Mr Price Group Careers – Project Manager

Job Description:

The Mr Price Group is recruiting a dynamic Project Manager for our IT PMO Office to focus on our Infrastructure space!

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations.
• Determine the frequency and content of status reports from the project team, analyze results, and troubleshoot problem areas.
• Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel.
• Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project life cycle.
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.
• Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools.
• Track project milestones and deliverables.
• Conduct project post mortems and create a recommendations report in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
• Where required, negotiate with other department managers for the acquisition of required personnel from within the company.
• Draft and submit budget proposals, and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary.
• Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.
• Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.
• Identify and highlight issues and conflicts within the project team.
• Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
• Develop best practices and tools for project execution and management.

Job Requirements:

• Relevant Business or IT Degree
• 5 years in a Project Manager role – experience in IT Infrastructure related projects
• Retail sector and broad understanding of traditional and new technologies used in a retail and online environments
• MS Project and Project Online
• Project management certifications or demonstrable career development activities would be a massive advantage
• Project Management principles & ability to use ‘best practice’ in all aspects of project management, with focus on practical results rather than process
• Approach to, benefits delivery – from strategy to realization
• Leading projects successfully (including leading teams, budgeting, planning, quality management, problem solving, reporting, managing risk)

Job Details:

Company: Mr Price Group

Vacancy Type:  Full Time

Job Location: Durban

Application Deadline: N/A

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