Project Manager

Description

COMPANY BACKGROUND:

Infor Nexus is the world’s biggest Cloud-Based business network for global trade and supply chain management. The Company founded in 1999 with headquarters in Oakland, California, USA and has operating hubs in New York, Germany, China, India and Sri Lanka.

We have over USD100 billion of goods managed on the platform with 25,000 businesses on the network and over 100,000 users worldwide. We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated individual to join our Solution Consulting team during an exciting period of growth.

JOB PURPOSES:The Project Manager takes on the primary responsibility for interacting with internal resources, our customers, and external 3rd parties to ensure the successful implementation of GT Nexus solutions. This entails the Project Manager collaboratively working with the customer to manage all project resources to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery of contracted solutions. This position requires expertise in project management and excellent verbal and written communication skills. The ideal candidate has a background in international logistics, B-2-B integrations, and cloud-based software implementations. The candidate should also be comfortable interacting with customers, leading global remote teams, and driving business process as well as technical work streams.

A Typical Day in the Life Includes:

Scope of Work and Responsibilities:

Project managers may work on multiple projects at once and should be comfortable juggling and prioritizing a variety of tasks on each project. Project Managers may work on Onshore-Offshore Model, as an Offshore PM.

Management

Managing resources against explicit project deliverables (driving day-to-day implementation work, focusing the team on deliverables and meeting deadlines, and working directly with customer end users and internal groups for the successful implementation)

Conducting weekly status meetings between both the customer and the Implementation teams as well as monthly project reviews with internal management and key executive stakeholders at the customer

Working closely with other internal groups (collaborate with Product Managers to define future functionality and prioritize enhancements, collaborate with Engineering to support feature development and fixes, and support the Sales team to ensure that customers are fully comfortable with the implementation methodology)

Execution of effective change management process to ensure adherence to agreed upon project scope as well as to document and gain formal approval for change requests affecting project scope, timeline, and budget

Track the desired value areas of the solution against the implementation plan

Work closely with the Onshore PM in managing the customer expectations

Administration

Developing and managing the Project Plan

Proactive management of project budget vs. actual inclusive of project resource hours and expenses

Ensuring that the company’s best practice methodology for implementation process and deliverables is utilized

Effective tracking and reporting of project activities

Hands-on work in delivering project tasks ranging from system configuration, business process documentation, training documentation and rollout, or other necessary project activities as required to deliver the solutions

As on Offshore PM, maintain the project artifacts (Project Plan, Budget, Financials, Status Reports, Metrics)

Communication

Understanding and managing customer expectations (Scope)

Conducting internal and external meetings to brief on project status, action items, issues and risks

Communicating with team members on required work streams to be completed

Basic Qualifications:

B. Tech or any graduate in Computer Science from a reputed University.

PMP certification is a plus

YEARS OF RELEVENT WORKING EXPERIENCE:8 to 14 years

Skills AND Job Competencies required:

Previous project management experience (3-4 years) – proven ability to drive a solution from start to finish (project management certifications are a plus)

Existing detailed knowledge of supply chain & transportation business processes are desired

Implementation experiences with Supply Chain Logistics software a plus

Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

Able to facilitate compromise in balancing process change and technical change to deliver a working solution to customers

Ability to create/maintain project plans in Microsoft Project is a must

Working knowledge of business-to-business electronic communications (EDI, XML, etc.)

Ability to create quality deliverables utilizing Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Project

Passion for contributing to a growing business and fostering a team atmosphere

Bachelor's degree, international business focus desirable. Previous experience in implementations roles at a software company in the supply chain/transportation space is ideal

About Infor

About Infor

Infor is where ambition meets impact. Join a global community of bold thinkers and innovators, where your expertise doesn't just solve problems. it shapes industries, unlocks opportunities, and creates real-world impact for billions of people. At Infor, you're not just building a career. you're helping to build what's next.

Infor is a global leader in business cloud software products for companies in industry specific markets. Infor builds complete industry suites in the cloud and efficiently deploys technology that puts the user experience first, leverages data science, and integrates easily into existing systems. Over 60,000 organizations worldwide rely on Infor to help overcome market disruptions and achieve business-wide digital transformation.

For more information visit www.infor.com

About Infor

Infor is where ambition meets impact. Join a global community of bold thinkers and innovators, where your expertise doesn't just solve problems. it shapes industries, unlocks opportunities, and creates real-world impact for billions of people. At Infor, you're not just building a career. you're helping to build what's next.

Infor is a global leader in business cloud software products for companies in industry specific markets. Infor builds complete industry suites in the cloud and efficiently deploys technology that puts the user experience first, leverages data science, and integrates easily into existing systems. Over 60,000 organizations worldwide rely on Infor to help overcome market disruptions and achieve business-wide digital transformation.

For more information visit www.infor.com

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