Location
Pune | India
Job description
We supply the sustainable and innovative paints and coatings that our customers, communities – and the environment – are increasingly relying on. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We're active in more than 150 countries and have set our sights on becoming the global industry leader. It's what you'd expect from a pioneering paints company that's committed to science-based targets and is taking genuine action to address globally relevant challenges and protect future generations.
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Job Description : Project Manager The Project Manager is responsible for the successful execution of IT projects and programs in the IT department. The scope of projects focuses primarily on the portfolios Legal & Integrity, Real Estate & Facilities and in IT Demand to IT Supply.
- Key responsibilities:
- Create project plans including objectives, deliverables, time plan, budget, organization
- Build effective project team structures and recruit /assign project staff
- Identify, manage, and mitigate project risks and issues
- Deliver on time, within budget, with quality
- Guide, steer and motivate project team members
- Define and manage project objectives, deliverables, roles, planning and budget to successfully deliver projects
- Ensure compliance with respect to IT project methods, approaches, and project reporting
- Work with architecture to ensure that standards are implemented consistently in projects
- Promote best practice methods, approaches, and practices for project management
- Organize post project reviews contribute to improving project management capability
- Own the financials for their projects all the way including relevant administration and timely and accurate updates
In summary, organize the project for success and deliver it successfully!
- Job requirements:
- Bachelor or Master's degree in business management, computer science, computer engineering or related field.
- 5+years' experience in project management roles in IT organization.
- 3+years' experience in implementing niche SaaS solutions and integrating them in large scale organizations.
- General expertise in software development lifecycle and in integrations
- Broad understanding of applications, platforms, infrastructure, and the interdependencies.
- Excellent project management skills and a proven track record of successful delivery in IT projects.
- Excellent verbal and written English.
- Project Management Certification is a plus.
- Prior experience working in an Agile and/or DevOps setting is a definite plus.
- Practical experience as a Scrum Master is a definite plus.
- Prior experience handling (delegated) financial responsibility in a project context is a plus.
- Knowledge of business processes in any of the relevant portfolios is a plus.
- Prior exposure to Lean Six Sigma and/or any structured process improvement approach is a plus.
- Knowledge of the manufacturing/ process industry is a plus.
Competencies: - Ability to build relations across stakeholder (business users, engineers, developers, dependent departments, steerco members) and influence.
- Ability to motivate a project team to drive to success.
- Self-driven and motivated to reach success.
- Strong leadership skills
- People management skills
- Strong communicator
Ideal candidate will be ambitious, takes ownership and is a customer-centric, data-driven, process-oriented, and results-focused team player.
At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.
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