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- Project management within established internal project governance, and the practices and disciplines of the Project Management Institute (PMI)
- Create and maintain project documents, RAID, WBS, and budget tracking for allocated projects from initiation through to implementation phase
- Develop and maintain project schedules with appropriate team organization and operational resource impact considerations
- Create multiple plan scenarios and contingencies to ensure on-schedule project launch
- Identify and document project scope and project success criteria
- Provide accurate and consistent project status reporting
- Maintain project relationships and communication channels to ensure cross-functional team collaboration
- Identifying risks and issues, defining appropriate mitigation action strategies, escalation, and reporting
- Organize and manage regular project meetings, create meeting minutes, status reports and action plans
- Conduct project closure process at the end of the project which includes final budget vs. actual, summary of project accomplishments, issues, and lessons learned
- Identifying risks and issues, defining appropriate mitigation action strategies, escalation, and reporting
- Analyze problems and drive issue resolution to ensure successful project launch
- Bachelor's degree, or work experience equivalent, preferred in project management, engineering, supply chain management, production or manufacturing related course of study; advanced degree is a plus
- Minimum 5 years of experience as a Project Manager in a medium sized company
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred.
- Experience in the full life cycle of project management, including planning, budgeting, estimating, vendor management, and internal negotiations is required.
- Experience in the gaming industry, supply chain management, engineering or manufacturing is preferred
- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite, primarily Excel, Power Point, Visio and Word
- Proficient in Microsoft Project, Planview or equivalent PPM application
- Some travel on short notice may be required, including international
Project Manager - Las Vegas, United States - Aristocrat
Description
Summary
This role is located in Las Vegas, NV (hybrid).This position is responsible for the project management of initiatives within the Supply Chain and Production operations departments. This is a highly visible, cross-functional role that will interface with Hardware Engineering, Global Sourcing, Global Supply Planning, Procurement, Product Management, Sales, Order Fulfillment and R&D. The project manager will provide leadership from project inception through post launch.
What you'll do
The ideal candidate will possess skills in both the tactical and relationship-building aspects of project management. Must be a self-starter, with the ability to learn quickly and contribute in a fast-paced environment. Excellent written and oral communications skills including report writing and presentations. Must have strong analytical, problem identification and problem-solving abilities. Strong group facilitation, mediation, and conflict resolution skills are essential. Capacity to communicate and negotiate will all levels of staff and executive management. Manage multiple and potentially dissimilar project activities.