Job Description
XY Global is currently recruiting a Project Manager for a 12-month contract role with a leading manufacturing client based in Peterborough.
Responsibilities • Develop and produce program and/or project management schedules using Microsoft Project. • Management and accountability for the portfolio of projects. • Monitoring project progress and performance. • Regular stakeholder reporting. • Proven risk management experience. • Work with partners, monitor progress, to ensure project delivered in a timely manner on budget. • Attend business meetings with partners. • Resource management – Provide input for staffing and support of programs and create accurate and detailed resource-loaded project schedules. • Management of project/programme budgets. • Maintains program level issues/action logs, risk registers, scope change requests/logs, program schedules, and program cost tracking. • Expertise in Project/Program Management tools & processes, including project/portfolio resource and cost management. • Facilitate projects, lead chartering sessions, develop/validate network diagrams, and lead integration and compression sessions with internal and external teams. • Mentor/coach the project leaders in project management, and address any issues one-on-one with senior divisional and department management if appropriate. • Monitors progress of projects, discusses problems with affected areas, assures appropriate personnel are informed of problems and steps are in place to meet schedules.
Requirements • A college or university degree is required with 9-12 years of progressively related experience in the project management field. • Proven experience with project management concepts, including project charters, scheduling and planning projects and successful completion experience. • Provide leadership in the development and updates of program and project management schedules. • Excellent interpersonal skills are required in order to deal with sensitive issues, develop others, or influence others inside and outside the department to take specific actions. • Strong project management skills, team leadership skills, excellent communication skills, ability to multitask effectively, strong analytical and organizational skills.
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• **Please note our client cannot assist with any visa sponsorship and candidates must have the correct visa to live and work in UK***
