RE-ADVERTISED Projects Manager
Retail & Distribution
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Location : Nairobi Kenya
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Job type : Full Time
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Retail & DistributionJob Description
Job Summary: A multi-skilled Project Manager is responsible for the successful delivery of various, Commercial, ICT & Operational Projects.
Reporting to: Head of Projects
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Provide input into the development of the Projects and Programme strategy to enhance the strategy alignment with business requirements
- Develop and coordinate the implementation of the unit processes, policies and procedures to ensure the availability of guidelines that the unit requires to deliver against the mandate
- Provide input into the review/development of processes, policies, and procedures to ensure the availability of guidelines that the unit requires to deliver against the mandate
- Support user departments to implement all strategic projects across the business to ensure the intended objectives are realized
- Implement project governance structures to ensure a control framework for responsibility allocation, the approval process, time, and resource utilization
- Undertake project reporting to ensure all relevant stakeholders are appraised on project status and key risks to plan for
- Coordinate resource planning for the user departments to ensure all projects are resourced adequately for successful project delivery
- Provide guidance to user departments on change management to ensure successful project implementation
- Provide technical project expertise to all user departments in scoping for projects to ensure the business resources are wisely utilized
- Monitor project spending to ensure alignment with approved budget lines and the business cost management objectives
- Administer change requests to ensure all CRs are recorded, the background noted and benefits logged appropriately
- Monitor projects with financial benefits to track performance against expectations to ensure remedial actions are taken promptly to address variances
- Monitor all projects to track intended benefits to ensure gaps are addressed in a timely manner
- Coordinate project engagements with user departments to ensure effectiveness in project delivery through clarity on status, next steps, and completion dates
- Identify and manage Risks & Issues associated with the program and projects to ensure the Company Leadership Team is appraised, and that contingency plans to mitigate risks are implemented in a timely manner
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Project Management or related field, a Master degree is a plus
- PMP/ Prince II Certified
- 5+ Years of experience in project management at a senior level; with at least 3 years consecutive experience in multiple & diverse projects