Junior IT Project Manager - Mr Price Group

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

Our ideal person is a problem solver and a great communicator, 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.

so...what's in it for you?

We have benefits!

From the financial benefits like medical aid for you and your fam, pension fund, bonus structures & shares, to the cultural benefits like a growth & innovation culture, half day Fri-yay’s, study leave & great coffee! We have ‘em all.

how you would add value in our team?

• Working with an awesome team of Project Managers and Project Administrators.
• Be part of growing the PMO office, as we always looking for new ways to improve our methodology and process.
• Run daily stand ups with your team ensuring plans are in motion and on target.
• Collaborate with the various team members of the projects assigned to you, such as developers architects and business analysts.
• Reviewing your plans and budgets across your projects.
• Effectively communicating project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
• Drafting presentations for key engagements like Project update meetings.
• 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.
• Ensuring risk and issues that may impact your project are identified, managed, and escalated if required.
• Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools
• Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with management and stakeholders.
• 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.
• Determine and assess need for additional staff and/or consultants and make the appropriate recruitments if necessary during project cycle.

so...is it you we’re looking for?

• Relevant Business or IT Degree
• 2-4 years working as a Project Administrator, with proven experience of project delivery while in the role, OR, 4-6 years working as a Business Analysts, with proven experience of project delivery while in the role
• 1-2 years working in a Project Manager role
• Project management certifications or demonstrable career development activities would be a massive advantage

PLUS experience with:

• The systems development lifecycle, and methodologies such as waterfall and agile.
• 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