AccruePartners values our contract and consulting employees. We offer a competitive benefits package to meet the diverse needs of all of our contractor and consulting employees and their family members. Here is a listing of what our company offers: 401(k) Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Employee Assistance Program, Medical and Prescription Drug, Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance. 

THE TEAM YOU WILL BE JOINING:

• Fortune 500 manufacturing and technology organization with significant investment in R&D and Innovation
• Rich history with over 150 years of significant growth and innovation
• Expanding global footprint in North America, South America, Europe and Asia
• Industry leader within all 8 divisions and leader in each
• Known for growing talent internally and promoting internally

WHAT THEY OFFER YOU:

• Culture: Highly collaborative, teamwork-oriented environment
• Growth: Make an immediate impact in this high visibility role
• Opportunity: Ability to drive change within organization with a focus on process improvement
• Stability: Strong executive leadership team investing in its talent and elevating the global footprint

WHERE THIS POSITION IS LOCATED:

• Remote with travel between Corning, NY and Charlotte, NC

WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT:

• Program (multiple interdependent projects) planning coordination and development
• Program master plan creation and maintenance in coordination with key stake holders. Receives schedule and scope inputs from program interdependency council
• Program governance and management in coordination with Program Core Leadership team
• Project management process use and compliance
• Program communication planning and execution – setting appropriate expectations, communicating status with all stakeholder groups, escalating issues and concerns when warranted. Partner with Program Communications lead if and when role created.
• Facilitate or Participate in various program and project meetings
• Track and communicate program (and selective project) status – proactively monitor risk factors
• Work with the sponsor to ensure the planned business value is progressing according to plan
• Coordinate (with VMO and Procurement) vendor management (RFI, RFP, SOW, etc.)
• End user training planning and coordination in partnership with the program Change Management team
• Change management addressed in organization, technology, architecture, and business readiness
• Coordination of quality outcomes through risk management, test management and quality process management
• Execution of project plan deliverables, including operational readiness with the appropriate project team members. Partner with deployment and go-live leads if and when roles are created.
• Issue facilitation and resolution
• Resource management (collaboratively with the Program Core Leadership team) to ensure the correct resources are available in a timely manner with the sufficient skillsets to meet project needs
• Financial Management of program budget providing forecast and general spend reporting including conducting earned value analysis

THE BACKGROUND THAT FITS:

• Bachelor's degree is required
• PMP Certification preferred
• 10+ years of project management experience
• Extensive and recent experience of ERP or complex applications deployments in a large enterprise (i.e. SAP ECC, SAP S/4)
•  Demonstrates an understanding of a broad range of Applications technology towers (i.e., ERP, MES, Commercial, etc.)
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, multiple strands of work simultaneously
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving, and the ability to understand and solve complex-cross system issues within the enterprise
• Self-driven with the ability to manage workloads without direct supervision
•  Ability to collaborate with different technology owners to achieve common goals
• Excellent written and verbal communication capability at all levels of the corporation
• Focused and versatile team player who is comfortable under pressure
• Good presentation skills; persuasive, encouraging, motivating, and inspiring; the ability to listen and understand
• Financial acumen
• Ability to remove barriers and enable teams to complete objectives
• Ability to learn quickly and transfer knowledge to others
• Desired Skills:
• Knowledge of SDLC (Systems Development Life Cycle) or related program methodology
• Executive Influencing and related written and oral communications