IT Project Manager at Mr Price Group

The Mr Price Group is recruiting a dynamic Project Manager for our IT PMO Office!

Our ideal person has great communication, does not shy away from challenging situations and accepts a high degree of responsibility for ensuring their stakeholders are delighted and the business always benefits. 

A typical day as a Project Manager would look like this…

Strategy & Planning

• Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
• Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.
• Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.
• Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools.
• Track project milestones and deliverables.
• Determine the frequency and content of status reports from the project team, analyze results, and troubleshoot problem areas.
• Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project life cycle.
• Conduct project post mortems and create a recommendations report in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
• Develop best practices and tools for project execution and management.

Acquisition & Deployment

• Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals, with the Portfolio Manager
• Draft and submit budget proposals, and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary.
• Where required, negotiate with other department managers for the acquisition of required personnel from within the company.
• Determine and assess need for additional staff and/or consultants and make the appropriate recruitments if necessary during project cycle.

Operational Management

• Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
• Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel.
• Identify and highlight issues and conflicts within the project team.
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations.
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans.

Our requirements to apply?

• Relevant Business or IT Degree
• 5 years in a Project Manager role
• Project management certifications or demonstrable career development activities would be a massive advantage 

PLUS experience with:

• Leading projects successfully (including leading teams, budgeting, planning, quality management, problem solving, reporting, managing risk)
• Project Management principles & ability to use ‘best practice’ in all aspects of project management, with focus on practical results rather than process
• Approach to, benefits delivery – from strategy to realization
• MS Project and Project Online
• Retail sector and broad understanding of traditional and new technologies used in a retail and online environments

About Us:

The People’s Value Champion

Cash- Based

Omni-Channel

Fashion-Value Retailer

We employ more than 19000 passionate associates and retail in more than 1300 stores in sub-Saharan Africa and some parts of Africa through our 6 trading divisions; Mr Price, Mr Price Home, Mr Price Sport, Mr Price Money, MILADYS and sheet street.

The Mr Price Group is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to Employment Equity.