Project Manager I - Belmont - Vallen Distribution

Description

Why Join Our Team?

At Vallen, we embrace what makes us unique. We thrive on the diversity of our associates and the different ways each of us contributes to Vallen's success. We pride ourselves on being an inclusive company that values the growth of our associates. When you join Vallen, you become part of our winning team. Our vast network of connections is here to help you transform your job into a career. Vallen is an industry leader in delivering flexible supply chain solutions while creating value for our customers, our supply partners, and our associates.

Benefits at Vallen

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance for Single, Employee + Spouse or Children, and Family Coverage
• 401(k) with discretionary company match of $0.50 on the $1.00 up to 6% of pay (U.S. positions only)
• Employer-paid Basic Life Insurance for Employee, Spouse, and Dependents
• Employer-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Benefits and Parental Leave (and any leave required under federal, state, and local laws)
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off (Vacation and Sick Days): hours of vacation time based on seniority, accrued monthly and prorated from date of hire hours of sick time per year based on seniority and advanced upon hire.
• Paid Time Off (Holidays): 8 scheduled holidays plus 2 floating holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Resource Groups for networking and team building
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Employee Referral Program
• Safety shoe and safety glasses reimbursement (based on position)
• Employee discounts through BenefitHub
• Advancement opportunities
• Vallen complies with all minimum wage laws
• We accept applications on an ongoing basis

Position Summary:

Vallen's Project Manager is an individual contributor position responsible for managing enterprise-wide project initiatives that cross multiple functional areas (IT, Operations, Logistics, Finance, Marketing, etc.) and may impact both Vallen and/or customer business operations. They ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the satisfaction of the stakeholders.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Collaborates with stakeholders to identify and define project need, definition, scope, timeline, and resources for successful project delivery.
• Organizes and leads enterprise-wide projects. Project management duties include but are not limited to:
  • Prepares and manages project plans and sub-plans
  • Determines scope definition and project targets/milestones
  • Designs the project schedule/timeline; sets project expectations
  • Formulates the execution and delivery details
  • Tracks progress against milestones, budgetary guidelines or other performance indicators for quality, reliability, schedule, and cost
  • Prepares senior leader and stakeholder communications and project progress reports
  • Takes action to resolve and/or coordinate the resolution of problems to minimize delays or required project extensions
  • Coordinates and/or assists with developing test plans, scenarios, and scripts; tracks go and no-go testing results for successful go-live activities
  • Ensures projects are completed on time and within established quality standards.
  • Signs off on project completion
  • Conducts post-implementation analysis for continuous process/project delivery improvement
• Serves as a liaison between project teams, external clients, or other functional areas of the organization.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field, e.g., IT, Business, Supply Chain Management, Operations, Finance, etc. coupled with 3-5+ years of successful project management leading projects of significant Enterprise scope/impact
• Expertise with SmartSheet or functionally similar project management tool(s)
  
• Proficiency with MS-Office products (Excel, Word, Powerpoint) and the technical aptitude to learn all company specific programs and software applications.
• Strong ability to work independently with little supervision.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to influence the actions of others.
• Demonstrate planning, organizational, time management, and problem-solving skills.
• Quality mindset with attention to detail, accuracy, and thoroughness.
• Facilitation skills, Smartsheet Skills, Presentation Skills

Work Environment & Physical Demands:

Reasonable accommodations will be evaluated and may be implemented to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of this position.

• This job operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, etc.
• Long periods of time working on a computer and performing repetitive key-boarding activities
• Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand and may include little to no advanced notice.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this job, associates are regularly required to talk and hear; frequently required to sit; occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 25 lbs.

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