Manages large and complex projects from initiation through completion, overseeing scope, budget, schedules, staffing, vendors, risks, dependencies, deliverables, and stakeholder communications. Develops project plans, tracks performance and milestones, manages changes and mitigation strategies, and ensures contractual and customer requirements are met. Leads cross-functional teams, delegates responsibilities, resolves conflicts, and serves as the primary liaison between internal teams, leadership, customers, and external stakeholders.
As a Project Manager III, you will manage and oversee all aspects of a project to ensure it is completed on-time and within budget. You will be responsible for managing scope, cost, schedule, internal staffing and outside vendors. This role operates with a high degree of independence and collaboration and contributes to moderately to highly complex project initiatives.
Responsibilities:
- Directs and manages large and complex project development from beginning to end
- Defines project scope, goals and deliverables to support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders
- Develops full-scale project plans and associated communications documents
- Identify, manage, and track project dependencies, risks, critical path, and milestones using appropriate project management tools.
- Monitor and control project performance, tracking milestones and deliverables to ensure consistent execution.
- Manage changes in project scope, assess potential impacts, identify concerns, and develop contingency and mitigation plans.
- Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations for internal leadership and customers.
- Communicates project expectations to team members and stakeholders
- Serve as the primary liaison with internal and external project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.
- Set and manage expectations with customers, ensuring alignment with contractual and PO requirements.
- Understand and communicate all customer, contract, and PO requirements to internal workstreams to ensure successful execution.
- Proactively communicate project status, risks, and needs to customers.
- Identify and manage customer critical milestones, deliverables, and success factors.
- Delegate tasks and responsibilities effectively and build accountability across cross functional teams.
- Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.
Qualifications:
- Associate’s degree required; Bachelor’s degree preferred
- 5 years required, 7 years experience preferred of directing work in a large-scale project management capacity, including all aspects of process development and execution
- Business and management principles, including strategic planning, resource allocation, and production methods
- Prior experience with managing people and processes to achieve objectives
- Ability to build effective business relationships with other functional areas to best support mutual objectives
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to analyze workflow and processes to provide productive service to internal and external customers
- Interpersonal, conflict management, and negotiation skills required, including strong human relations skills to supervise and develop assigned employees effectively
- Adept at conducting research into project-related issues and products
- Ability to learn, understand, and apply new technologies
- Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent computer skills
In addition, Wesco offers a benefits program for eligible employees, which may include paid time off, medical, dental, and vision coverage, and retirement savings plans. Additional details about benefits are available here.
This posting is for a current, active vacancy intended for immediate hire.
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