Project Manager – Online Fullfilment

PROJECT MANAGER – ONLINE FULFILMENT

JOB PROFILE

We are looking for a highly skilled and focused individual to join our client’s online fulfilment delivery team.

The right individual will have experience of delivery of a wide portfolio of projects with varying complexity. They will be experienced in many delivery frameworks (agile, waterfall) and be able to glue these frameworks together to deliver exceptional quality – on time, and on budget.

These projects will touch multiple technical teams, business teams and customers. They will be high profile in nature and have senior sponsorship.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES & OUTCOMES

• Full ownership of
• The delivery and execution of projects & initiatives from the conceptualisation phase through to PIR phase and own delivery of the business case within budgeted time and cost
• Delivering on scope as approved
• Budgets and costs (CAPEX/OPEX)
• Managing project risks through to resolution
• Ensuring smooth delivery of the project into operational spaces with zero impacts on stores / operational teams
• Co-ordinating and managing a team of diverse stakeholders
• Running and leading ops comms and steering comms
• Producing regular reports and updates to EXCO members

• Accountable for
  • Ensuring that the plan is continually updated and accountabilities, responsibilities, etc. are correctly allocated
  • Compliance with WW PM methodology
  • Quality of all deliverables
  • Report on project status internally
  • Co-ordinate activities between business and technical teams
    • Including:
    • IT & product
    • Change Management and training
    • 3rd party partners
    • Stores

• Detail business and technical team member roles and expectations
• Ensure appropriate project closure and facilitate business hand-over (including PIR)
• Understand and manage key stakeholders’ expectations relative to project execution

• Additional responsibilities
• Provide input into the one-year operating plan and the projects priority plan in line with the strategy and relevant business requirements

KEY COMPETENCIES

Experience

• Proven project management experience
• Clear evidence of delivery of complex, cross-functional projects

• Ability to blend multiple teams with different delivery frameworks
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience in senior governance forums
• Strong reporting and presentation skills
• Ability to multi-task and manage various projects/work streams simultaneously

Personality requirements

• A leader
• Strategic thinker
• Delivery focus and mentality
• Highly detailed
• Collaborative
• Analytical
• Problem solver
• Strong relationship management skills
• Agility

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Degree/diploma
• Proven delivery within agile and waterfall methodologies
• Relevant business knowledge
• 5+ years relevant PM experience
• Advantageous
• Proven delivery in an online fulfilment / operational space
• Online fulfilment (stores and dark stores)
• Last mile fulfilment

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Able to travel
• 4-days on-site, Cape Town CBD

Salt is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.