Transformation Program Analyst - Cleveland, United States - The Sherwin-Williams Company

Description

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:

• Drive results via the Global Transformation Office workstream meetings by creating, updating, and maintaining program and/or project documentation. Identify and escalate key risks and issues that have potential to impact project(s) or the program accordingly.
• Coordinate the preparation and creation of program and/or project presentations by working with key stakeholders to monitor cost, schedule, risks, and value while helping to identify interdependencies and/or conflicts across the program.
• Prioritize conflicting GTO Program needs; handle matters expeditiously, proactively, and follow through on items to successful completion, often with deadline pressures.
• Assist with GTO Program related meeting coordination to ensure communication is transparent both vertically and horizontally throughout the GTO workstream meetings and stakeholders.
• Assist key GTO stakeholders with risk mitigation plans to ensure success be design within the program.

FORMAL EDUCATION:

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, IT, Communications, Science or technology field

Preferred:

• MBA or Project Management (PMI), Program Management, or Professional (PMP, PgMP, PRINCE2) or Agile methodologies certification

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:

Required:

• 6+ years of business, operations or IT experience
• Prior experience building, implementing, and tracking plans for large and complex programs that span multi-year, multiple geographies and have multiple delivery and support partners
• Prior experience in multi-national manufacturing organizations, working with transformation programs

Preferred:

• Possess great negotiation skills that help arrive at solutions with various competing stakeholders/ teams
• High leadership capacity to influence others

TECHNICAL/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

Required:

• Prior experience building, implementing, and tracking plans for large and complex programs that span multi-year, multiple geographies and have multiple delivery and support partners
• Experience delivering presentations and engaging with C-suite leadership
• Ability to lead the diverse cross functional teams as well as partner at a strategic level with the senior stakeholders
• Ability to think strategically and anticipate future consequences and trends and incorporate them into the organizational plans
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite - Excel, Word, Power Point, Teams and SharePoint.
• Capable of multi-tasking, highly organized and able to meet deadlines consistently.
• Ability to work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Ability to develop positive working relationships.
• Strong analytical skills geared towards simplifying field communication

Preferred:

1. Strong drive for results with a high degree of flexibility, as agendas and stakeholders change very often during the programs

Travel 10-20%