Job Description
12 Month Contract
Hybrid in Skokie, Illinois
Swoon has an exciting long-term contract opportunity with one of the world's leading designers, manufacturers, and marketers of automotive products! They are actively seeking a well-rounded Senior Project Manager to join their team. Key responsibilities include end-to-end project management of scope, schedule, budget, risk, and vendor/business/stakeholder management.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Develop project plans including work breakdown structures, project milestones, critical path analyses, risk assessment and management plans, cost/benefit analyses, staffing plans, project timelines, and project budgets
- Set deadlines, assign responsibilities, and monitor and summarize the progress of projects
- Utilize project management methodology to direct and lead team deliverable development
- Drive decisions to ensure the success of projects taking into account timing, risk, functional requirements, and business benefits
- Build and maintain positive working relationships with team members, vendors, and other cross functional teams
- Identify, document and escalate identified risks and issues through program and IT Management
- Prepare project status reports for upper management
- Ensure project milestones are met on time and within team and project budgets
- Manage detailed financials to ensure financial accuracy, estimate forecasts, track actuals, report discrepancies, and adjust accordingly
Required Experience:
- Minimum 5 years of experience as a Project Manager, managing complex projects ranging from mid-size to large corporate IT initiatives
- Proficiency in project management methodology, project planning tools and techniques; Waterfall and/or Agile experience preferred
- Proficiency in MS Project / Excel / Word and PowerPoint are required; Proficiency in Planview highly desired
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills along with the ability to interface and influence at multiple organizational levels
- Excellent relationship-building and networking skills
- Organized and able to function successfully in a team environment
- Excellent technical, organizational, troubleshooting, problem-solving, budgeting and time management skills
- Basic knowledge of finance tools and general business operating principles
Desired Experience:
- SAP projects
- Plant Returns Process