Mr Price Group IT / Telecom Jobs in Durban
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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.
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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
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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.
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