baird is an employee-owned wealth management, capital markets, asset management and private equity firm. Leveraging our deep expertise and broad skills, we're dedicated to providing the best advice and service to our individual, corporate, institutional and municipal clients.
