IT Project Manager jobs in Florissant, MO

The Role

Job Purpose & Key Accountabilities

KASCO is seeking to recruit an IT Project Manager. Under the supervision of the Director of Information Technology, the IT Project Manager is in charge of managing the project plan, budgets, resources and deliverables for the Microsoft Dynamics implementation project. Monitors teams to make sure goals and objectives are being met. Tracks project status, manages risks and resolves issues as they arise. Maintains standards and monitors scope with project quality.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities includes the following. Other duties may be assigned.

The IT Project Manager will perform all or some of the following duties and responsibilities:

• Create project management plans;
• Collect requirements;
• Define project scope, goals and deliverables;
• Create work breakdown structure (WBS);
• Define tasks, required resources, and develop and manage project schedule;
• Support and manage project team including internal and external stakeholders;
• Manage budget;
• Allocate project resources;
• Track deliverables;
• Identify quality requirements and standards, document how these will be tracked and create the quality management plan, metrics, checklists, process improvement plan and project document updates;
• Determine stakeholder communication needs and develop a communication plan and process to ensure that these needs are met;
• Monitor and report on project progress
• Present to stakeholders reports on progress as well as problems and solutions
• Conduct risk management activities including preparing a risk management plan, risk assessments, report identified risks, provide recommendations for mitigations of risks;
• Perform integrated change control to review all change requests, approve changes, manage changes to deliverables, organizational process assets, project documents, and the project management plan;
• Evaluate and assess result of project; and
• Perform tasks after hours, on weekends, and as required by management/supervisory staff. Other duties may be assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Experience working within project management practices described in the PMI Project Management Body of Knowledge, PMBOK, preferred;
• Excellent MS office skills including Excel, Visio, PowerPoint and MS Project or similar project management software tools;
• Project management qualification (PMP) or equivalent, preferred;
• Experience in strategic planning, risk management and/or change management; and
• Vendor management experience, especially with Microsoft Dynamics is preferred.

• Detail oriented with excellent organization, motivation, influencing, analytical thinking, communication, negotiation, critical thinking and problem solving skills;
• Ability to plan and take initiatives to accomplish objectives in timely fashion;
• Ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines;
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with vendors, project team members, supervisors, and employees from other departments;
• Excellent decision-making, leadership and team building capabilities; and
• Conflict resolution.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear
• Sit for extended periods of time and occasionally required to stand and walk
• Use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Occasional bending, lifting and moving of computer equipment.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Undergraduate degree and 2 - 5 years relevant experience
• Computer Science, Finance or Business degree preferred
• Prior experience as a Business Analyst a plus
• 2 years experience with Microsoft D365 F&O, Microsoft D365 CE preferred
• 2 years experience with Business Intelligence tools (PowerPivot, PowerBI)
• Exposure with the following technologies is preferred: AzureDevOps, Active Directory Services, SQL Server, Microsoft.NET, & Office 365, Power Apps, Power Automate, SharePoint

LEADERSHIP CHARACTERISTICS

Delivers results

• Sets high standards of performance and consistently meets them

Fact-based

• Collects the relevant and appropriate data and makes actionable decisions/plans based upon this information

Continuous Improvement

• Utilizes a lean process approach to continually improve the speed and effectiveness of all Company processes

Customer focused

• Puts top priority on understanding the needs, requirements, and expectations of the customer (external and internal)

Integrity

• Operates at the highest level of ethical behavior and adheres to the Company's Code of Conduct

Importance of people

• Effectively develops people and strengthens the organization

Teamwork

• Optimizes the value of collaboration across the Company, avoids NIH (Not-Invented-Here) syndrome, and shares ideas and best practices

Learning and Innovation

• Rewards learning and self-improvement, embraces failures that enhance our knowledge and competitive position