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Req ID: 131701

Region: Americas

Country: USA

State/Province: Texas

City: Richardson

Summary

The IT Project Manager is accountable for the overall execution of project processes and deliverables in-line with the project plan, including planning, budget, communication, stakeholder management, risk and issue management, and scope management.

The Project Manager works closely with IT project teams, development/delivery teams, and business stakeholders to ensure that projects are delivered in a manner that achieves the business objectives, while following a defined project management methodology, thus ensuring that the solution implemented is both supportable and sustainable.

Detailed Description

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

Concurrently manage several IT projects and ensure customer satisfaction and solution acceptance by consistently applying project management discipline

Work closely with IT business partners to ensure delivery of projects meet the approved scope/cost/schedule/quality for the project

Develop project plans; determine resource requirements and project deliverables; monitor project phases; and prioritize issues and assignments for the project team

Performs risk identification and mitigation activities, escalating unresolved issues to the Project team and business partners and where applicable, to the Executive and/or Steering Committee to secure their timely decisions/support

Provides effective and timely communication including status reporting, continual risk/issue assessment/management and escalation, and resolution of issues as they arise

Facilitates project governance and project gating for projects

Develop strong and effective working relationships with key areas within the company to ensure initiatives are successfully communicated and managed

Conduct communications with a high level of interpersonal and negotiation skills

Creates a positive work environment and ensures optimal individual and team performance by clearly identifying and getting agreement on project objectives, providing recognition and feedback, and motivating project team members

Supports the consolidation of project information for project summary review and analysis. Provides project planning support for project gating. Gathers information and provides project management metrics on IT projects

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

Minimum 5 years of Project Management experience for medium to large scale IT Projects (preferably Enterprise enablement and deployment of tools such as SAP, 3DX, MES, customer enablement projects, new plant set-ups, etc.)

Minimum 2 full project development life cycles

Ability to manage External and Internal Stakeholders

Excellent communication, interpersonal and listening skills

Demonstrated success and a proven track record in managing multiple projects or delivering medium-scale projects ($200K to $1M, 3 to 9 months duration with medium risk and medium complexity)

Project experience in Manufacturing Industry

Experienced in managing projects with 10 to 25 team members

Experienced in managing project deliverables of at least 2 third party vendors

Excellent analytical, verbal and written communication skills

Detail oriented

Expertise in conflict/problem resolution

Excellent project analysis, planning skills, project management skills

Change management skills

Strong customer focused orientation

Demonstrated ability to influence all levels of management and people across divisions to accomplish project objectives

Physical Demands

+ Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.

+ Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data. Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.

+ Occasional overnight travel is required.

Typical Experience

+ 14+years of overall experience.

+ 7 to 10 years of relevant project management experience

Typical Education

+ Post-secondary education or University degree in one of the following: Computer or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.

+ Project Management Certification is an asset

+ Educational requirements may vary by geography.

Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Celestica's policy on equal employment opportunity prohibits discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran or disability status, or other characteristics protected by law.

This policy applies to hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral and other aspects of employment and also states that retaliation against a person who files a charge of discrimination, participates in a discrimination proceeding, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment practice will not be tolerated. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) enables the world's best brands. Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in Aerospace and Defense, Communications, Enterprise, HealthTech, Industrial, Capital Equipment and Energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development – from drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services for products from advanced medical devices, to highly engineered aviation systems, to next-generation hardware platform solutions for the Cloud. Headquartered in Toronto, with talented teams spanning 40+ locations in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers.

Celestica would like to thank all applicants, however, only qualified applicants will be contacted.

Celestica does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or fee based recruitment services.

This location is a US ITAR facility and these positions will involve the release of export controlled goods either directly to employees or through the employee's movement within the facility. As such, Celestica will require necessary information from all applicants upon an applicant's acceptance of employment to determine if any export control exemptions or licenses must be filed.