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Project Manager- IT

Listing reference: click_011709

Listing status: Closed

Apply by: 24 February 2023

Position summary

Industry: FMCG & Supply Management

Job category: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain

Location: Cape Town

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: market related

EE position: Yes

About our company

Clicks Group

Introduction

Join us in this exciting time, Clicks is busy innovating and driving change with our Technology driven tools to help make our clients shopping experience above compare, we are currently looking for an extremely motived and talented IT Project Manager to join us in deriving these goals. This role will be based at our Head Office in Woodstock.

Job description

The main purpose of the job is to effectively manage IT projects aimed at affecting changes to business and IT processes, within agreed scope, time, cost and quality resulting in the realisation of the intended benefits to the affected business areas within the Clicks Group.

Job Objectives

To effectively plan all aspects of a project and capture the results thereof in a comprehensive Project Management Plan (PMP), accepted and approved by the project sponsor and Steering Committee
To effectively monitor, track and control the performance of a project against the agreed baseline (time, cost and quality) throughout the project life cycle
To effectively communicate to all project stakeholders the status and performance of the project on a weekly basis, including timely communication of serious events that may have a significant impact on the project’s success
To effectively manage project scope, applying formal change management for all changes (increase or reduction) to the previously agreed project baseline
To effectively direct and manage project execution, including managing the performances of project team members and suppliers, in the completion of project deliverables
To implement project products and services without any adverse impact to business processes
To ensure all project acceptance criteria are met and gain sign-off and approval for all project deliverables, including the formal close of the project
To manage inter-project and/ or inter-program dependencies
To ensure optimum resource management and motivation of project staff
To ensure all business transition activities are catered for and performed, e.g. acceptance testing, training, change management and post-implementation support
To ensure alignment of appropriate solution architecture with business strategy

Minimum requirements

JOB RELATED KNOWLEDGE

Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Microsoft Office Visio
Microsoft Project
Understand Financial Management and Costing

JOB EXPERIENCE

Minimum 6 years IT Project Management practice
2 to 3 years’ experience in application development and support
2 to 3 years in leadership or management role (preferably in IT)
2 years Business Analyst experience
Minimum 5 years IT experience.
2 to 3 years in leadership or management role (preferably in IT)
Proven hands-on experience in managing medium to large projects
Working experience in the retail sector

EDUCATION

Project Management qualification
Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Commerce or Computer Science -Desirable
Prince2 Foundation and Practice certificates -Desirable
Project Management Professional (PMP) certificate from Project Management Institute

COMPETENCIES

Deciding and Initiating Action
Leading and Supervising
Analysing
Planning and Organising
Delivering Results & Meeting Customer Expectations
Coping with pressure and setbacks

Why Clicks;

We look for customer-obsessed people with a “can do” attitude, that are professional and passion about their Careers.

Clicks Groups employee value proposition focuses on people, passion and opportunities. We care about and contribute to the well-being of people, the environment and communities, while the group’s growth strategy provides our people with unlimited opportunities.

We endeavour to provide feedback to all candidates whenever possible, however, if you don't hear from us in 2 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.

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