Job Description

La Mercy - A leading global retail marketing company seeks a dedicated and skilled Project Manager to plan, organise and manage project scope and phases within the core parameters of the project mandate.Requirements:

• Diploma, Bachelor's Degree in appropriate field of study or equivalent work experience
• Minimum 2 years of project management experience, including tracking and planning projects
• Minimum 2 years of experience with full product lifecycle with understanding of development lifecycle and various technology methodologies that support that lifecycle
• Experience in FMCG/Retail advertising and/or marketing preferable
• Experience in end to end delivery of small, medium & large scoped projects
• Experience in the implementation of project management methodologies
• High level of proficiency Microsoft office and Google suite: Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Project management software skills would be beneficial
• Experience working with business stakeholders within a cross-functional matrix environment
• Ability to present to business stakeholders and demonstrated communication skills; both written and oral with technical and non-technical staff, all levels of management
• Strong planning and organisation skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to build relationships through communication and collaboration

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Own and implement the company project management principles as outlined by the project management strategy and vision.
• Define and manage Project Scope
• Develop project plans, including schedule and budget
• Organise and allocate business resources across the teams as required by the project
• Communicate and provide reporting across both team and stakeholder levels on Project timings, milestones and deliverables
• Determine the frequency and content of status reports from the project, analyse results and troubleshoot problem areas.
• Identify and manage project dependencies, risks and issues
• Understand interdependencies between technology, operations and business needs.
• Demonstrate a functional acumen to support how solutions will address client goals while maintaining alignment with industry best practices.
• Develop an environment of contineous improvement through best practices, templates, policies, tools and partnerships and mature these capabilities for the organisation.
• Adhoc - Any other reasonable request from management including particular projects as and when needed

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