Project Manager (Concord)

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Industry Computer Hardware
Title Project Manager - Industrialization Processes
Job ID dlpm1118

Position Overview:

Our client is a global company at the forefront of the Enterprise Communication market. Headquartered in Concord, Ontario, Canada. They develop and deliver innovative and integrated solutions that address the communication needs of businesses small and large around the world. Our client enables Enterprises to communicate and collaborate more efficiently and effectively by offering customers a full range of open standard IP-based and traditional communications solutions, including terminals, systems and applications.

Reporting to the Director – Global Industrialization, the successful candidate will be responsible for managing several strategic initiatives related to the harmonization of corporate business processes and databases related to Global Item Master, Product Data Management, Change Management and other duties as required.

The successful candidate forms part of the Global Industrialization team and will be expected to work closely with Industrialization team members, IT, PLM, various Country Sales Units (CSUs,) and PPG Global Supply Operations in order to provide organizational stability and a scalable framework for future growth.

Responsibilities:

• Initially project manage the roll-out of the Global Item Master database and associated processes, and support the roll-out of the associated Operations Projects. Secondary activities will be focused on -Product Data Management projects (Oracle Agile), Change Management projects, and other projects as required.
• Provide day-to-day leadership across the organization in his/her primary areas of responsibility.
• Attend various forums as the primary Industrialization representative. He/she will also be expected to provide summary reports from these forums to the various functional groups and to the functional group Directors as necessary.
• Assist the Director - Global Industrialization by overseeing and acting as a Project Sponsor for a number of global projects that have Industrialization impact.

Requirements:

• A minimum of 5 years working experience in manufacturing or supply chain management, preferably with telecom products. Knowledge and experience in dealing with Contract Manufacturers, order processing, logistics (inbound/outbound) and sales channels would be considered strong assets.
• A strong business process background, with the ability to flowchart and document how business processes are executed, as well as make suggestions for improvement.. Having 6-sigma certification or LEAN Principles experience are considered strong assets.
• Effective project management and communication skills with internal departments, external parties and other stakeholders. Project Management Professional (PMP) or Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) or equivalent accreditations are considered assets.
• Flexibility and willingness to travel as required to support the execution of various projects/initiatives.
• Fluency in written and spoken English. Fluency in French, German, Swedish, or Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese) are considered highly desirable.
• Proficiency with programming, with Visual Basic, MySQL and/or database programming highly preferred.
• Knowledge of Oracle Agile PLM or similar PDM applications is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of ERP systems (JD Edwards 8.0/8.11 or SAP) is highly desirable.
• Self motivated, initiative, responsible and well-organized.

Functional Area Project Management
Job Status: Full Time Regular
City: Concord
State/Province: Ontario [ON]

Benefits:

• 3 Weeks Paid Vacation
• Dental 80%
• Health Plan 80%
• Parking Paid
• RRSP
• Tuition Assistance

Location: Concord
Compensation: $65-75k DOE

Email:  dlpm1118.Arrow@hiredesk.net